I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3339 
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 
NOVEMBER 3, 2011 
Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky (for himself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ISSA, Mr. LEWIS of 
Georgia, Mr. HERGER, Mr. NUNES, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. 
BOUSTANY, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. BERG, Mrs. BLACK, Mr. REED, and Mr. LANKFORD) in-
troduced 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 con-
tent and format of data used in the administration of 
certain human services programs under the Social Secu-
rity Act. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standard Data and 
Technology Advancement Act’’ or the ‘‘Standard DATA 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED DATA 
MATCHING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title XI of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301–1320b-25) is amended by 
inserting after section 1121 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1121A. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED 
DATA MATCHING. 
‘‘(a) STANDARD DATA ELEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart-
ment or agency responsible for administering a pro-
vision of title III, IV, IX, XII, XVI, or subtitle A 
of title XX, or section 511, shall, in consultation 
with an interagency work group established by the 
Office of Management and Budget and considering 
State perspectives, by rule, designate standard data 
elements for any category of information required to 
be reported under the provision of law. 
‘‘(2) DATA ELEMENTS MUST BE NONPROPRI-
ETARY AND INTEROPERABLE.—The standard data 
elements designated under paragraph (1) shall, to 
the extent practicable, be nonproprietary and inter-
operable. 
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‘‘(3) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—In designating 
standard data elements under this subsection, the 
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incor-
porate-— 
‘‘(A) interoperable standards developed 
and maintained by an international voluntary 
consensus standards body, as defined by the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, such as the 
International Organization for Standardization; 
‘‘(B) interoperable standards developed 
and maintained by intergovernmental partner-
ships, such as the National Information Ex-
change Model; and 
‘‘(C) interoperable standards developed 
and maintained by Federal entities with author-
ity over contracting and financial assistance, 
such as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 
Council. 
‘‘(b) DATA STANDARDS FOR REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart-
ment or agency responsible for administering a pro-
vision of law referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall, 
in consultation with an interagency work group es-
tablished by the Office of Management and Budget, 
and considering State government perspectives, by 
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rule, designate data reporting standards to govern 
the reporting required under the provision of law. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The data reporting 
standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex-
tent practicable— 
‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non- 
proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for-
mat; 
‘‘(B) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting principles; and 
‘‘(C) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) INCORPORATION
OF
NONPROPRIETARY 
STANDARDS.—In designating reporting standards 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the ex-
tent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary 
standards, such as the eXtensible Business Report-
ing Language.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2012, and 
shall apply with respect to information required to be re-
ported on or after such date. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Effective on the date of 
the enactment of this Act, section 105 of the Child and 
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Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Public 
Law 112–34) is repealed. 
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