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HR 5843 112th Congress House Emergency Management Emergency planning and evacuation Government buildings, facilities, and property Homeland security Law enforcement administration and funding Terrorism

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.

Introduced: May 18, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 29, 2012
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jun 28, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jun 28, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 6/26/2012 H4014)
Jun 28, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 6/26/2012 H4014)
Jun 28, 2012
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4421-4422)
Jun 26, 2012
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Thompson (MS) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Jun 26, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5843.
Jun 26, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4014-4015)
Jun 26, 2012
Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jun 6, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
May 18, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
May 18, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit the use of grant funds under the Urban Area Security Initiative or under the State Homeland Security Grant Program for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.

What's happening now June 29, 2012

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3116 Related bill Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Luján, Ben Ray
New Mexico · Jun 26, 2012
 R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
Florida · May 31, 2012
Marino, Tom
· May 31, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5843: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5843/
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"H.R. 5843: To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to permit use of certain grant funds for training conducted in conjunction with a national laboratory or research facility.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5843/.
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H.R. 5843, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5843/.
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