US Congress Senate Bill 1998 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Passed on December 20 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-12-20 - Became Public Law No: 112-217.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

DART Act

Sen. Scott Brown [R-MA]

Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]

Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-12-20	House	Became Public Law No: 112-217.
2012-12-20	House	Signed by President.
2012-12-14	House	Presented to President.
2012-12-12	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2012-12-12	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6731)
2012-12-12	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 1998.
2012-12-12	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6731-6733)
2012-12-12	House	Mr. King (NY) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2012-11-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.
2012-11-29	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2012-11-29	House	Referred to House Homeland Security
2012-11-29	House	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.
2012-11-29	House	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2012-11-29	House	Received in the House.
2012-11-28	Senate	Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7125; text as passed Senate: CR S7125)
2012-11-02	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 535.
2012-11-02	Senate	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.
2012-04-25	Senate	Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
2011-12-15	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1998/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1998/BILLS-112s1998is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1998/BILLS-112s1998rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1998/BILLS-112s1998es.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1998/BILLS-112s1998enr.pdf