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H.R. 6189: Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

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H.R. 6189: Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

112th Congress · introduced 2012-07-25 · Crime and Law Enforcement · Latest: Became Public Law No: 112-189.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-07-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 112-189. (final step reached)
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 11, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to repeal a requirement that the Attorney General submit a report to Congress on grants to state and local governments for a program or project to develop or improve the capability to analyze deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Amends the Police Corps Act to repeal the requirement for the Director of the Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education to submit an annual report on the Police Corps program.

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Official text

Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] · 1 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6189 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112