S.Amdt. 1540

SA 1540. Mrs. LOEFFLER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1407 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2657, to
support innovation in advanced geothermal research and development, and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title I insert the following:

SEC. 18__. OFFICE OF FRAUD OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT.

(a) In General.--Title II of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7131 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 218. OFFICE OF FRAUD OVERSIGHT AND MANAGEMENT.

``(a) In General.--There is established within the Office
of Financial Policy and Internal Controls of the Department
an Office of Fraud Oversight and Management (referred to in
this section as the `Office') to design and oversee fraud
risk management activities.
``(b) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director,
who shall be appointed by the Secretary.
``(c) Data Analytics.--The Director of the Office shall
ensure that the necessary data is available to employ data
analytics as a tool to perform contractor cost-surveillance
activities, including monitoring contractor data to maintain
sufficiently detailed transaction-level cost data that are
reconcilable with amounts charged to the Federal Government,
including--
``(1) cost data that, at a minimum, represent a full data
population; and
``(2) details necessary to determine the nature of each
cost transaction, with identifiers such as--
``(A) transaction date, dollar amount, and item or service
description; and
``(B) transaction codes to indicate the type of cost
represented (such as construction materials, property lease,
or office supplies).''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents for the
Department of Energy Organization Act (Public Law 95-91; 91
Stat. 565) is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 217 the following:

``Sec. 218. Office of Fraud Oversight and Management.''.
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