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AMENDMENT NO.

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Purpose: To strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Department of Homeland Security.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—115th Cong., 2d Sess.

H. R. 2825

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make certain improvements in the laws administered by the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for other purposes Referred to the Committee on

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and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed A

MENDMENT

intended to be proposed by Mr. P

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Viz: At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC.

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. COST SAVINGS ENHANCEMENTS.

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(a) I

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(1) A

MENDMENT

.—Subchapter II of chapter 45

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of title 5, United States Code, is amended by insert-

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ing after section 4512 the following:

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‘‘§4512A. Department of Homeland Security awards

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for cost savings disclosures

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‘‘(a) In this section, the term ‘surplus operations and

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support funds’ means amounts made available for the op-

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erations and support account, or equivalent account, of the

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Department of Homeland Security, or a component there-

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of—

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‘‘(1) that are identified by an employee of the

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Department of Homeland Security under subsection

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(b) as unnecessary;

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‘‘(2) that the Inspector General of the Depart-

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ment of Homeland Security determines are not re-

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quired for the purpose for which the amounts were

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made available;

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‘‘(3) that the Chief Financial Officer of the De-

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partment of Homeland Security determines are not

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required for the purpose for which the amounts were

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made available; and

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‘‘(4) the rescission of which would not be detri-

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mental to the full execution of the purposes for

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which the amounts were made available.

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‘‘(b) The Inspector General of the Department of

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Homeland Security may pay a cash award to any employee

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of the Department of Homeland Security whose disclosure

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of fraud, waste, or mismanagement or identification of

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surplus operations and support funds to the Inspector

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General of the Department of Homeland Security has re-

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sulted in cost savings for the Department of Homeland

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Security. The amount of an award under this section may

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not exceed the lesser of—

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‘‘(1) $10,000; or

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‘‘(2) an amount equal to 1 percent of the De-

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partment of Homeland Security’s cost savings which

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the Inspector General determines to be the total sav-

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ings attributable to the employee’s disclosure or

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identification.

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For purposes of paragraph (2), the Inspector General may

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take into account Department of Homeland Security cost

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savings projected for subsequent fiscal years which will be

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attributable to such disclosure or identification.

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‘‘(c)(1) The Inspector General of the Department of

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Homeland Security shall refer to the Chief Financial Offi-

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cer of the Department of Homeland Security any potential

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surplus operations and support funds identified by an em-

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ployee that the Inspector General determines meets the

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requirements under paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection

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(a), along with any recommendations of the Inspector

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General.

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‘‘(2)(A) If the Chief Financial Officer of the Depart-

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ment of Homeland Security determines that potential sur-

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plus operations and support funds referred under para-

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graph (1) meet the requirements under subsection (a), ex-

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cept as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary of Home-

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land Security shall transfer the amount of the surplus op-

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