H.R. 5941: DART Act
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H.R. 5941: DART Act
112th Congress · introduced 2012-06-08 · Emergency Management · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-06-08 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
DART Act
Plain summary
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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Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] · 2 cosponsors
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- Fiscal year
- The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr5941.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr5941 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112