[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1620 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1620

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 18, 2015

  Mr. Johnson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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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.--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 section:
            (1) Duplication or fragmentation.--The term ``duplication 
        or fragmentation'', in reference to information technology 
        systems, means 2 or more systems or programs that deliver 
        similar functionality to similar user populations.
            (2) Information technology.--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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