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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 247 

To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to make certain 

changes relating to electronic Government services, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 4, 2019 

Mr. HURD of Texas (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MEADOWS, and 

Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Reform 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to 

make certain changes relating to electronic Government 

services, 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 ‘‘Federal CIO Author5 ization Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTRONIC GOVERN7 MENT SERVICES. 

8 (a) CHANGE OF CERTAIN NAMES IN CHAPTER 36 OF

9 TITLE 44.— 


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1 (1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3601 of title 44, 

2 United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

4 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

5 through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (7), re6 spectively; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 

8 by striking ‘‘E–Government Fund’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘Federal IT Fund’’. 

10 (2) OFFICE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT.— 

11 Section 3602 of title 44, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICE

14 OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT’’ and insert15 ing ‘‘OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL CHIEF IN16 FORMATION OFFICER’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office 

18 of Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Of19 fice of the Federal Chief Information Officer’’; 

20 (C) in subsection (b)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘an Administrator’’ 

22 and inserting ‘‘a Federal Chief Information 

23 Officer’’; and 


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1 (ii) by inserting before the period at 

2 the end the following: ‘‘and who shall re3 port directly to the Director’’; 

4 (D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The Ad5 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 

6 Information Officer’’; 

7 (E) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Ad8 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 

9 Information Officer’’; 

10 (F) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The Ad11 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 

12 Information Officer’’; 

13 (G) in subsection (f)— 

14 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

15 (1), by striking ‘‘the Administrator’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘the Federal Chief Information 

17 Officer’’; 

18 (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘E– 

19 Government Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

20 IT Fund’’; 

21 (iii) in paragraph (16), by striking 

22 ‘‘the Office of Electronic Government’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘the Office of the Federal Chief 

24 Information Officer’’; and 


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1 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

2 new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(18) Oversee the Federal Chief Information 

4 Security Officer.’’; and 

5 (H) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘the Of6 fice of Electronic Government’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘the Office of the Federal Chief Information 

8 Officer’’. 

9 (3) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS COUNCIL.— 

10 Section 3603 of title 44, United States Code, is 

11 amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘The 

13 Administrator of the Office of Electronic Gov14 ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief In15 formation Officer’’; 

16 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘The 

17 Administrator of the Office of Electronic Gov18 ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief In19 formation Officer’’; and 

20 (C) in subsection (f)— 

21 (i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 

22 Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 

23 Chief Information Officer’’; and 


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1 (ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 

2 Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 

3 Chief Information Officer’’. 

4 (4) E-GOVERNMENT FUND.—Section 3604 of 

5 title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘E–GOV7 ERNMENT FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘FEDERAL

8 IT FUND’’; 

9 (B) in subsection (a)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘E– 

11 Government Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

12 IT Fund’’; and 

13 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 

14 Administrator of the Office of Electronic 

15 Government’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 

16 Chief Information Officer’’; 

17 (C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Admin18 istrator’’ each place it appears and inserting 

19 ‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’; and 

20 (D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘the Ad21 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal Chief 

22 Information Officer’’. 

23 (5) PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE SO24 LUTIONS TO ENHANCE ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT


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1 SERVICES AND PROCESSES.—Section 3605 of title 

2 44, United States Code, is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘The Ad4 ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 

5 Information Officer’’; 

6 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, the 

7 Administrator,’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Federal 

8 Chief Information Officer,’’; and 

9 (C) in subsection (c)— 

10 (i) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘The Adminis12 trator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal 

13 Chief Information Officer’’; and 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘proposals sub15 mitted to the Administrator’’ and in16 serting ‘‘proposals submitted to the 

17 Federal Chief Information Officer’’; 

18 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

19 ‘‘the Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

20 Federal Chief Information Officer’’; and 

21 (iii) in paragraph (4)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘the Adminis23 trator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 

24 Chief Information Officer’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘E–Government 

2 Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal IT 

3 Fund’’. 

4 (6) E-GOVERNMENT REPORT.—Section 3606 of 

5 title 44, United States Code, is amended— 

6 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘E–Gov7 ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘Annual’’; and 

8 (B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘an E– 

9 Government status report to the Committee on 

10 Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

11 Committee on Government Reform of the 

12 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘a re13 port to the Committee on Homeland Security 

14 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 

15 Committee on Oversight and Government Re16 form of the House of Representatives’’. 

17 (7) TREATMENT OF INCUMBENT.—The indi18 vidual serving as the Administrator of the Office of 

19 Electronic Government under section 3602 of title 

20 44, United States Code, as of the date of the enact21 ment of this Act, may continue to serve as the Fed22 eral Chief Information Officer commencing as of 

23 that date, without further appointment under such 

24 section. 


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1 (8) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Ad2 ministrator of the Office of Electronic Government 

3 in any law, regulation, document, record, or other 

4 paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a 

5 reference to the Federal Chief Information Officer. 

6 (9) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND7 MENTS.— 

8 (A) TABLE OF SECTIONS FOR CHAPTER 36 

9 OF TITLE 44.—The table of sections for chapter 

10 36 of title 44, United States Code, is amend11 ed— 

12 (i) by striking the item relating to sec13 tion 3602 and inserting the following new 

14 item: 

‘‘3602. Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.’’; 

15 (ii) by striking the item relating to 

16 section 3604 and inserting the following 

17 new item: 

‘‘3604. Federal IT Fund.’’; 

18 and 

19 (iii) in the item relating to section 

20 3606, by striking ‘‘E–Government’’ and in21 serting ‘‘Annual’’. 

22 (B) PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION FELLOWS

23 PROGRAM ADVISORY BOARD.—Section 

24 3172(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is 


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1 amended by striking ‘‘the Administrator of the 

2 Office of Electronic Government of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

4 Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 

5 (C) POSITIONS AT LEVEL III.—Section 

6 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘Administrator of the Office of 

8 Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 

9 Chief Information Officer’’. 

10 (D) TABLE OF SECTIONS FOR CHAPTER 5 

11 OF TITLE 31.—The table of sections for chapter 

12 5 of subtitle I of title 31, United States Code, 

13 is amended by striking the item relating to sec14 tion 507 and inserting the following new item: 

‘‘507. Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer.’’. 

15 (E) OFFICE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERN16 MENT.—Section 507 of title 31, United States 

17 Code, is amended— 

18 (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OF19 FICE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘OFFICE OF THE FED21 ERAL CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER’’; 

22 and 

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘The Office of Elec24 tronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘The 


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1 Office of the Federal Chief Information 

2 Officer’’. 

3 (F) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IMPROVE4 MENT OFFICERS AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

5 POLICY COUNCIL.—Section 1126(b)(3)(A)(i)(II) 

6 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘The Administrator of the Office of 

8 Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

9 Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 

10 (G) ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT AND IN11 FORMATION TECHNOLOGIES.—Section 305 of 

12 title 40, United States Code, is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘the Administrator of the Office of 

14 Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

15 Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 

16 (H) CAPITAL PLANNING AND INVESTMENT

17 CONTROL.—Section 11302(c)(4) of title 40, 

18 United States Code, is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘the Administrator of the Office of Electronic 

20 Government’’ each place it appears and insert21 ing ‘‘the Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 

22 (I) RESOURCES, PLANNING, AND PORT23 FOLIO MANAGEMENT.—Section 11319(d) of 

24 title 40, United States Code, is amended by 

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1 tronic Government’’ each place it appears and 

2 inserting ‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’. 

3 (J) E-GOVERNMENT ACT OF 2002.—Sec4 tion 207(f)(3)(C) of the E-Government Act of 

5 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 

6 note) is amended by striking ‘‘the Adminis7 trator of the Office of Electronic Government’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘the Federal Chief Information 

9 Officer’’. 

10 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF INFORMATION SECU11 RITY OFFICER AND REPORT ON IT EXPENDITURES.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 36 of title 44, 

13 United States Code, is further amended by adding 

14 at the end the following new sections: 

15 ‘‘§ 3607. Federal Chief Information Security Officer 

16 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

17 Office of Management and Budget a Federal Chief Infor18 mation Security Officer, who shall— 

19 ‘‘(1) be appointed by the President; 

20 ‘‘(2) be within the Office of the Federal Chief 

21 Information Officer; and 

22 ‘‘(3) report directly to the Federal Chief Infor23 mation Officer. 

24 ‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Federal Chief Information Secu25 rity Officer shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) direct the cybersecurity efforts of the Of2 fice of Management and Budget; 

3 ‘‘(2) carry out the duties of the Director related 

4 to the security of information and information sys5 tems for agencies, including the duties and respon6 sibilities assigned to the Director under subchapter 

7 II of chapter 35; and 

8 ‘‘(3) carry out such other duties and powers as9 signed by the President, the Director, or the Federal 

10 Chief Information Officer. 

11 ‘‘§ 3608. Technology investment planning and over12 sight process 

13 ‘‘(a) REPORT ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EX14 PENDITURES.—The head of each agency shall submit to 

15 the Federal Chief Information Officer a report on any ex16 penditure on information technology by that agency. 

17 ‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Director shall estab18 lish a process to implement subsection (a), and may up19 date such process, as necessary, that shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) use a widely accepted industry standard 

21 taxonomy with common data elements and defini22 tions; and 

23 ‘‘(2) display, on a website accessible to the pub24 lic, timely, searchable, computer-readable data on 

25 the information technology expenditures, projects, 


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1 and programs of agencies, if such information would 

2 otherwise be subject to public disclosure under sec3 tion 552 of title 5, commonly known as the Freedom 

4 of Information Act.’’. 

5 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec6 tions for chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, 

7 is further amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new item: 

‘‘3607. Federal Chief Information Security Officer. 

‘‘3608. Technology investment planning and oversight process.’’. 

9 (3) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

11 shall establish the process described in section 

12 3608(b) of title 44, United States Code, as added by 

13 paragraph (1). 

14 (4) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 

15 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 the Federal Chief Information Officer shall submit 

17 to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re18 form of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af20 fairs of the Senate a report on the status of estab21 lishing the process described in section 3608(b) of 

22 title 44, United States Code, as added by paragraph 

23 (1). 


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1 SEC. 3. PROPOSAL RELATED TO SHARED SERVICES. 

2 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact3 ment of this Act, the Federal Chief Information Officer 

4 shall submit to Congress a proposal for consolidating in5 formation technology across the Federal Government, es6 pecially among Federal agencies not referred to under sec7 tion 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, and increasing 

8 the use of shared services, including any recommendations 

9 for legislative changes that may be necessary to effect the 

10 proposal. 

11 SEC. 4. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

12 No additional funds are authorized to be appro13 priated to carry out this Act and the amendments made 

14 by this Act. This Act and the amendments made by this 

15 Act shall be carried out using amounts otherwise author16 ized. 

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