DHS Accountability Enhancement Act
Latest action · Oct 24, 2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Passed HouseOct 23, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
DHS Accountability Enhancement Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to repeal provisions limiting the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to allocate or reallocate functions among Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers and to establish, consolidate, alter, or discontinue organizational units within DHS. Specifically, the bill removes the following requirements: (1) that the pertinent reorganization plan submitted to Congress contain specified elements; and (2) 60 days have expired after the Secretary has provided notice of, including the rationale for, the action to the appropriate congressional committees.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 12, 2017 to Oct 23, 2017; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Oct 12, 2017 |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Oct 23, 2017 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Oct 12, 2017 |
| Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability Subcommittee | Referred Oct 20, 2017 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 24, 2017 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Oct 23, 2017Mr. McCaul moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Oct 23, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8048-8049)
- Oct 23, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4038.
- Oct 23, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8048)
In the Congressional Record 2
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1441 | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D-GA | Oct 26, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H8048, H8049Text printed H8048 | Filemon Vela D-TX, Michael T. McCaul R-TX | Oct 23, 2017 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 164, October 12, 2017, page H8031.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to reassert article I authorities over the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DHS Accountability Enhancement Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- DHS Accountability Enhancement Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 24, 2017Referred in Senate
- Oct 23, 2017Engrossed in House
- Oct 12, 2017Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
