Sec. 1003. IMPROPER PAYMENT MATTERS
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## SEC. 1003 IMPROPER PAYMENT MATTERS **[**[10 U.S.C. 2222 note](/us/usc/t10/s2222)**]** Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) shall take the following actions: ####
(1)With regard to estimating improper payments: #####
(A)Establish and implement key quality assurance procedures, such as reconciliations, to ensure the completeness and accuracy of sampled populations. #####
(B)Revise the procedures for the sampling methodologies of the Department of Defense so that such procedures— ######
(i)comply with Office of Management and Budget guidance and generally accepted statistical standards; ######
(ii)produce statistically valid improper payment error rates, statistically valid improper payment dollar estimates, and appropriate confidence intervals for both; and ######
(iii)in meeting clauses
(i)and (ii), take into account the size and complexity of the transactions being sampled. ####
(2)With regard to identifying programs susceptible to significant improper payments, conduct a risk assessment that complies with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-204) and the amendments made by that Act (in this section collectively referred to as “IPERA”). ####
(3)With regard to reducing improper payments, establish procedures that produce corrective action plans that— #####
(A)comply fully with IPERA and associated Office of Management and Budget guidance, including by holding individuals responsible for implementing corrective actions and monitoring the status of corrective actions; and #####
(B)are in accordance with best practices, such as those recommended by the Chief Financial Officers Council, including by providing for— ######
(i)measurement of the progress made toward remediating root causes of improper payments; and ######
(ii)communication to the Secretary of Defense and the heads of departments, agencies, and organizations and elements of the Department of Defense, and key stakeholders, on the progress made toward remediating the root causes of improper payments. ####
(4)With regard to implementing recovery audits for improper payments, develop and implement procedures to— #####
(A)identify costs related to the recovery audits and recovery efforts of the Department of Defense; and #####
(B)evaluate improper payment recovery efforts in order to ensure that they are cost effective. ####
(5)Monitor the implementation of the revised chapter of the Financial Management Regulations on recovery audits in order to ensure that the Department of Defense, the military departments, the Defense Agencies, and the other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense either conduct recovery audits or demonstrate that it is not cost effective to do so. ####
(6)Develop and submit to the Office of Management and Budget for approval a payment recapture audit plan that fully complies with Office of Management and Budget guidance. ####
(7)With regard to reporting on improper payments, design and implement procedures to ensure that the annual improper payment and recovery audit reporting of the Department of Defense is complete, accurate, and complies with IPERA and associated Office of Management and Budget guidance.
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- Pub. L. 111-204
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