31 USC § 3355 - Improving recovery of improper payments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t31/s3355"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "31 USC § 3355 - Improving recovery of improper payments"
title_number: 31
title_name: "MONEY AND FINANCE"
section_number: "3355"
section_name: "Improving recovery of improper payments"
chapter_number: 33
chapter_name: "DEPOSITING, KEEPING, AND PAYING MONEY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "IMPROPER PAYMENTS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 116–117, § 2(a), Mar. 2, 2020, 134 Stat. 130.)"
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# § 3355. Improving recovery of improper payments

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall determine—

**(1)** current and historical rates and amounts of recovery of improper payments, or, in cases in which improper payments are identified solely on the basis of a sample, recovery rates and amounts estimated on the basis of the applicable sample, including a list of executive agency recovery audit contract programs and specific information of amounts and payments recovered by recovery audit contractors; and

**(2)** targets for recovering improper payments, including specific information on amounts and payments recovered by recovery audit contractors.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 116–117, § 2(a), Mar. 2, 2020, 134 Stat. 130.)