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‘‘SEC. 856b. ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING AMONG 
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PREVENT FRAUD, 
WASTE, AND ABUSE. 
‘‘(a) CONFIRMATION OF IDENTITY AND ELIGIBILITY 
OF APPLICANTS.—Any Federal, State, local, or tribal 
agency that disburses Federal grants, loans, services, and 
other assistance in response to or for the recovery from 
acts of terrorism, natural disasters, or other emergencies, 
shall make reasonable efforts to confirm the identity and 
eligibility of the applicant for such assistance without plac-
ing undue burden on the applicant. 
‘‘(b) CONSENT TO ACCESS.— 
‘‘(1) 
INCLUSION
ON
APPLICATION
MATE-
RIALS.—The Federal, State, local, or tribal agency 
may include provisions on application materials for 
grants, loans, services, and other assistance that 
would allow access to Internal Revenue Service in-
formation (IRS Form 8821 Tax Information Au-
thorization) and other relevant Federal databases, to 
allow government agencies to share information and 
enhance the accuracy and expedite the delivery of 
assistance to applicants. 
‘‘(2) CONSENT NOT REQUIRED.—Any applicant 
who declines to consent to the sharing of such infor-
mation shall not be denied assistance or otherwise 
penalized for that reason.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
after the item related to section 856a the following: 
‘‘Sec. 856b. Enhanced information sharing among Federal agencies to prevent 
fraud, waste, and abuse. ’’. 
SEC. 205. DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RESPONSE 
AND RECOVERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle B of title VIII of the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 371) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 813. DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR RESPONSE 
AND RECOVERY. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the po-
sition of Deputy Inspector General for Response and Re-
covery within the Office of the Inspector General of the 
Department. 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.—The Deputy Inspector General 
shall be appointed— 
‘‘(1) by the Inspector General of the Depart-
ment; and 
‘‘(2) solely on the basis of integrity and dem-
onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 
analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis-
tration, or investigations. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING AND STATUS AS SES POSITION.— 
The Deputy Inspector General— 
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‘‘(1) shall report to, and be under the direct au-
thority and supervision of, the Inspector General; 
and 
‘‘(2) the Deputy Inspector General shall serve 
as a career member of the Senior Executive Service. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) AUDITS AND INVESTIGATIONS.—The dep-
uty Inspector General shall, in coordination with in-
spectors general of other departments, as appro-
priate, conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and 
investigations of the treatment, handling, and ex-
penditure of amounts appropriated or otherwise 
made available for response to and recovery from an 
act of terrorism, natural disaster, or other emer-
gency by the Federal Government, and of the pro-
grams, operations, and contracts carried out uti-
lizing such funds, including— 
‘‘(A) the oversight and accounting of the 
obligation and expenditure of such funds; 
‘‘(B) the monitoring and review of recon-
struction activities funded by such funds; 
‘‘(C) the monitoring and review of con-
tracts by such funds; 
‘‘(D) the monitoring and review of the 
transfer of such funds and associated informa-
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tion between and among departments, agencies, 
and entities of the United States, and private 
nongovernmental entities; and 
‘‘(E) the maintenance of records on the 
use of such funds to facilitate future audits and 
investigations of such funds. 
‘‘(2) FRAUD TIP LINE.—The Deputy Inspector 
General shall ensure that not more than 48 hours 
after a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other 
national emergency, the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral institutes and publicizes a Fraud Tip Line to 
facilitate the collection of allegations of waste, fraud, 
and abuse of Federal assistance funds. 
‘‘(3) AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATION.—The Dep-
uty Inspector General shall ensure, to the greatest 
extent possible, that the activities of the Deputy In-
spector General do not duplicate audits and inves-
tigations of Inspectors General and other auditors of 
Federal departments and agencies, and State and 
local government entities. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH FBI.—The Deputy 
Inspector General shall ensure that investigative ac-
tivities under this section are coordinated with the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. 
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‘‘(e) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT MATTERS.—In order 
to assist the Deputy Inspector General for the purposes 
of carrying out this section, all agencies receiving or dis-
tributing Federal funds to respond to acts of terrorism, 
natural disasters, or other emergencies shall establish and 
maintain budgetary procedures to distinguish funds re-
lated to response and relief efforts from other agency 
funds. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for operations of the Office of the Deputy Inspec-
tor General $11,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is further amended by inserting 
after the item related to section 812 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 813. Deputy Inspector General for Response and Recovery.’’. 
(c) DEADLINE FOR APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Homeland Security shall ap-
point the Deputy Inspector General under this section not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 206. PROTECTION OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
SECURITY OFFICIAL SEAL AND INSIGNIA. 
Section 875 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
(6 U.S.C. 455) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(d) PROTECTION
OF NAME, INITIALS, INSIGNIA, 
AND SEAL.— 
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