Trump Signs Executive Order 14395 Creating a Task Force to Eliminate Fraud Chaired by the Vice President
On March 16, 2026, President Trump signed Executive Order 14395, 'Establishing the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud,' at the White House in Washington, creating a new interagency Task Force within the Executive Office of the President to coordinate the fight against fraud, waste and abuse in federal benefit programs.
The Vice President serves as Chairman of the Task Force, the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission as Vice Chairman, and the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security as Senior Advisor, with an Executive Director designated by the Chairman. Its members include representatives of the Departments of the Treasury, Justice, Agriculture, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Education, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, the Small Business Administration and the Office of Management and Budget. The order states that federal benefit programs covering housing, food, medical care and cash assistance are administered by the states, and that eligibility-verification loopholes and missing fraud controls in some states have allowed the programs to be exploited on a large scale.
The Task Force is charged with improving eligibility verification, building controls that operate before funds are disbursed, promoting data sharing between the federal government and state, local, tribal and territorial governments, disrupting fraud networks and repeat cross-program offenders, preventing remittance transfers of benefit-fraud proceeds, and auditing providers for compliance. Each member agency must, within 30 days, submit descriptions of its benefit transactions and processes most susceptible to fraud, together with suggested preventive measures; within 60 days, coordinate adoption of minimum anti-fraud requirements; and within 90 days, submit a measurable implementation plan.
The order also directs the Attorney General to promote meritorious private civil actions under the False Claims Act concerning fraud within federal benefit programs and to ensure prompt review of such actions.
Related: Trump Signs Executive Order 14390 to Combat Cybercrime and Fraud Against American Citizens
Source: The White House
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