[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7524 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7524

  To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the submission of 
 reports on certain information technology services funds to Congress 
        before expenditures may be made, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2024

 Mr. Sessions introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Oversight and Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the submission of 
 reports on certain information technology services funds to Congress 
        before expenditures may be made, 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 ``GSA Technology Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF GSA FUNDED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

    (a) Transparency on Use of the Federal Citizen Services Fund.--
Section 323 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(g) Requirement for Annual Report to Congress.--The Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than September 30 of 
each year, which shall include, at a minimum, the following:
            ``(1) A list of each project funded by expenditures during 
        the previous year, or that have been funded by expenditures in 
        the previous five-year period, including the following:
                    ``(A) An explanation of the project.
                    ``(B) An explanation of the project's progress, 
                including a description of any major changes to project 
                scope, project cost, or project funding; a description 
                of any project delays; and an explanation for any 
                abandoned or failed projects.
                    ``(C) The date of project initiation.
                    ``(D) The date of project completion, if 
                applicable, or the anticipated date of project 
                completion if the project is ongoing.
                    ``(E) The total cost for the project, including the 
                total cost to be covered through expenditures, or the 
                estimated total cost for the project and anticipated 
                total cost to be covered through expenditures if the 
                project is ongoing.
                    ``(F) The amount of reimbursements associated with 
                the project from another source of funds or another 
                agency, if applicable, or the amount of reimbursements 
                anticipated to be associated with the project, if 
                applicable.
                    ``(G) Any additional information, data, or analysis 
                used to determine the information estimated within the 
                report, if applicable.
            ``(2) For a project that does not have any associated 
        reimbursement or estimated associated reimbursement, an 
        explanation for the absence of associated reimbursements, an 
        analysis of the need for the project, and an estimate of the 
        number of General Services Administration personnel responsible 
        for supporting the project.
    ``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            ``(2) Expenditure.--The term `expenditure' means any 
        obligation of funds from the Fund.
            ``(3) Project.--The term `project' means services provided 
        by the General Services Administration that are funded in whole 
        or in part by an expenditure.''.
    (b) Transparency on Use of the Acquisition Citizen Services Fund.--
Section 321 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(h) Requirement for Annual Report to Congress.--The Administrator 
shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than September 30 of 
each year, which shall include, at a minimum, the following:
            ``(1) A list of each project funded by expenditures during 
        the previous year, or that have been funded by expenditures in 
        the previous five-year period, including the following:
                    ``(A) An explanation of the project.
                    ``(B) An explanation of the project's progress, 
                including a description of any major changes to project 
                scope, project cost, or project funding; a description 
                of any project delays; and an explanation for any 
                abandoned or failed projects.
                    ``(C) The date of project initiation.
                    ``(D) The date of project completion, if 
                applicable, or the anticipated date of project 
                completion if the project is ongoing.
                    ``(E) The total cost for the project, including the 
                total cost to be covered through expenditures, or the 
                estimated total cost for the project and anticipated 
                total cost to be covered through expenditures if the 
                project is ongoing.
                    ``(F) The amount of reimbursements associated with 
                the project from another source of funds or another 
                agency, if applicable, or the amount of reimbursements 
                anticipated to be associated with the project, if 
                applicable.
                    ``(G) Any additional information, data, or analysis 
                used to determine the information estimated within the 
                report, if applicable.
            ``(2) For a project that does not have any associated 
        reimbursement or anticipated associated reimbursement, an 
        explanation for the absence of associated reimbursements, an 
        analysis of the need for the project, and an estimate of the 
        number of General Services Administration personnel responsible 
        for supporting the project.
    ``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
        Administrator of General Services.
            ``(2) Expenditure.--The terms `expenditure' means any 
        obligation of funds from the Acquisition Services Fund for 
        personal services related to the provision of information 
        technology authorized by subsection (c)(1)(A)(iii).
            ``(3) Project.--The term `project' means services provided 
        by the General Services Administration that are funded in whole 
        or in part by an expenditure.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this Act shall take 
effect on the commencement of the first fiscal year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
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