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S 1998 112th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Congressional oversight Department of Homeland Security Executive agency funding and structure Performance measurement

DART Act

Introduced: December 15, 2011 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 20, 2012
Became Public Law No: 112-217.
Dec 20, 2012
Signed by President.
Dec 14, 2012
Presented to President.
Dec 12, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 12, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6731)
Dec 12, 2012
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6731)
Dec 12, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1998.
Dec 12, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6731-6733)
Dec 12, 2012
Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Nov 30, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.
Nov 29, 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.
Nov 29, 2012
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Nov 29, 2012
Received in the House.
Nov 28, 2012
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7125; text as passed Senate: CR S7125)
Nov 28, 2012
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7125; text as passed Senate: CR S7125)
Nov 2, 2012
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
Nov 2, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Lieberman under authority of the order of the Senate of 09/22/2012 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 112-230.
Apr 25, 2012
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Dec 15, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 15, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 28, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

DHS Audit Requirement Target Act of 2012 or the DART Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security, in order to ensure compliance with the Department of Homeland Security Financial Accountability Act, to take the necessary 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 required performance and accountability reports in order to obtain an unqualified opinion.

Requires each annual report on the status of financial management of DHS submitted by the Chief Financial Officer of DHS to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) during the period between the enactment of this Act and the date such an unqualified opinion is submitted to include a plan: (1) to obtain such opinion; (2) that addresses how and by when DHS will eliminate material weaknesses and significant deficiencies in internal controls over financial reporting; and (3) to modernize DHS's financial management systems.

What's happening now December 20, 2012

Became Public Law No: 112-217.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Dec 15, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1998: DART Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1998/
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"S. 1998: DART Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1998/.
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