H.R. 5941 112th Congress House

DART Act

Official title: To obtain an unqualified audit opinion, and improve financial accountability and management at the Department of Homeland Security.

Introduced: June 8, 2012 See on congress.gov

Emergency Management Accounting and auditingDepartment of Homeland SecurityExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesPerformance measurement

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Jun 21, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.

Jun 8, 2012

Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Jun 8, 2012

Introduced in House

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Latest action June 21, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012 or the DART Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to take steps to ensure that the full set of consolidated financial statements of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2013 and each fiscal year thereafter are ready in a timely manner and in preparation for an audit as part of preparing the required performance and accountability reports, in order to obtain an unqualified opinion.

Requires each annual report submitted by DHS's Chief Financial Officer to include a plan: (1) to obtain such unqualified opinion; (2) that addresses how DHS will eliminate material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in internal controls over financial reporting; and (3) to modernize the financial management systems of DHS, including consideration of alternative approaches that include modernizing existing, and establishing new, financial management systems and associated financial controls.

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