Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4174.

3.0.0 4174 2023-03-22T19:50:54Z 2023-03-22T19:50:54Z House HR 2017-10-31 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 176 (Tuesday, October 31, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin:H.R. 4174.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution grantsthe Congress the authority to enact this law.[Page H8294]]]> ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2018-12-19T22:59:19Z Referred to 2017-11-16T16:44:46Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2017-11-15T19:00:21Z Markup by 2017-11-02T20:07:14Z Referred to 2017-10-31T16:02:10Z H. Rept. 115-411 Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4174. 115 149 HCONRES 2018-12-22 Message on Senate action sent to the House. Procedurally-related House Related bill House Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 115 2046 S 2017-10-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2019-01-14 Became Public Law No: 115-435. President E40000 2 House floor actions 2019-01-14 Became Public Law No: 115-435. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-14 Signed by President. President E30000 2 House floor actions 2019-01-14 Signed by President. BecameLaw 36000 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-02 Presented to President. Floor E20000 2 House floor actions 2019-01-02 Presented to President. President 28000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-31 13:08:25 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Con. Res. 149, enrollment corrections on H.R. 4174 have been made. Floor H1B000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-21 16:15:39 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. ResolvingDifferences H41931 2 House floor actions 2018-12-21 16:15:37 On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 356 - 17 (Roll no. 484). ResolvingDifferences H41610 2 House floor actions 484 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll484.xml House 115 2018-12-21T21:15:37Z 2 2018-12-21 Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 356 - 17 (Roll no. 484). NotUsed 19500 9 Library of Congress 484 https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll484.xml House 115 2018-12-21T21:15:37Z 2 2018-12-21 09:26:12 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. ResolvingDifferences H40142 2 House floor actions 2018-12-21 09:25:21 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the motion to suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment to H.R. 4174. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2018-12-21 09:24:51 Mr. Walker moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10518-10526; text as House agree to Senate amendment: CR H10518-10525) ResolvingDifferences H40140 2 House floor actions 2018-12-19 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2018-12-19 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7871-7878) Floor 2018-12-19 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7871-7878) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-19 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7870-7878) Floor 2018-12-19 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2018-12-19 Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee 2017-11-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2017-11-15 15:02:14 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Floor H38310 2 House floor actions 2017-11-15 15:02:11 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9281-9288) Floor H37300 2 House floor actions 2017-11-15 15:02:11 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H9281-9288) Floor 8000 9 Library of Congress 2017-11-15 14:39:18 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4174. Floor H8D000 2 House floor actions 2017-11-15 14:39:16 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9281-9291) Floor H30000 2 House floor actions 2017-11-15 14:39:01 Mr. Farenthold moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Floor H30300 2 House floor actions 2017-11-15 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 303. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00303 2017-11-15 Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-411. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-11-15 Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-411. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-11-02 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. Committee 2017-11-02 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2017-10-31 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-10-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-10-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000570 Rep. Ryan, Paul D. [R-WI-1] Paul Ryan R WI D. 1 N F000460 Rep. Farenthold, Blake [R-TX-27] Blake Farenthold R TX 27 2017-10-31 True G000566 Rep. Gowdy, Trey [R-SC-4] Trey Gowdy R SC 4 2017-10-31 True K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 2017-10-31 True 2017-12-19T16:49:00Z H.R. 4174, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/53419 As passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on November 15, 2017 Public Law 115-435 Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Business records Census and government statistics Computer security and identity theft Computers and information technology Congressional oversight Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government information and archives Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Performance measurement Policy sciences Right of privacy Technology assessment Government Operations and Politics

00 2017-10-31 Introduced in House 2018-11-15T18:48:50Z Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017

This bill requires departments and agencies identified in the Chief Financial Officers Act to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a plan for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of such departments and agencies.The plan must include: (1) a list of policy-relevant questions for developing evidence to support policymaking, and (2) a list of data for facilitating the use of evidence in policymaking.

The OMB shall consolidate such plans into a unified evidence building plan.

The bill establishes an Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy to assist the OMB in supporting government-wide evaluation activities and policies. The bill defines "evaluation" to mean an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency.

Each department or agency shall designate a Chief Evaluation Officer to coordinate evidence-building activities and an official with statistical expertise to advise on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures.

The OMB shall establish an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to advise on expanding access to and use of federal data for evidence building.

Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act

This bill requires open government data assets to be published as machine-readable data.

Each agency shall: (1) develop and maintain a comprehensive data inventory for all data assets created by or collected by the agency, and (2) designate a Chief Data Officer who shall be responsible for lifecycle data management and other specified functions.

The bill establishes in the OMB a Chief Data Officer Council for establishing government-wide best practices for the use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data and for promoting data sharing agreements among agencies.

Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2017

This bill codifies provisions relating to confidential information protection and statistical efficiency.

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49 2019-01-14 Public Law 2019-08-22T22:28:46Z Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018

This bill requires agency data to be accessible and requires agencies to plan to develop statistical evidence to support policymaking.

TITLE I--FEDERAL EVIDENCE-BUILDING ACTIVITIES

(Sec. 101) The bill requires agencies to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a systematic plan for identifying and addressing policy questions. The plan must include, among other things

questions for developing evidence to support policymaking;
data the agency intends to collect, use, or acquire to facilitate the use of evidence in policymaking;
methods and analytical approaches that may be used to develop evidence to support policymaking; and
challenges to developing evidence to support policymaking, including any statutory or other restrictions to accessing relevant data.

Each agency shall designate a senior employee as Evaluation Officer to coordinate evidence-building activities and an official with statistical expertise to advise on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures.

The OMB shall establish an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building.

Agency strategic plans shall contain an assessment of the coverage, quality, methods, effectiveness, and independence of the agency's statistics, evaluation, research, and analysis efforts. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall submit to Congress a report that (1) summarizes agency findings and highlights trends in the assessment, and (2) recommends actions to further improve agency capacity to use evaluation techniques and data to support evaluation efforts.

The OMB shall issue guidance for program evaluation and identify best practices for evaluation. Agencies must implement such guidance.

The Office of Personnel Management shall, for program evaluation within an agency, identify key skills and competencies, establish or update an occupational series, and establish a new career path.

TITLE II--OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA ACT

Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act

(Sec. 202) This bill requires public government data assets to be published as machine-readable data. The General Services Administration must maintain an online federal data catalogue to provide a single point of entry for the public to access agency data.

Each agency shall develop and maintain a comprehensive data inventory and designate a Chief Data Officer.

The GAO shall report to Congress identifying (1) the value of information made available to the public as a result of this bill, (2) whether publishing information that has not yet been published would be valuable to the public, and (3) the completeness of each comprehensive data inventory developed.

The OMB shall biennially report on agency performance and compliance with this bill.

TITLE III--CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PROTECTION AND STATISTICAL EFFICIENCY

Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2018

(Sec. 302) The bill codifies and revises the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2002.

Each statistical agency or unit shall (1) produce and disseminate relevant and timely statistical information; (2) conduct credible, accurate, and objective statistical activities; and (3) protect the trust of information providers by ensuring the confidentiality and exclusive statistical use of their responses.

(Sec. 303) An agency shall make data assets available to any statistical agency or unit for purposes of developing evidence. This shall not apply to any data asset that is subject to a statute that prohibits the sharing or intended use of such asset. Each statistical agency or unit shall expand access to data assets acquired or accessed to develop evidence while protecting such assets from inappropriate access and use.

The OMB shall (1) make public all standards and policies established under this bill; (2) ensure that statistical agencies and units have the ability to make information public on the federal data catalogue; and (3) establish a process through which agencies, the Congressional Budget Office, state, local, and tribal governments, researchers, and other individuals may apply to access the data assets accessed or acquired by a statistical agency or unit for purposes of developing evidence.

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Short Titles as Reported to House Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 H House Short Titles as Passed House Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 H House Short Titles as Introduced Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017 4171 115 SAMDT In the nature of a substitute. 2020-12-15T17:59:42Z 2018-12-19 Amendment SA 4171 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. SA 4171 https://www.congress.gov/amendment/115th-congress/senate-amendment/4171 J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 1 1 M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2018-12-19 True 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Senate 115 HR House H 4174 Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 2023-03-22T19:50:54Z 6 2018-12-19 0 Senate Amendment SA 4171 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 2018-12-19 0 Senate Amendment SA 4171 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Johnson. (consideration: CR S7870-7871; text: CR S7871-7878) In the nature of a substitute. Floor 2018-12-19 Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 4171 proposed by Senator McConnell for Senator Johnson.(consideration: CR S7870-7871; text: CR S7871-7878) Floor 93000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-19 Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 4171 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. Floor 94000 9 Library of Congress 2018-12-19 Senate amendment submitted Floor 91000 9 Library of Congress Enrolled Bill https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174enr/xml/BILLS-115hr4174enr.xml Engrossed Amendment Senate 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174eas/xml/BILLS-115hr4174eas.xml Referred in Senate 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174rfs/xml/BILLS-115hr4174rfs.xml Reported in House 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174rh/xml/BILLS-115hr4174rh.xml Engrossed in House 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174eh/xml/BILLS-115hr4174eh.xml Introduced in House 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr4174ih/xml/BILLS-115hr4174ih.xml 2019-01-15T04:59:59Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-115publ435/uslm/PLAW-115publ435.xml Public Law 2019-01-14 Became Public Law No: 115-435. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 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