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H.R. 6378: September 11th Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Implementation Act of 2006

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H.R. 6378: September 11th Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Implementation Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2006-12-06 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2006-12-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

September 11th Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Implementation Act of 2006

Plain summary

September 11th Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Implementation Act of 2006 - Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that: (1) all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agencies that administer federal emergency assistance maintain internal management controls to detect, prevent, and deter waste, fraud, and abuse; and (2) databases used by DHS to collect information on eligible recipients are integrated with disbursement and payment records to identify ineligible applications. Requires: (1) the DHS Inspector General to review relevant databases to assess the implementation of internal controls; (2) the Secretary to biennially certify that such controls are in place; (3) entities receiving assistance to periodically report to the disbursing federal agency; (4) the Secretary to implement a waste, fraud, and abuse detection and prevention training program; (5) agencies disbursing assistance to attempt to confirm the applicant's identity and eligibility; and (6) the Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator to collect, verify, and maintain information regarding applicant eligibility for loans to recover from an emergency. Directs the Secretary to: (1) require contractors to submit information on performance before awarding, renewing, or extending a contract; and (2) maintain a database of small business entities for federal emergency-related contracting. Establishes within the Office of Inspector General the position of Deputy Inspector General for Response and Recovery to conduct audits and investigations and to establish a Fraud Task Force. Requires departmental entity heads to maintain budgetary procedures to distinguish funds related to response and relief efforts from other agency funds.

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Official text

September 11th Lessons Learned in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Implementation Act of 2006

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] · 10 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Michael T. McCaul (R-TX)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] reported raising $2.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-hr6378 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109