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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION 4
119TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-593
CLOSING THE PROVIDER FRAUD GAP ACT OF 2026
APRIL 6, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce,
submitted the following
REPORT
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 7677]
The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re-
ferred the bill (H.R. 7677) to require the Comptroller General of
the United States to conduct a study regarding fraud prevention
measures in certain Federal early childhood education, child care,
and child nutrition programs, and for other purposes, having con-
sidered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment
and recommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Closing the Provider Fraud Gap Act of 2026.
SEC. 2. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON PROVIDER-RELATED FRAUD.
(a) STUDY.-The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study
regarding fraud prevention measures in Federal early childhood education, child
care, and child nutrition programs that shall include an analysis of-
(1) the effectiveness of procedures and measures to prevent fraud carried out
by providers of services under such programs;
(2) whether the data the Federal Government receives in connection with
such programs (including through audits and reporting requirements) is-
(A) sufficient to successfully identify fraud carried out under such pro-
grams; and
(B) used effectively by the Federal Government to identify potential fraud
carried out under such programs; and
(3) with respect to the Child Care and Development Block Grant program es-
tablished under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.)-
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