[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6682 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6682

  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

                           December 18, 2012

 Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Doggett) 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 of 2012'' or the ``Standard DATA Act of 2012''.

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-5) is amended by inserting after section 1121 the 
following:

``SEC. 1121A. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED 
              INTEROPERABILITY.

    ``(a) Data Exchange Standards.--
            ``(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 data exchange standards for 
        any category of information required to be reported under the 
        provision of law.
            ``(2) Data exchange standards must be nonproprietary and 
        interoperable.--The data exchange standards designated under 
        paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be 
        nonproprietary and interoperable.
            ``(3) Other requirements.--In designating data exchange 
        standards 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 Exchange Reporting Standards.--
            ``(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 exchange reporting standards to govern the 
        reporting required under the provision of law.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The data exchange 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 data exchange reporting standards under this 
        subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 
        incorporate existing nonproprietary standards, such as the 
        eXtensible Markup Language.''.
    (b) Effective Dates.--
            (1) Data exchange standards.--The head of each department 
        or agency responsible for administering a proposed rule under 
        section 1121A(a) of the Social Security Act shall issue a final 
        rule under such section, after public comment, within 24 months 
        after the date of the enactment of this section.
            (2) Data exchange reporting standards.--The data exchange 
        reporting standards required under section 1121A(b) of such Act 
        shall become effective with respect to reports required in the 
        first reporting period, after the effective date of the final 
        rule referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, for which 
        the authority for data collection and reporting is established 
        or renewed under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
    (c) Conforming Repeals and Amendment.--
            (1) Conforming repeals.--Section 105 of the Child and 
        Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Public Law 112-
        34), sections 2104 and 4003 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
        Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-96), and subpart 3 of 
        part B of title IV, and section 911, of the Social Security Act 
        are each repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 411 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611) is amended by striking subsection 
        (d).
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