Pass reforms to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal and state government programs, including tighter TANF guardrails, stronger state oversight, and measures to stop improper student aid and childcare-dollar abuse.

We're going to close loopholes, crack down on abuse, hold negligent state leaders accountable. ... We're going to put new guardrails on TANF funding ... We're going to have additional measures to stop fraud and crime rings and so-called ghost students ... [and] crack down on rampant abuse of childcare dollars ... strengthen fraud standards and state oversight.

Johnson commits to supporting legislation that tightens anti-fraud controls across government programs, especially TANF, student aid, and childcare funding, and to holding states accountable for misuse.

Speaker Johnson: If Democrats Actually Cared About Affordability, They Would Vote to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Government | U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson
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The House passed the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act, which would require regular HHS audits of state child care grant programs, heightened scrutiny for high-risk states, corrective action for improper payments, and penalties for repeat violations.

Concrete House action on child-care fraud controls, but it was only House passage and still needed Senate and presidential approval.

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House passes bill to rein in child care fraud after $325M in waste exposed
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Minnesota began disenrolling 3,411 Medicaid providers after a federal revalidation order covering roughly 5,000 high-risk providers across 13 programs, showing an active fraud and oversight crackdown in state-administered benefits.

Recent enforcement action on state-administered programs points to stronger oversight, though it is not the full legislative package promised.

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Minnesota Medicaid providers caught up in fraud crackdown
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AP reported that Vice President JD Vance asked DOJ to investigate Minnesota officials after a Republican-led House Oversight report said state social-service programs let fraud continue and retaliated against whistleblowers.

A fresh federal escalation on state-program fraud and oversight, but it is investigative and not a completed reform measure.

partial same_term A for effort

Vance demands Justice Department probe of Minnesota officials as White House presses 'war on fraud'
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The Clerk records H.R. 1 passage on May 22, 2025 by 215-214-1; Johnson (LA), Republican, voted Yea.

Johnson personally voted for the major 119th Congress reconciliation bill that later became Public Law 119-21, giving him direct same-term legislative effort on included anti-fraud and eligibility provisions.

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Roll Call 145 | Bill Number: H.R. 1
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Public Law 119-21 includes Medicaid provisions under a heading for reducing fraud and improving enrollment processes, including systems to prevent multi-state enrollment.

A same-term enacted federal law tightened eligibility and anti-duplicate-enrollment controls in Medicaid/CHIP, supporting part of the broader waste, fraud, and abuse promise for government programs.

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Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1
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Section 71303 is titled as requiring eligibility verification for the premium tax credit and lists income, alien status, coverage, and residence checks.

The enacted law added verification requirements for a major federal health-credit program, evidence of narrower program-integrity reforms but not the full TANF/student-aid/child-care package.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1
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The law changes Pell Grant eligibility by counting foreign income, excluding high student-aid-index applicants, and excluding students whose other grants cover attendance costs.

This is enacted student-aid eligibility tightening, relevant to stopping improper or excessive federal student aid, though it is not framed as a comprehensive fraud package.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1
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Workforce Pell programs must meet state and federal determinations, verified completion and job-placement thresholds, and value-added earnings tests; low-earning programs become ineligible.

The law put guardrails on new and existing federal student-aid flows, supporting partial delivery on student-aid abuse prevention.

partial same_term A for effort

Public Law 119-21, H.R. 1
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HHS said it was rescinding child-care rules that required payment before attendance verification and would restore attendance-based billing and additional verification requirements.

The executive branch took concrete same-term action on child-care payment integrity, but this was administrative action by HHS rather than Johnson passing statutory reforms.

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HHS to Close Biden-Era Loophole That Let States Pay Child Care Providers Without Counting Attendance
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The report says the House passed the No Funds for Repeat Child Care Violations Act, with audits, high-risk-state scrutiny, corrective steps, data sharing, and funding sanctions.

This is the clearest evidence of House action on child-care-dollar abuse, but the report says the bill still had to go to the Senate, so it supports effort and partial progress rather than final delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

House passes bill to rein in child care fraud after $325M in waste exposed
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The House Oversight subcommittee requested state SNAP data after USDA sought information to identify and eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse.

This shows ongoing House oversight of state-administered benefit fraud, but it is investigation and pressure, not passage of the promised TANF/child-care/student-aid reform package.

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Burchett Investigates States’ Refusal to Provide SNAP Data to USDA to Reduce Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
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The subcommittee held a hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in SNAP and described improper payments, fraud risks, and state data gaps.

The hearing supports an effort badge for broader oversight activity in state-administered benefits, but hearings alone do not fulfill a promise to pass reforms.

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Burchett Opens Hearing on Combating Fraud in SNAP
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