Senate bill · 112th Congress · Did not become law

Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012

S. 1409Introduced Jul 22, 2011Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Carper D-DE

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 22, 2011
Committee actionOct 19, 2011
Passed SenateAug 1, 2012 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Aug 2, 2012 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1409.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1409, Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011” on April 20, 2012. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on October 19, 2011”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 20, 2012 ↗
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CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43178
CBO publication date
April 20, 2012
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1409, 112th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
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Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 112-181 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 12, 2012.
Source: Congress.gov, reported July 12, 2012 ↗
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1409, 112th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1409
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4053, which became Public Law 112-248 on 1/10/2013.
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Congress.gov bill record
S. 1409, 112th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/1409
Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
September 25, 2026
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat, 1 independent

2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Scott Brown (R-MA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT).

More from the sponsor

Other 112th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thomas Carper.

Sponsor’s state and district

Delaware in Congress

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