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Version 53 · Passed House · Jun 23, 2026
COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
This bill requires the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General to report quarterly to Congress about fraud cases involving certain COVID-19 loans (e.g., Paycheck Protection Program loans).
The report must include the
number and total dollar amount of such loans,
number of new cases of fraud and suspected fraud,
number of fraud cases resolved, and
types of such cases of fraud.
The reporting requirements terminate two years after this bill is enacted.
People & committees
Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] · R–TX
Legislative record
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4141)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 826.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4141-4142)
Mr. Williams (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 590.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-677.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 119-677.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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