HR 6189 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

Introduced Jul 25, 2012 Originated House Became Public Law 112-189 Sponsor John Conyers, Jr. D-MI

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Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-189.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJul 25, 2012
  2. Passed HouseSep 11, 2012
  3. Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
  4. To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
  5. Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-189

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.

Cosponsors 1

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 25, 2012.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TXLamar SmithOriginalJul 25, 2012

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Jul 25, 2012Markup Aug 1, 2012Reported Sep 10, 2012
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Sep 12, 2012Discharged Sep 22, 2012

Actions 19

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
  2. Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-189.
  3. Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
  4. Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6674)
  6. Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6674)
  7. Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  8. Sep 12, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  9. Sep 11, 2012Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. Sep 11, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5796)
  11. Sep 11, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6189.
  12. Sep 11, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5796)
  13. Sep 11, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  14. Sep 10, 2012Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-648.
  15. Sep 10, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 466.
  16. Aug 1, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  17. Aug 1, 2012Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
  18. Jul 25, 2012Introduced in House
  19. Jul 25, 2012Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H6650John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lamar Smith R-TXDec 5, 2012
SenateDebate and remarks S6674Mark L. Pryor D-ARSep 21, 2012
HouseDebate and remarks H5796Text printed H5796John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Lamar Smith R-TXSep 11, 2012

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Constitutional authority

[Pages H5291-H5292] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. CONYERS: H.R. 6189. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5292.

Titles 6

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements for unfunded programs under the Office of Justice Programs.
Short Titles as Introduced
Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act
Short Titles as Reported to House
Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act
Short Titles as Passed House
Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act
Short Titles as Passed Senate
Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act
Short Titles as Enacted
Reporting Efficiency Improvement Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. —Enrolled Bill
  2. Sep 12, 2012Referred in Senate
  3. Sep 11, 2012Engrossed in House
  4. Sep 10, 2012Reported in House
  5. Jul 25, 2012Introduced in House

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