[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4361 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4361

 To amend section 3554 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for 
    enhanced security of Federal information systems, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 11, 2016

  Mr. Palmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend section 3554 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for 
    enhanced security of Federal information systems, 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 ``The Federal Information Systems 
Safeguards Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. AGENCY DISCRETION TO SECURE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND 
              INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

    Section 3554 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Agency Discretion.--The head of each agency has the sole and 
exclusive authority, with respect to any information technology or 
information system under the control of such agency--
            ``(1) to take any action the agency determines to be 
        necessary to reduce or eliminate security weakness and risk, 
        including to protect the information contained in the 
        information technology or information system; and
            ``(2) to take any action the agency determines to be 
        necessary to reduce or eliminate future security weakness and 
        risk, including to protect the information contained in the 
        information technology or information system.''.
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