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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5362 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize and improve 

the management of Internal Revenue Service information technology. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2018 

Mrs. WALORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize 

and improve the management of Internal Revenue Service information technology. 

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 ‘‘IRS Information Tech5 nology Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. MANAGEMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IN7 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY. 

8 (a) DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF INTERNAL

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1 tion 7803 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend2 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(e) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE CHIEF INFORMA4 TION OFFICER.— 

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Inter6 nal Revenue Service an Internal Revenue Service 

7 Chief Information Officer (hereafter referred to in 

8 this subsection as the ‘IRS CIO’) who shall be ap9 pointed by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 

10 after consultation with the Chief Information Officer 

11 of the Department of the Treasury. 

12 ‘‘(2) CENTRALIZED RESPONSIBILITY FOR IN13 TERNAL REVENUE SERVICE INFORMATION TECH14 NOLOGY.—The Commissioner of Internal Revenue 

15 (and the Secretary) shall act through the IRS CIO 

16 with respect to all development, implementation, and 

17 maintenance of information technology for the Inter18 nal Revenue Service. Any reference in this sub19 section to the IRS CIO which directs the IRS CIO 

20 to take any action, or to assume any responsibility, 

21 shall be treated as a reference to the Commissioner 

22 of Internal Revenue acting through the IRS CIO. 

23 ‘‘(3) GENERAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIL24 ITIES.—The IRS CIO shall— 


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1 ‘‘(A) be responsible for the development, 

2 implementation, and maintenance of informa3 tion technology for the Internal Revenue Serv4 ice, 

5 ‘‘(B) ensure that the information tech6 nology of the Internal Revenue Service is secure 

7 and integrated, 

8 ‘‘(C) maintain operational control of all in9 formation technology for the Internal Revenue 

10 Service, 

11 ‘‘(D) be the principal advocate for the in12 formation technology needs of the Internal Rev13 enue Service, and 

14 ‘‘(E) consult with the Chief Procurement 

15 Officer of the Internal Revenue Service to en16 sure that the information technology acquired 

17 for the Internal Revenue Service is consistent 

18 with— 

19 ‘‘(i) the goals and requirements speci20 fied in subparagraphs (A) through (D), 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the strategic plan developed 

23 under paragraph (4). 

24 ‘‘(4) STRATEGIC PLAN.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The IRS CIO shall 

2 develop and implement a multiyear strategic 

3 plan for the information technology needs of the 

4 Internal Revenue Service. Such plan shall— 

5 ‘‘(i) include performance measure6 ments of such technology and of the imple7 mentation of such plan, 

8 ‘‘(ii) include a plan for an integrated 

9 enterprise architecture of the information 

10 technology of the Internal Revenue Service, 

11 ‘‘(iii) include and take into account 

12 the resources needed to accomplish such 

13 plan, and 

14 ‘‘(iv) align with the needs and stra15 tegic plan of the Internal Revenue Service. 

16 ‘‘(B) PLAN UPDATES.—The IRS CIO 

17 shall, not less frequently than annually, review 

18 and update the strategic plan under subpara19 graph (A) (including the plan for an integrated 

20 enterprise architecture described in subpara21 graph (A)(ii)) to take into account the develop22 ment of new information technology and the 

23 needs of the Internal Revenue Service. 

24 ‘‘(5) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—For 

2 purposes of this subsection, the term ‘informa3 tion technology’ has the meaning given such 

4 term by section 11101 of title 40, United States 

5 Code. 

6 ‘‘(B) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.—Any 

7 reference in this subsection to the Internal Rev8 enue Service includes a reference to all compo9 nents of the Internal Revenue Service, includ10 ing— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Office of the Taxpayer Advo12 cate, and 

13 ‘‘(ii) except as otherwise provided by 

14 the Secretary with respect to information 

15 technology related to matters described in 

16 subsection (b)(3)(B), the Office of the 

17 Chief Counsel.’’. 

18 (b) INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

19 OF THE CUSTOMER ACCOUNT DATA ENGINE 2 AND EN20 TERPRISE CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The Commis21 sioner of Internal Revenue shall enter into a contract with 

22 an independent reviewer to verify and validate the imple23 mentation plans (including the performance milestones 

24 and cost estimates included in such plans) developed for 

25 the Customer Account Data Engine 2 and the Enterprise 


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1 Case Management System. Such contract shall require 

2 that such verification and validation be completed not 

3 later than the date which is 1 year after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act. 

5 (c) COORDINATION OF IRS CIO AND CHIEF PRO6 CUREMENT OFFICER OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERV7 ICE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chief Procurement Offi9 cer of the Internal Revenue Service shall— 

10 (A) identify all significant IRS information 

11 technology acquisitions and provide written no12 tification to the Internal Revenue Service Chief 

13 Information Officer of each such acquisition in 

14 advance of such acquisition, and 

15 (B) regularly consult with the Internal 

16 Revenue Service Chief Information Officer re17 garding acquisitions of information technology 

18 for the Internal Revenue Service, including 

19 meeting with the Internal Revenue Service 

20 Chief Information Officer regarding such acqui21 sitions upon request. 

22 (2) SIGNIFICANT IRS INFORMATION TECH23 NOLOGY ACQUISITIONS.—For purposes of this sub24 section, the term ‘‘significant IRS information tech25 nology acquisitions’’ means— 


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1 (A) any acquisition of information tech2 nology for the Internal Revenue Service in ex3 cess of $1,000,000, and 

4 (B) such other acquisitions of information 

5 technology for the Internal Revenue Service (or 

6 categories of such acquisitions) as the Internal 

7 Revenue Service Chief Information Officer, in 

8 consultation with the Chief Procurement Officer 

9 of the Internal Revenue Service, may identify. 

10 (3) SCOPE.—Terms used in this subsection 

11 which are also used in section 7803(e) of the Inter12 nal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended by sub13 section (a)) shall have the same meaning as when 

14 used in such section. 

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