[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3339 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3339

  To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and 
  format of data used in the administration of certain human services 
                programs under the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2011

Mr. Davis of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Issa, Mr. Lewis of 
Georgia, Mr. Herger, Mr. Nunes, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Reichert, Mr. Boustany, 
Mr. Price of Georgia, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Paulsen, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Berg, 
Mrs. Black, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition 
      to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and 
  format of data used in the administration of certain human services 
                programs under the Social Security Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Data and Technology 
Advancement Act'' or the ``Standard DATA Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED DATA MATCHING.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1301-1320b-25) is amended by inserting after section 1121 the 
following:

``SEC. 1121A. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED DATA MATCHING.

    ``(a) Standard Data Elements.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The head of the department or agency 
        responsible for administering a provision of title III, IV, IX, 
        XII, XVI, or subtitle A of title XX, or section 511, shall, in 
        consultation with an interagency work group established by the 
        Office of Management and Budget and considering State 
        perspectives, by rule, designate standard data elements for any 
        category of information required to be reported under the 
        provision of law.
            ``(2) Data elements must be nonproprietary and 
        interoperable.--The standard data elements designated under 
        paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be 
        nonproprietary and interoperable.
            ``(3) Other requirements.--In designating standard data 
        elements under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the 
        extent practicable, incorporate---
                    ``(A) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by an international voluntary consensus 
                standards body, as defined by the Office of Management 
                and Budget, such as the International Organization for 
                Standardization;
                    ``(B) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as 
                the National Information Exchange Model; and
                    ``(C) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by Federal entities with authority over 
                contracting and financial assistance, such as the 
                Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
    ``(b) Data Standards for Reporting.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The head of the department or agency 
        responsible for administering a provision of law referred to in 
        subsection (a)(1) shall, in consultation with an interagency 
        work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, 
        and considering State government perspectives, by rule, 
        designate data reporting standards to govern the reporting 
        required under the provision of law.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The data reporting standards required 
        by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable--
                    ``(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non-
                proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format;
                    ``(B) be consistent with and implement applicable 
                accounting principles; and
                    ``(C) be capable of being continually upgraded as 
                necessary.
            ``(3) Incorporation of nonproprietary standards.--In 
        designating reporting standards under this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate 
        existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible 
        Business Reporting Language.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2012, and shall apply with respect to 
information required to be reported on or after such date.
    (c) Conforming Repeal.--Effective on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, section 105 of the Child and Family Services Improvement and 
Innovation Act (Public Law 112-34) is repealed.
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