6 U.S.C. § 792 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–253, § 1, Dec. 20, 2022,

Page 414 TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY § 792 (A) identify acquisition planning time frames and considerations across the entire acquisition planning process of the Agency; and (B) clearly communicate the purpose and use of a master acquisition planning sched- ule. (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 691, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 116–272, § 3(a), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3349.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2020—Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 116–272 added subsecs. (e) and (f). Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries FINDINGS Pub. L. 116–272, § 2, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3349, pro- vided that: ‘‘Congress finds that— ‘‘(1) the Post-Katrina Emergency Management and Reform Act of 2006 [Post-Katrina Emergency Manage- ment Reform Act of 2006] (Public Law 109–925 [Pub. L. 109–295, title VI]; 120 Stat. 1394) required the Federal Emergency Management Agency to establish advance contracts, which are established prior to disasters and are typically needed to quickly provide life-sus- taining goods and services in the immediate after- math of a disaster; ‘‘(2) the catastrophic hurricanes and wildfires in the United States in 2017 highlighted the importance of these advance contracts in disaster response; ‘‘(3) in a report issued by the Government Account- ability Office entitled ‘2017 Disaster Contracting: Ac- tion Needed to Better Ensure More Effective Use and Management of Advance Contracts’, the Government Accountability Office identified a number of chal- lenges with advance contracts and recommended ac- tions to improve management by the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency of these contracts for fu- ture disasters; and ‘‘(4) section 691 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 791) should be amended to incorporate the recommendations made by the report described in paragraph (3) to en- sure more effective use and management of advance contracts.’’ REPORT Pub. L. 116–272, § 3(b), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3351, pro- vided that: ‘‘The Administrator of the Federal Emer- gency Management Agency shall regularly update the appropriate committees of Congress (as defined in sec- tion 602 of the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 701)) on the progress of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in imple- menting the recommendations of the Government Ac- countability Office in the report entitled ‘2017 Disaster Contracting: Action Needed to Better Ensure More Ef- fective Use and Management of Advance Contracts’, as required under section 691 of the Post-Katrina Emer- gency Management Reform Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 791), as amended by subsection (a).’’ § 792. Repealed. Pub. L. 117–253, § 1, Dec. 20, 2022, 136 Stat. 2360 Section, Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 692, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1458, related to limitations on tiering of sub- contractors. § 793. Oversight and accountability of Federal disaster expenditures (a) Authority of Administrator to designate funds for oversight activities The Administrator may designate up to 1 per- cent of the total amount provided to a Federal agency for a mission assignment as oversight funds to be used by the recipient agency for per- forming oversight of activities carried out under the Agency reimbursable mission assignment process. Such funds shall remain available until expended. (b) Use of funds (1) Types of oversight activities Oversight funds may be used for the fol- lowing types of oversight activities related to Agency mission assignments: (A) Monitoring, tracking, and auditing ex- penditures of funds. (B) Ensuring that sufficient management and internal control mechanisms are avail- able so that Agency funds are spent appro- priately and in accordance with all applica- ble laws and regulations. (C) Reviewing selected contracts and other activities. (D) Investigating allegations of fraud in- volving Agency funds. (E) Conducting and participating in fraud prevention activities with other Federal, State, and local government personnel and contractors. (2) Plans and reports Oversight funds may be used to issue the plans required under subsection (e) and the re- ports required under subsection (f). (c) Restriction on use of funds Oversight funds may not be used to finance ex- isting agency oversight responsibilities related to direct agency appropriations used for disaster response, relief, and recovery activities. (d) Methods of oversight activities (1) In general Oversight activities may be carried out by an agency under this section either directly or by contract. Such activities may include eval- uations and financial and performance audits. (2) Coordination of oversight activities To the extent practicable, evaluations and audits under this section shall be performed by the inspector general of the agency. (e) Development of oversight plans (1) In general If an agency receives oversight funds for a fiscal year, the head of the agency shall pre- pare a plan describing the oversight activities for disaster response, relief, and recovery an- ticipated to be undertaken during the subse- quent fiscal year. (2) Selection of oversight activities In preparing the plan, the head of the agency shall select oversight activities based upon a risk assessment of those areas that present the greatest risk of fraud, waste, and abuse.