Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Act

Bill: 109-hr-3737
Sponsor: Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-8]
Introduced: 2005-09-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting
Alabama
Auditing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Department of Defense
Department of Homeland Security
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Executive reorganization
Floods
Fraud
Freedom of information
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Inspectors general
Louisiana
Mississippi
Strategic planning
Waste in government spending
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: 
Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery Act - Establishes the Office of the Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery. Places at the head of such Office a Special Inspector General for Hurricane Katrina Recovery, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
 
Provides for the Special Inspector General to report directly to the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.
 
Requires the Special Inspector General, among other specified duties, to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of amounts made available for Hurricane Katrina recovery by the federal government, and of the programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds.
 
Instructs the Special Inspector General, within ten days of being appointed, to: (1) open a 24-hour fraud, waste, and abuse hotline; (2) deploy auditors and investigators to the affected Gulf of Mexico region of the United States; (3) announce a strategic plan for oversight; (4) go to the media of that region with antifraud messages; (5) liaise with Hurricane Katrina recovery federal agencies to identify vulnerabilities; and (6) coordinate interagency oversight elements through the creation of a task force. 
 
Requires the Special Inspector General to: (1) submit specified quarterly and interim reports summarizing the activities of the Special Inspector General and the Hurricane Katrina recovery activities of the federal government; and (2) publish such reports on the websites of the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Defense.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-09-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-09-13
text: Introduced in House