US Congress House Bill 247 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Engrossed on January 16 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Reorganizes Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information technology (IT) activities and establishes new IT reporting requirements. The bill renames (1) the Office of E-Government & Information Technology (E-Gov) as the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (Federal CIO), and (2) the E-Government Fund as the Federal IT Fund. The office shall be headed by a Federal Chief Information Officer who shall report directly to the Director of OMB (currently, the head of E-Gov reports to the Deputy Director). There is established in the office a Federal Chief Information Security Officer. Agencies must report IT expenditures to the Federal CIO. The Federal CIO must publish timely, searchable, computer-readable data on agency IT expenditures, projects, and programs. The Federal CIO shall submit to Congress a proposal for consolidating IT across the federal government and increasing the use of shared services.

Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019

Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]

Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]

Rep. Mark Meadows [R-NC]

Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	Senate	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2019-01-15	House	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2019-01-15	House	On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H567-568)
2019-01-15	House	DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 247.
2019-01-15	House	Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H567-569)
2019-01-15	House	Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
2019-01-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2019-01-04	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/247/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr247/BILLS-116hr247ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr247/BILLS-116hr247eh.pdf