May 26, 2016–The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today approved on a 14-0 vote a bill (S 2976) that is designed to improve accountability at the Department of Homeland Security. “Today we will consider the largest reforms to the Department of Homeland Security since its creation in 2003,” said Sen. Ron Johnson (R., Wis.), the committee’s chairman, who introduced the bill. “The DHS Accountability Act of 2016 will strengthen the department’s ability to protect our nation by enacting Secretary Jeh Johnson’s ‘Unity of Effort’ reforms into law to improve cross-department coordination.”