The record

LegislationLegislation· Jun 2026
HR 826 Passed House — in Senate

Sponsored by Roger Williams (R)

COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026

Requires SBA to report quarterly to Congress on COVID-19 loan fraud cases for two years.

Tradeoff

Creates new quarterly reporting burden on the Small Business Administration's Office of Inspector General with no funding mechanism specified in the bill.

What's in it

See official bill text
H.R. 826, COVID Fraud Transparency Act of 2026www.cbo.gov/publication/62526 · Jun 2026

Passed the House by on June 23, 2026 — sitting in the Senate.

  1. House

    Introduced

    (Jan 28, 2025)

  2. House

    Committee on Small Business(Jan 28, 2025)

  3. House

    The Committee on Small Business voted to send it to the floor

    Reported 23 - 0(May 20, 2026)

    Committee report H. Rept. 119-677.

  4. House

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (Jun 23, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Received from the House

    on Small Business and Entrepreneurship(Jun 24, 2026)