House Passes Bipartisan Legislation to Reduce Excess Payments by Federal Agencies

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–April 28, 2010.  The House of Representatives today unanimously passed H.R. 3393, the “Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2009” (IPERA), to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent in the most responsible way possible and that if the government overpays for goods or services, it has the means to recover those overpayments.  H.R. 3393, referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, provides the Federal government with the tools needed to prevent mistakes and overpayments in the first place, and recover funds that are paid in error.  The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently reported that the Federal government made $98 billion in overpayments in 2009