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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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. SESSIONS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘GSA Technology Ac5 countability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF GSA FUNDED INFORMATION 

2 TECHNOLOGY SERVICES. 

3 (a) TRANSPARENCY ON USE OF THE FEDERAL CIT4 IZEN SERVICES FUND.—Section 323 of title 40, United 

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(g) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT TO CON8 GRESS.—The Administrator shall submit a report to the 

9 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

10 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu11 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than 

12 September 30 of each year, which shall include, at a min13 imum, the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) A list of each project funded by expendi15 tures during the previous year, or that have been 

16 funded by expenditures in the previous five-year pe17 riod, including the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) An explanation of the project. 

19 ‘‘(B) An explanation of the project’s 

20 progress, including a description of any major 

21 changes to project scope, project cost, or project 

22 funding; a description of any project delays; 

23 and an explanation for any abandoned or failed 

24 projects. 

25 ‘‘(C) The date of project initiation. 


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1 ‘‘(D) The date of project completion, if ap2 plicable, or the anticipated date of project com3 pletion if the project is ongoing. 

4 ‘‘(E) The total cost for the project, includ5 ing the total cost to be covered through expend6 itures, or the estimated total cost for the 

7 project and anticipated total cost to be covered 

8 through expenditures if the project is ongoing. 

9 ‘‘(F) The amount of reimbursements asso10 ciated with the project from another source of 

11 funds or another agency, if applicable, or the 

12 amount of reimbursements anticipated to be as13 sociated with the project, if applicable. 

14 ‘‘(G) Any additional information, data, or 

15 analysis used to determine the information esti16 mated within the report, if applicable. 

17 ‘‘(2) For a project that does not have any asso18 ciated reimbursement or estimated associated reim19 bursement, an explanation for the absence of associ20 ated reimbursements, an analysis of the need for the 

21 project, and an estimate of the number of General 

22 Services Administration personnel responsible for 

23 supporting the project. 

24 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis2 trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

3 ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE.—The term ‘expenditure’ 

4 means any obligation of funds from the Fund. 

5 ‘‘(3) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means serv6 ices provided by the General Services Administration 

7 that are funded in whole or in part by an expendi8 ture.’’. 

9 (b) TRANSPARENCY ON USE OF THE ACQUISITION

10 CITIZEN SERVICES FUND.—Section 321 of title 40, 

11 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(h) REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT TO CON14 GRESS.—The Administrator shall submit a report to the 

15 Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House 

16 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate not later than 

18 September 30 of each year, which shall include, at a min19 imum, the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) A list of each project funded by expendi21 tures during the previous year, or that have been 

22 funded by expenditures in the previous five-year pe23 riod, including the following: 

24 ‘‘(A) An explanation of the project. 


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1 ‘‘(B) An explanation of the project’s 

2 progress, including a description of any major 

3 changes to project scope, project cost, or project 

4 funding; a description of any project delays; 

5 and an explanation for any abandoned or failed 

6 projects. 

7 ‘‘(C) The date of project initiation. 

8 ‘‘(D) The date of project completion, if ap9 plicable, or the anticipated date of project com10 pletion if the project is ongoing. 

11 ‘‘(E) The total cost for the project, includ12 ing the total cost to be covered through expend13 itures, or the estimated total cost for the 

14 project and anticipated total cost to be covered 

15 through expenditures if the project is ongoing. 

16 ‘‘(F) The amount of reimbursements asso17 ciated with the project from another source of 

18 funds or another agency, if applicable, or the 

19 amount of reimbursements anticipated to be as20 sociated with the project, if applicable. 

21 ‘‘(G) Any additional information, data, or 

22 analysis used to determine the information esti23 mated within the report, if applicable. 

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1 bursement, an explanation for the absence of associ2 ated reimbursements, an analysis of the need for the 

3 project, and an estimate of the number of General 

4 Services Administration personnel responsible for 

5 supporting the project. 

6 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis8 trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 

9 ‘‘(2) EXPENDITURE.—The terms ‘expenditure’ 

10 means any obligation of funds from the Acquisition 

11 Services Fund for personal services related to the 

12 provision of information technology authorized by 

13 subsection (c)(1)(A)(iii). 

14 ‘‘(3) PROJECT.—The term ‘project’ means serv15 ices provided by the General Services Administration 

16 that are funded in whole or in part by an expendi17 ture.’’. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

19 this Act shall take effect on the commencement of the first 

20 fiscal year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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