S. 1998: DART Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-15 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Became Public Law No: 112-217.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-15 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 112-217. (final step reached)
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Official title

DART Act

Plain summary

(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.

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DART Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Brown, Scott P. [R-MA] · 2 cosponsors

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Ron Johnson (R-WI)

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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.
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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1998.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>

Record fed-us-cong112-s1998 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112