I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 
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 
APRIL 28, 2017 
Mr. REED (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. CURBELO of Florida, 
Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of 
Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction 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, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Standard Data And 
Technology Advancement Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘Standard 
DATA Act of 2017’’. 
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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–5) is amended by 
inserting after section 1121 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1121A. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IM-
PROVED INTEROPERABILITY. 
‘‘(a) DESIGNATION AND USE OF DATA EXCHANGE 
STANDARDS.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart-
ment or agency responsible for administering a pro-
gram funded under title III, IV, IX, XII, XVI, or 
subtitle A of title XX, or section 511, shall, in con-
sultation with an interagency work group established 
by the Office of Management and Budget and con-
sidering State perspectives, designate data exchange 
standards for necessary categories of information 
that a State agency operating the program is re-
quired to electronically exchange with another State 
agency under applicable Federal law. 
‘‘(2) DATA
EXCHANGE
STANDARDS
MUST
BE 
NONPROPRIETARY AND INTEROPERABLE.—The data 
exchange standards designated under paragraph (1) 
shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary 
and interoperable. 
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‘‘(3) OTHER
REQUIREMENTS.—In designating 
data exchange standards 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; 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(b) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR FEDERAL 
REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of the depart-
ment or agency responsible for administering a pro-
gram referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall, in con-
sultation with an interagency work group established 
by the Office of Management and Budget, and con-
sidering State government perspectives, designate 
data exchange standards to govern Federal reporting 
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and exchange requirements under applicable Federal 
law. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The data exchange re-
porting standards required by paragraph (1) shall, 
to the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non- 
proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for-
mat; 
‘‘(B) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable accounting principles; 
‘‘(C) be implemented in a manner that is 
cost-effective and improves program efficiency 
and effectiveness; and 
‘‘(D) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) INCORPORATION
OF
NONPROPRIETARY 
STANDARDS.—In designating data exchange stand-
ards under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable, incorporate existing non-
proprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Mark-
up Language. 
‘‘(4) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to require a 
change to existing data exchange standards for Fed-
eral reporting about a program referred to in sub-
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