[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1626 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.1626
One Hundred Fourteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the sixth day of January, two thousand and fifteen
An Act
To reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of
Homeland Security, and for other purposes.
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 ``DHS IT Duplication Reduction Act of
2015''.
SEC. 2. DHS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DUPLICATION REDUCTION.
(a) Information Technology Duplication Reduction.--Not later than
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chief
Information Officer of the Department of Homeland Security shall submit
to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the
Senate a report that includes the following:
(1) The number of information technology systems at the
Department of Homeland Security.
(2) An assessment of the number of such systems exhibiting
duplication or fragmentation.
(3) A strategy for reducing such duplicative systems, including
an assessment of potential cost savings or cost avoidance as a
result of such reduction.
(4) A methodology for determining which system should be
eliminated when there is duplication or fragmentation.
(b) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) The term ``duplication or fragmentation'' of information
technology systems means two or more systems or programs that
deliver similar functionality to similar user populations.
(2) The term ``information technology'' has the meaning given
such term in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code.
(c) No New Authorization of Funding.--This section shall be carried
out using amounts otherwise appropriated or made available to the
Department of Homeland Security. No additional funds are authorized to
be appropriated to carry out this section.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.