House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026
Official title: To require the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration to submit a quarterly report on fraud relating to certain COVID-19 loans.
Sponsor: Rep. Roger Williams R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 28, 2025
- Committee actionMay 20, 2026
- Passed HouseJun 23, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 826.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 826, COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026” on June 16, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Small Business on June 3, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62526
- CBO publication date
- June 16, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 826, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/826
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-677 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on June 3, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 3, 2026 ↗
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- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/677
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 826, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/826
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 18, January 28, 2025, Page H408):Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of the United States.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 28, 2025 ↗
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- 62 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 826, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/826
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Aaron Bean (R-FL), George Latimer (D-NY), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Roger Williams.
- H.R. 5100 (119th) To extend the SBIR and STTR programs, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3174 (119th) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act
- H.R. 1642 (119th) Connecting Small Businesses with Career and Technical Education Graduates Act of 2025
- H.R. 5763 (119th) Main Street Parity Act
- H.R. 1549 (119th) China Financial Threat Mitigation Act of 2025
- H.R. 825 (119th) Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act
Related bills
- H.R. 4666 (118th) To require the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration to submit a quarterly report on fraud relating to certain COVID-19…Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.