,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ebfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #be1
 #bjbd,mr4 ,welch introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,comptroller 
,general of the ,united ,states to      
conduct an audit of the expenditures of 
the ,federal ,emergency ,management     
,agency4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,,fema ,operational 
,transparency ,act4  #b4 ,audit  7a7 ,in
 general ,not later than #a year after  
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall conduct an audit on the   
expenditures of the ,federal ,emergency 
,management ,agency4  7b7 ,contents ,the
 audit conducted under subsection 7a7   
shall-- 7#a7 detail payments made by the
 ,federal ,emergency ,management ,agency
 for-- 7,a7 individual assistance under 
section #djh of the ,robert ,t4         

,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagd72  7,b7 the ,public     
,assistance ,program of the ,federal    
,emergency ,management ,agency2  7,c7   
hazard mitigation under section #djd of 
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eagj;c72 and  7,d7      
,federal agency mission assignments in  
anticipation of1 or in response to1 a   
major disaster or emergency declared    
under section #dja or #eja1             
respectively1 of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj1 #eaia72  7#b7 compare  
the payments for the programs described 
in paragraph 7#a7 to the administrative 
cost of those programs2  7#c7 describe  
the role of personnel hired to          
administer each program described in    
paragraph 7#a72  7#d7 describe the      
amount of the ,disaster ,relief ,fund of
 the ,federal ,emergency ,management    

,agency that is spent on administrative 
costs for the programs described in     
paragraph 7#a72  7#e7 detail how        
workforce shortages the ,federal        
,emergency ,management ,agency has been 
experiencing since #bjbj have impacted  
the administrative costs described in   
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#f7 include       
recommendations for reducing amounts    
spent on administrative costs and       
ensuring that disaster survivors1       
especially in rural communities1 receive
 the most relief possible4  7c7         
,submission ,with respect to the audit  
conducted under subsection 7a71 the     
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall-- 7#a7 submit to ,congress
 the audit2 and  7#b7 make the audit    
publicly available4