I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5255 
To enhance the procurement of information technology by establishing a 
United States Digital Government Office and United States Chief Infor-
mation Officer, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2014 
Ms. ESHOO (for herself, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. HANNA, Mr. SWALWELL of Cali-
fornia, and Ms. DELBENE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To enhance the procurement of information technology by 
establishing a United States Digital Government Office 
and United States Chief Information Officer, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Reforming Federal Procurement of Information Tech-
nology Act’’ or ‘‘RFP–IT Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Increase in simplified acquisition threshold for information technology 
projects. 
Sec. 3. Permanent authority for use of simplified acquisition procedures for cer-
tain commercial items. 
Sec. 4. Presidential Innovation Fellows Program. 
Sec. 5. Redesignation of Office and Administrator of Electronic Government as 
United States Digital Government Office and United States 
Chief Information Officer. 
Sec. 6. Digital Service Pilot Program. 
Sec. 7. Analysis and report on streamlining and strengthening IT Schedule 70. 
Sec. 8. Report by Government Accountability Office on information technology 
acquisition by the Federal Government. 
Sec. 9. Improving the quality of information technology solicitations. 
Sec. 10. FAR Council membership for Administrator of Small Business Admin-
istration. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESH-
OLD 
FOR 
INFORMATION 
TECHNOLOGY 
PROJECTS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 134 of title 41, United 
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘means $100,000.’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘means— 
‘‘(1) $100,000; or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a contract for the purchase 
of information technology (as such term is defined in 
section 11101 of title 40) services from a small busi-
ness concern (as such term is defined in section 3(a) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)), 
$500,000.’’. 
(b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall be construed as affecting ad-
justments made by, or the authority of, the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulatory Council under section 1908 of title 41, 
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United States Code (relating to inflation adjustment of ac-
quisition-related dollar thresholds). 
SEC. 3. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR USE OF SIMPLIFIED 
ACQUISITION PROCEDURES FOR CERTAIN 
COMMERCIAL ITEMS. 
Section 4202 of the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996 (divi-
sion D of Public Law 104–106; 10 U.S.C. 2304 note) is 
amended by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 4. PRESIDENTIAL INNOVATION FELLOWS PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the General Services Administration a program to be 
known as the ‘‘Presidential Innovation Fellows Program’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Program’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Program is to 
bridge the gap between the private sector and the public 
sector by bringing non-Government innovators into the 
Government to work collaboratively for a period of time 
with Government innovators in order to rapidly solve chal-
lenges of national importance. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall administer the Program. 
(d) FELLOWS.— 
(1) SELECTION
OF
FELLOWS.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall select Presidential 
Innovation Fellows for participation in the Program. 
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(2) LENGTH OF FELLOWSHIPS.—Each fellow-
ship in the Program shall last 6 to 13 months, at 
the discretion of the Administrator of General Serv-
ices. 
(3) QUALIFICATIONS.—In order to participate 
in the Program, a candidate for fellow shall be a cit-
izen of the United States and able to fulfill the du-
ties of the role for which the candidate applies. 
SEC. 5. REDESIGNATION OF OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATOR 
OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT AS UNITED 
STATES DIGITAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE AND 
UNITED STATES CHIEF INFORMATION OFFI-
CER. 
(a) REDESIGNATION OF OFFICE AS UNITED STATES 
DIGITAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE.—Section 3602(a) of title 
44, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Office 
of Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘an office to be 
known as the ‘United States Digital Government Office’ 
or ‘United States DGO’ ’’. 
(b) REDESIGNATION
OF
HEAD
OF
OFFICE
AS 
UNITED STATES CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER.—Sec-
tion 3602(b) of such title is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) There shall be at the head of the office an officer 
who shall be known as the United States Chief Informa-
tion Officer (referred to in this section as the ‘United 
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States CIO’), appointed by the President by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall dele-
gate to the United States CIO the authority to administer 
all functions set forth in this section or any other applica-
ble law, except that any such delegation shall not relieve 
the Director of responsibility for the administration of 
such functions. The United States CIO shall serve as prin-
cipal adviser to the Director on Federal information tech-
nology policy.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 3602 of 
such title is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ and inserting ‘‘United States CIO’’; 
(2) in subsections (d), (e), and (f), by striking 
‘‘Administrator’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘United States CIO’’; and 
(3) in subsections (f)(16) and (g), by striking 
‘‘Office of Electronic Government’’ and inserting 
‘‘United States Digital Government Office’’. 
(d) REFERENCES.—As of the date of the enactment 
of this Act, any reference in law or regulation to the Office 
of Electronic Government and the Administrator of the 
Office of Electronic Government shall be deemed to refer 
to the United States Digital Government Office and the 
United States Chief Information Officer, respectively. 
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SEC. 6. DIGITAL SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established within 
the United States Digital Government Office a pilot pro-
gram to be known as the ‘‘Digital Service Pilot Program’’ 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Pilot Program’’). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Pilot Program is 
to provide digital service experts to support executive 
agencies on high-priority Federal information technology 
projects. The Pilot Program shall be carried out in accord-
ance with this section and may include the initiative in 
the Office of Management and Budget to provide such dig-
ital service experts. 
(c) HEAD OF DIGITAL SERVICE PILOT PROGRAM.— 
The United States Chief Information Officer shall admin-
ister the Pilot Program. 
(d) PROJECTS.— 
(1) MINIMUM NUMBER.—During the three-year 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Pilot Program shall initiate and com-
plete no fewer than five high-priority Federal infor-
mation technology projects in partnership with exec-
utive agencies. 
(2) SPECIFIC
AGENCY
PROJECTS.—Of the 
projects required under this subsection, at least one 
project shall be initiated in each of the following en-
tities: 
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(A) The Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
(B) The General Services Administration. 
(C) The Department of Homeland Secu-
rity. 
(D) The Department of Veterans Affairs. 
(E) The Small Business Administration. 
(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘execu-
tive agency’’ has the meaning provided that term by sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 7. ANALYSIS AND REPORT ON STREAMLINING AND 
STRENGTHENING IT SCHEDULE 70. 
(a) ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall conduct an in-depth analysis of IT 
Schedule 70. The analysis shall cover, at a minimum, the 
following: 
(1) Methods to enhance the administration of 
IT Schedule 70. 
(2) Identification of the most onerous or bur-
densome requirements related to using IT Schedule 
70. 
(3) Methods to lower barriers to entry to using 
IT Schedule 70, to ensure that innovative informa-
tion technology firms are not discouraged by super-
fluous or unnecessary barriers. 
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(4) Ways to ensure that the Federal Govern-
ment has direct access to the Nation’s most innova-
tive technology firms, which includes attracting com-
panies that operate solely in the commercial market-
place. 
(b) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—The Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report on the analysis con-
ducted under subsection (a), not later than 365 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. The report shall 
include the results of the analysis and specific rec-
ommendations on potential administrative and statutory 
modifications that would eliminate or fix any problems 
identified in the report. 
(c) IT SCHEDULE 70 DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘IT Schedule 70’’ means the multiple award supply 
schedule of the General Services Administration for the 
procurement of information technology. 
SEC. 8. REPORT BY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OF-
FICE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUI-
SITION BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States shall submit to Congress one 
or more reports on the following: 
(1) The effectiveness of the 18F program of the 
General Services Administration. 
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(2) IT Schedule 70 (as defined in section 7), in-
cluding the manner in which the Schedule does or 
does not enable agencies to have access to effective, 
up-to-date technology at competitive prices from the 
best technology firms. 
(3) Challenges and barriers to entry for small 
business technology firms, including the reasons why 
certain small business technology firms that are suc-
cessful in the private sector decide not to enter the 
Federal marketplace. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The Comptroller General shall sub-
mit a report or reports under subsection (a) not later than 
2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 9. IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INFORMATION TECH-
NOLOGY SOLICITATIONS. 
(a) ENHANCED COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOV-
ERNMENT AND INDUSTRY.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisi-
tion Regulation shall be revised to clarify that agency ac-
quisition personnel are permitted and encouraged to en-
gage in responsible and constructive exchanges with indus-
try, so long as those exchanges are consistent with existing 
law and regulation and do not promote an unfair competi-
tive advantage to particular firms. 
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