6 U.S.C. § 795: Fraud, waste, and abuse controls

Summary

The Administrator must make sure all Agency disaster-relief programs have strong internal checks to stop and find fraud, waste, and abuse. Application systems must record payments, link those payment records to the applications, and flag applications that look ineligible. The Agency Inspector General must review those databases and systems to confirm the checks exist and are being used.

Title 6, §795

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(a)In general

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)Audits and reviews required

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.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

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Amendments

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.

§795 Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Controls