Title 6Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73

§795 Fraud, waste, and abuse controls

Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM › Part Part D— - Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse › § 795

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must make sure every Agency program that gives federal disaster aid sets up and keeps internal controls to stop and find fraud, waste, and abuse. Application systems must record payments, link application data with payment and disbursement records, and flag ineligible claims. The Agency’s Inspector General must review any such database or application system to confirm those controls exist and are being used.

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Title 6, §795

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(a)The Administrator shall ensure that—
(1)all programs within the Agency administering Federal disaster relief assistance develop and maintain proper internal management controls to prevent and detect fraud, waste, and abuse;
(2)application databases used by the Agency to collect information on eligible recipients must record disbursements;
(3)such tracking is designed to highlight and identify ineligible applications; and
(4)the databases used to collect information from applications for such assistance must be integrated with disbursements and payment records.
(b)The Administrator shall ensure that any database or similar application processing system for Federal disaster relief assistance programs administered by the Agency undergoes a review by the Inspector General of the Agency to determine the existence and implementation of such internal controls required under this section and the amendments made by this section.

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made by this section, referred to in subsec. (b), see Codification note below. Codification Section is comprised of section 696 of Pub. L. 109–295. Subsec. (c) of section 696 of Pub. L. 109–295 amended section 5174 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

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6 U.S.C. § 795

Title 6Domestic Security

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73