H.R. 6062: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
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H.R. 6062: Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-06-29 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-06-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
Plain summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012 - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize appropriations for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program through FY2017.
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Official text
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Sponsor: Rep. Marino, Tom [R-PA-10] · 10 cosponsors
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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV)
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- Appropriation
- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
- Authorization
- A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr6062.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr6062 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112