[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[H.R. 247 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 247

 To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to make certain 
   changes relating to electronic Government services, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2019

Mr. Hurd of Texas (for himself, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Meadows, and 
Mr. Connolly) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to make certain 
   changes relating to electronic Government services, 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 ``Federal CIO Authorization Act of 
2019''.

SEC. 2. CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES.

    (a) Change of Certain Names in Chapter 36 of Title 44.--
            (1) Definitions.--Section 3601 of title 44, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (1);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (8) as 
                paragraphs (1) through (7), respectively; and
                    (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by 
                striking ``E-Government Fund'' and inserting ``Federal 
                IT Fund''.
            (2) Office of electronic government.--Section 3602 of title 
        44, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``office of 
                electronic government'' and inserting ``office of the 
                federal chief information officer'';
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``Office of 
                Electronic Government'' and inserting ``Office of the 
                Federal Chief Information Officer'';
                    (C) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) by striking ``an Administrator'' and 
                        inserting ``a Federal Chief Information 
                        Officer''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before the period at the 
                        end the following: ``and who shall report 
                        directly to the Director'';
                    (D) in subsection (c), by striking ``The 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``The Federal Chief 
                Information Officer'';
                    (E) in subsection (d), by striking ``The 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``The Federal Chief 
                Information Officer'';
                    (F) in subsection (e), by striking ``The 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``The Federal Chief 
                Information Officer'';
                    (G) in subsection (f)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
                        by striking ``the Administrator'' and inserting 
                        ``the Federal Chief Information Officer'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``E-
                        Government Fund'' and inserting ``Federal IT 
                        Fund'';
                            (iii) in paragraph (16), by striking ``the 
                        Office of Electronic Government'' and inserting 
                        ``the Office of the Federal Chief Information 
                        Officer''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following new 
                        paragraph:
            ``(18) Oversee the Federal Chief Information Security 
        Officer.''; and
                    (H) in subsection (g), by striking ``the Office of 
                Electronic Government'' and inserting ``the Office of 
                the Federal Chief Information Officer''.
            (3) Chief information officers council.--Section 3603 of 
        title 44, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``The 
                Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government'' 
                and inserting ``The Federal Chief Information 
                Officer'';
                    (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``The 
                Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government'' 
                and inserting ``The Federal Chief Information 
                Officer''; and
                    (C) in subsection (f)--
                            (i) in paragraph (3), by striking ``the 
                        Administrator'' and inserting ``the Federal 
                        Chief Information Officer''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``the 
                        Administrator'' and inserting ``the Federal 
                        Chief Information Officer''.
            (4) E-Government fund.--Section 3604 of title 44, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``e-government 
                fund'' and inserting ``federal it fund'';
                    (B) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ``E-
                        Government Fund'' and inserting ``Federal IT 
                        Fund''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the 
                        Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
                        Government'' and inserting ``the Federal Chief 
                        Information Officer'';
                    (C) in subsection (b), by striking 
                ``Administrator'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``Federal Chief Information Officer''; and
                    (D) in subsection (c), by striking ``the 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``the Federal Chief 
                Information Officer''.
            (5) Program to encourage innovative solutions to enhance 
        electronic government services and processes.--Section 3605 of 
        title 44, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``The 
                Administrator'' and inserting ``The Federal Chief 
                Information Officer'';
                    (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``, the 
                Administrator,'' and inserting ``, the Federal Chief 
                Information Officer,''; and
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``The 
                                Administrator'' and inserting ``The 
                                Federal Chief Information Officer''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``proposals 
                                submitted to the Administrator'' and 
                                inserting ``proposals submitted to the 
                                Federal Chief Information Officer'';
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``the 
                        Administrator'' and inserting ``the Federal 
                        Chief Information Officer''; and
                            (iii) in paragraph (4)--
                                    (I) by striking ``the 
                                Administrator'' and inserting ``the 
                                Federal Chief Information Officer''; 
                                and
                                    (II) by striking ``E-Government 
                                Fund'' and inserting ``Federal IT 
                                Fund''.
            (6) E-Government report.--Section 3606 of title 44, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``E-Government'' 
                and inserting ``Annual''; and
                    (B) in subsection (a), by striking ``an E-
                Government status report to the Committee on 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Government Reform of the House of Representatives'' and 
                inserting ``a report to the Committee on Homeland 
                Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
                House of Representatives''.
            (7) Treatment of incumbent.--The individual serving as the 
        Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government under 
        section 3602 of title 44, United States Code, as of the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, may continue to serve as the Federal 
        Chief Information Officer commencing as of that date, without 
        further appointment under such section.
            (8) References.--Any reference to the Administrator of the 
        Office of Electronic Government in any law, regulation, 
        document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be 
        deemed to be a reference to the Federal Chief Information 
        Officer.
            (9) Technical and conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Table of sections for chapter 36 of title 44.--
                The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 44, 
                United States Code, is amended--
                            (i) by striking the item relating to 
                        section 3602 and inserting the following new 
                        item:

``3602. Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.'';
                            (ii) by striking the item relating to 
                        section 3604 and inserting the following new 
                        item:

``3604. Federal IT Fund.'';
                        and
                            (iii) in the item relating to section 3606, 
                        by striking ``E-Government'' and inserting 
                        ``Annual''.
                    (B) Presidential innovation fellows program 
                advisory board.--Section 3172(b)(3) of title 5, United 
                States Code, is amended by striking ``the Administrator 
                of the Office of Electronic Government of the Office of 
                Management and Budget'' and inserting ``the Federal 
                Chief Information Officer''.
                    (C) Positions at level iii.--Section 5314 of title 
                5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                ``Administrator of the Office of Electronic 
                Government'' and inserting ``Federal Chief Information 
                Officer''.
                    (D) Table of sections for chapter 5 of title 31.--
                The table of sections for chapter 5 of subtitle I of 
                title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
                the item relating to section 507 and inserting the 
                following new item:

``507. Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.''.
                    (E) Office of electronic government.--Section 507 
                of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking ``office of 
                        electronic government'' and inserting ``office 
                        of the federal chief information officer''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``The Office of Electronic 
                        Government'' and inserting ``The Office of the 
                        Federal Chief Information Officer''.
                    (F) Program management improvement officers and 
                program management policy council.--Section 
                1126(b)(3)(A)(i)(II) of title 31, United States Code, 
                is amended by striking ``The Administrator of the 
                Office of Electronic Government'' and inserting ``The 
                Federal Chief Information Officer''.
                    (G) Electronic government and information 
                technologies.--Section 305 of title 40, United States 
                Code, is amended by striking ``the Administrator of the 
                Office of Electronic Government'' and inserting ``the 
                Federal Chief Information Officer''.
                    (H) Capital planning and investment control.--
                Section 11302(c)(4) of title 40, United States Code, is 
                amended by striking ``the Administrator of the Office 
                of Electronic Government'' each place it appears and 
                inserting ``the Federal Chief Information Officer''.
                    (I) Resources, planning, and portfolio 
                management.--Section 11319(d) of title 40, United 
                States Code, is amended by striking ``Administrator of 
                the Office of Electronic Government'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``Federal Chief Information 
                Officer''.
                    (J) E-Government act of 2002.--Section 207(f)(3)(C) 
                of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44 
                U.S.C. 3501 note) is amended by striking ``the 
                Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government'' 
                and inserting ``the Federal Chief Information 
                Officer''.
    (b) Establishment of Chief Information Security Officer and Report 
on IT Expenditures.--
            (1) In general.--Chapter 36 of title 44, United States 
        Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sections:
``Sec. 3607. Federal Chief Information Security Officer
    ``(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Office of 
Management and Budget a Federal Chief Information Security Officer, who 
shall--
            ``(1) be appointed by the President;
            ``(2) be within the Office of the Federal Chief Information 
        Officer; and
            ``(3) report directly to the Federal Chief Information 
        Officer.
    ``(b) Duties.--The Federal Chief Information Security Officer 
shall--
            ``(1) direct the cybersecurity efforts of the Office of 
        Management and Budget;
            ``(2) carry out the duties of the Director related to the 
        security of information and information systems for agencies, 
        including the duties and responsibilities assigned to the 
        Director under subchapter II of chapter 35; and
            ``(3) carry out such other duties and powers assigned by 
        the President, the Director, or the Federal Chief Information 
        Officer.
``Sec. 3608. Technology investment planning and oversight process
    ``(a) Report on Information Technology Expenditures.--The head of 
each agency shall submit to the Federal Chief Information Officer a 
report on any expenditure on information technology by that agency.
    ``(b) Implementation.--The Director shall establish a process to 
implement subsection (a), and may update such process, as necessary, 
that shall--
            ``(1) use a widely accepted industry standard taxonomy with 
        common data elements and definitions; and
            ``(2) display, on a website accessible to the public, 
        timely, searchable, computer-readable data on the information 
        technology expenditures, projects, and programs of agencies, if 
        such information would otherwise be subject to public 
        disclosure under section 552 of title 5, commonly known as the 
        Freedom of Information Act.''.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        36 of title 44, United States Code, is further amended by 
        adding at the end the following new item:

``3607. Federal Chief Information Security Officer.
``3608. Technology investment planning and oversight process.''.
            (3) Deadline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish the 
        process described in section 3608(b) of title 44, United States 
        Code, as added by paragraph (1).
            (4) Report to congress.--Not later than 120 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Chief 
        Information Officer shall submit to the Committee on Oversight 
        and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate a report on the status of establishing the process 
        described in section 3608(b) of title 44, United States Code, 
        as added by paragraph (1).

SEC. 3. PROPOSAL RELATED TO SHARED SERVICES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Federal Chief Information Officer shall submit to Congress a 
proposal for consolidating information technology across the Federal 
Government, especially among Federal agencies not referred to under 
section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, and increasing the use 
of shared services, including any recommendations for legislative 
changes that may be necessary to effect the proposal.

SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.

    No additional funds are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act and the amendments made by this Act. This Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall be carried out using amounts 
otherwise authorized.
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