Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3351–3358 (Do Not Pay Initiative, § 3354)
Payment Integrity Information Act and Do Not Pay: pre-payment eligibility checks
§ 3354(b)(1): Each agency shall review prepayment and preaward procedures and ensure that a thorough review of available databases with relevant information on eligibility occurs to determine program or award eligibility and prevent improper payments before the release of any Federal funds. Databases named include the Death Master File, SAM, LEIE, and others. source
Who it reaches
Federal agencies directly; state agencies and comptrollers for federally funded programs by analogous state requirements and audit expectation.
The record the rule expects
A dated read at payment time with since= set to the previous read, so the record carries both the current state and every changed line; SAM, LEIE, OFAC, state lists as printed. The hold rule is the paying office's.
Free
Read one name now — every source, dated, hashed.
Free, once
500 names you already screened — the 48-hour comparison.
Sector receipt
/comptrollers
Duty Sheet
One page per rule, generated on any receipt
Protocol template
Adopt it as yours; set every threshold
Questions readers ask
Does this replace Treasury's Do Not Pay portal?
No. Federal agencies use Treasury's portal. State and local payers, and vendors to them, keep their own dated record; this is that record.
Is the Death Master File read?
No — restricted access. The receipt says so.
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