Executive Order on Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud
The White House
This order establishes the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud within the Executive Office of the President to mandate stricter oversight, eligibility validation, and fund recovery for state-administered federal assistance programs.
The task force is directed to enforce compliance and disrupt fraud networks across state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions.
Within 30 days, each participating agency must identify benefit transactions most susceptible to exploitation, such as eligibility self-attestations, new enrollments, or third-party intermediary transactions.
Agencies must formally submit descriptions of these vulnerabilities and proposed countermeasures to the task force leadership.
Within 60 days, the task force must coordinate the adoption of minimum anti-fraud requirements across all member agencies, including mandatory identity verification, pre-payment risk controls, and updated data-sharing protocols.
Crucially, the task force is instructed to evaluate and recommend administrative mechanisms for withholding federal funds from jurisdictions that fail to implement these required security measures.
Within 90 days, every member of the task force must submit a measurable implementation plan detailing the execution of their agency-specific protocols.
The order also issues a specific directive to the Attorney General regarding the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3730).
The Department of Justice must expedite the pursuit of civil actions filed by private individuals concerning federal benefit fraud, ensuring prompt case review within the statutory 60-day period.
Additionally, the Department of the Treasury is tasked with bearing the publication costs for the order.
