text: SECTION 1. SPECIAL OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR NATURAL DISASTER 
                RESPONSE AND RECONSTRUCTION.
  
      (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are as follows:
              (1) To ensure that funds, services, products, and programs 
          intended to meet the needs of victims of Hurricane Katrina are 
          effectively and efficiently provided by maintaining direct, 
          independent and objective conduct of related audits and 
          investigations.
              (2) To provide the Inspector General of the Department of 
          Homeland Security additional resources capable of making 
          recommendations and policies to prevent and detect fraud and 
          abuse, and ensure effective administration of programs and 
          services related to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
      (b) Definitions.--In this section:
              (1) Affected area.--The term ``affected area'' means any 
          area determined in Presidential Disaster Declaration 1603, 
          1604, or 1605, issued August 29, 2005, to be adversely affected 
          by a major disaster.
              (2) The term ``Inspector General'' means the Inspector 
          General of the Department of Homeland Security.
              (3) The term ``Special Office'' means the Special Office of 
          the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and 
          Reconstruction established by this section.
              (4) The term ``Director'' means the Director of the Special 
          Office.
      (c) Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster 
  Response and Reconstruction.--There is hereby established within the 
  Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 
  the Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster 
  Response and Reconstruction.
      (d) Director of the Special Office of the Inspector General.--
              (1) In general.--The Director of the Special Office of the 
          Inspector General shall be the head of the Special Office and 
          shall be appointed by the Inspector General.
              (2) Basis for appointment.--The appointment of the Director 
          shall be made solely on the basis of integrity, administrative 
          expertise, and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, 
          financial analysis, law, management analysis, public 
          administration, or investigations.
              (3) Deadline for appointment.--The appointment of a 
          Director by the Inspector General shall be made not later than 
          30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
              (4) Basic pay.--The annual rate of basic pay of the 
          Director shall be set by the Inspector General, subject to the 
          provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 or 
          title 5, United States Code, governing classification and 
          General Schedule pay rates.
      (e) Supervision.--The Director shall report directly to, and be 
  under the direct authority and general supervision of, the Inspector 
  General.
      (f) Duties.--
              (1) In general.--It shall be the duty of the Special Office 
          to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations 
          of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of Federal funds by 
          any organization providing relief, assistance, or 
          reconstruction related to Hurricane Katrina and of the 
          programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such 
          funds, including--
                      (A) the oversight and accounting of the obligation 
                  and expenditure of such funds;
                      (B) the monitoring and review of reconstruction 
                  activities funded by such funds;
                      (C) the monitoring and review of contracts funded 
                  by such funds;
                      (D) the monitoring and review of the transfer of 
                  such funds and associated information between and among 
                  the affected States, departments, agencies, and 
                  entities of the Federal Government, and private and 
                  nongovernmental entities; and
                      (E) the maintenance of records on the use of such 
                  funds to facilitate future audits and investigations of 
                  the use of such funds.
              (2) Systems, procedure, and controls.--The Director, in 
          consultation with the Inspector General, shall establish, 
          maintain, and oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as 
          shall be considered appropriate by them to discharge the duty 
          under paragraph (1).
      (g) Personnel, Facilities, and Other Resources.--
              (1) Additional employee.--The Inspector General may select, 
          appoint, and employ additional employees above authorized 
          levels as may be necessary for carrying out the duties of the 
          Special Office under this section, but no more than 40 
          additional full-time equivalent positions.
              (2) Field office.--The Inspector General may operate field 
          offices in the affected areas as may be necessary for the 
          Special Office to carry out the duties prescribed in subsection 
          (f).
      (h) Reports.--
              (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
          the enactment of this Act, or the end of the first fiscal 
          quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
          whichever is later, and every fiscal quarter thereafter, the 
          Inspector General shall submit to the Congress a report 
          summarizing the activities and findings, if any, of the Special 
          Office during the period after the last report issued/preceding 
          fiscal quarter? note that there will be no ``last report '' 
          before the first report . Each report shall include, for the 
          period covered by such report, a detailed statement of all 
          obligations, expenditures, and revenues associated with relief, 
          reconstruction, and rehabilitation activities in the areas 
          affected by Hurricane Katrina, including the following:
                      (A) Obligations and expenditures of appropriated 
                  funds.
                      (B) Revenues attributable to or consisting of funds 
                  provided by foreign nations or international 
                  organizations, and any obligations or expenditures of 
                  such revenues.
                      (C) Any contracts having a value of more than 
                  $2,000,000 entered into by any Federal agency with any 
                  public or private entity, to--
                              (i) provide products, services, or 
                          temporary or permanent housing to those persons 
                          affected by Hurricane Katrina; and
                              (ii) build or rebuild physical 
                          infrastructure in the affected areas.
                      (D) In the case of any contract described in 
                  subparagraph (C)--
                              (i) the amount of the contract or other 
                          agreement;
                              (ii) a brief discussion of the scope of the 
                          contract or other agreement;
                              (iii) a discussion of how the contracting 
                          agency identified, and solicited offers from, 
                          potential contractors to perform the contract, 
                          together with a list of the potential 
                          contractors that were issued solicitations for 
                          the offers; and
                              (iv) the justification and approval 
                          documents on which was based the determination 
                          to use procedures other than procedures that 
                          provide for full and open competition.
                      (E) A discussion related to any administrative 
                  delays in getting available services or products to the 
                  their intended recipients in a timely manner.
              (2) Prohibition on disclosure of information.--Nothing in 
          this subsection shall be construed to authorize the public 
          disclosure of information that is specifically prohibited from 
          disclosure under law.
      (i) Transparency.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
  submittal to the Congress of a report under subsection (h), the 
  Secretary of Homeland Security shall make copies of such report 
  available to the public upon request, and at a reasonable cost.
      (j) Funding.--Of the funds appropriated for the Department of 
  Homeland Security in the Second Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 
  Act to Meet Immediate Needs Arising From the Consequences of Hurricane 
  Katrina, 2005, $15,000,000 shall be available to the Office of the 
  Inspector General to carry out this section for fiscal year 2006.
target: Establishes within the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security the Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction.
  
  Requires the Special Office to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits and investigations of the treatment, handling, and expenditure of federal funds by any organization providing relief, assistance, or reconstruction related to Hurricane Katrina, and of the programs, operations, and contracts carried out utilizing such funds.
feat_title: To establish within the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security the Special Office of the Inspector General for Natural Disaster Response and Reconstruction.