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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 948 

To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format 

of data used in the administration of certain human services programs 

under the Social Security Act. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2013 

Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. RENACCI, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TIBERI, and Mr. PAULSEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 

and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of 

certain human services programs under the Social Security Act. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standard Data and 

3 Technology Advancement Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘Standard 

4 DATA Act of 2013’’. 

5 SEC. 2. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED DATA 

6 MATCHING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title XI of the Social 

8 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301—1320b–5) is amended by 

9 inserting after section 1121 the following: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 1121A. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IM11 PROVED INTEROPERABILITY. 

12 ‘‘(a) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart14 ment or agency responsible for administering a pro15 vision of title III, IV, IX, XII, XVI, or subtitle A 

16 of title XX, or section 511, shall, in consultation 

17 with an interagency work group established by the 

18 Office of Management and Budget and considering 

19 State perspectives, by rule, designate data exchange 

20 standards for necessary categories of information re21 quired to be reported under the provision of law. 

22 ‘‘(2) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS MUST BE

23 NONPROPRIETARY AND INTEROPERABLE.—The data 

24 exchange standards designated under paragraph (1) 

25 shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary 

26 and interoperable. 


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1 ‘‘(3) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—In designating 

2 data exchange standards under this subsection, the 

3 Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incor4 porate— 

5 ‘‘(A) interoperable standards developed 

6 and maintained by an international voluntary 

7 consensus standards body, as defined by the Of8 fice of Management and Budget; 

9 ‘‘(B) interoperable standards developed 

10 and maintained by intergovernmental partner11 ships, such as the National Information Ex12 change Model; and 

13 ‘‘(C) interoperable standards developed 

14 and maintained by Federal entities with author15 ity over contracting and financial assistance. 

16 ‘‘(b) DATA EXCHANGE REPORTING STANDARDS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart18 ment or agency responsible for administering a pro19 vision of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall, 

20 in consultation with an interagency work group es21 tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, 

22 and considering State government perspectives, by 

23 rule, designate data exchange reporting standards to 

24 govern the reporting required under the provision of 

25 law. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The data exchange re2 porting standards required by paragraph (1) shall, 

3 to the extent practicable— 

4 ‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non5 proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for6 mat; 

7 ‘‘(B) be consistent with and implement ap8 plicable accounting principles; and 

9 ‘‘(C) be capable of being continually up10 graded as necessary. 

11 ‘‘(3) INCORPORATION OF NONPROPRIETARY

12 STANDARDS.—In designating data exchange report13 ing standards under this subsection, the Secretary 

14 shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate existing 

15 nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible 

16 Markup Language.’’. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The head of each depart18 ment or agency responsible for administering a proposed 

19 rule under section 1121A of the Social Security Act shall 

20 issue a final rule under such section, after public com21 ment, within 24 months after the date of the enactment 

22 of this section. The rule shall also contain details and fu23 ture milestones for stakeholder implementation. 

24 (c) CONFORMING REPEALS AND AMENDMENT.— 


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1 (1) CONFORMING REPEALS.—Section 105 of 

2 the Child and Family Services Improvement and In3 novation Act (Public Law 112–34), sections 2104 

4 and 4003 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job 

5 Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–96), and 

6 subpart 3 of part B of title IV, and section 911, of 

7 the Social Security Act are each repealed. 

8 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 411 

9 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611) is amend10 ed by striking subsection (d). 

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