Every layer, GAO found, adds another entry point for fraud while making oversight harder to enforce. The report is the first in a planned GAO series examining fraud in state-administered programs. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., requested the GAO report in March. "The Senate must pass these bills immediately so we can equip federal agencies with additional tools to safeguard federal programs." The GAO report does not endorse those bills, but describes several pending measures as addressing specific recommendations.