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

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 465
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4361

                          [Report No. 114-599]

 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

                              May 31, 2016

                   Additional sponsor: Mr. Westerman

                              May 31, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 
                               11, 2016]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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 ``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.''.

SEC. 3 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 2 of this Act, which clarifies agency discretion with 
respect to any information technology or information system under 
control of such agency, does not modify existing law as enacted in the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2016, Division N - 
Cybersecurity Act of 2015, Public Law 114-113.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 465

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4361

                          [Report No. 114-599]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                              May 31, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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