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6 USC § 795 - Fraud, waste, and abuse controls 

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identifier: "/us/usc/t6/s795"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "6 USC § 795 - Fraud, waste, and abuse controls"
title_number: 6
title_name: "DOMESTIC SECURITY"
section_number: "795"
section_name: "Fraud, waste, and abuse controls"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS SYSTEM"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Prevention of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 696, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1460.)"
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# § 795. Fraud, waste, and abuse controls

**(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.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–295, title VI, § 696, Oct. 4, 2006, 120 Stat. 1460.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For the amendments made by this section, referred to in subsec. (b), see Codification note below.

### Codification

Section is comprised of . Subsec. (c) of  amended , The Public Health and Welfare.