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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8751 

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to support 

State data infrastructure projects, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 14, 2024 

Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant 

program to support State data infrastructure projects, 

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 ‘‘Improving Government 

5 Data-Driven Decisions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DATA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 

8 a data infrastructure grant program under which the Sec9 retary shall provide grants to support projects for central10 ized data sharing, correlation, and analysis capacity to faVerDate Sep 11 2014 22:43 Aug 05, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8751.IH H8751

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1 cilitate effectiveness and efficiency in the administration 

2 of State programs and services. 

3 (b) GOALS.—The goals of the Program are— 

4 (1) to leverage data infrastructure created and 

5 maintained by State government agencies to inform 

6 innovation and efficiency efforts related to State 

7 programs and services; 

8 (2) to improve information technology systems, 

9 practices, and procedures to enhance the security of 

10 data by such agencies; 

11 (3) to increase the capabilities of such agencies 

12 for implementing data management, augmented ana13 lytics, integration, business process improvement, 

14 and intelligent technologies; and 

15 (4) to protect the privacy of individuals by ad16 hering to all applicable State and Federal privacy 

17 laws and regulations. 

18 (c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary may 

19 make a grant under the Program to a State government. 

20 (d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 

21 the Program, an entity described in subsection (c) shall 

22 submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at 

23 such time, and containing such information as the Sec24 retary determines appropriate. 

25 (e) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 


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1 (1) MINIMUM.—The minimum amount of a 

2 grant under the Program shall be $1,500,000. 

3 (2) MAXIMUM.—The maximum amount of a 

4 grant under the Program shall be $5,000,000. 

5 (f) DEFINITIONS.— 

6 (1) DATA INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘data 

7 infrastructure’’ means the people, processes, sys8 tems, and resources that enable the entire ecosystem 

9 for real time, high quality, and data-driven decision10 making, including the collection and reporting of in11 formation, the secure and compliant retention sys12 tems, and the analysis and presentation of the infor13 mation. 

14 (2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 

15 the grant program established under subsection (a). 

16 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

17 the Secretary of Commerce. 

18 (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

19 authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program 

20 $41,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 

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