[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1626 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1626

 To reduce duplication of information technology at the Department of 
               Homeland Security, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2015

 Mr. Hurd of Texas (for himself, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Katko, Mr. Carter of 
 Georgia, Mr. Walker, Mr. Loudermilk, Ms. McSally, and Mr. Ratcliffe) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                           Homeland Security

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                                 A BILL


 
 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.--
            (1) In general.--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:
                    (A) The number of information technology systems at 
                the Department of Homeland Security.
                    (B) An assessment of the number of such systems 
                that are duplicative.
                    (C) A strategy for reducing such duplicative 
                systems, including an assessment of potential cost 
                savings or cost avoidance as a result of such 
                reduction.
    (b) Definition.--In this Act, 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.
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