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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 4(a) of such
Act (50 U.S.C. 98c(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(10) Materials transferred to the stockpile under
section 17.’’.
TITLE XXXV—PANAMA CANAL
COMMISSION
SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Panama Canal Com-
mission Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996’’.
SEC. 3502. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Pan-
ama Canal Commission is authorized to make such expend-
itures within the limits of funds and borrowing authority
available to it in accordance with law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations, as may be necessary under the Panama Canal
Act of 1979 (22 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) for the operation,
maintenance, and improvement of the Panama Canal for
fiscal year 1996.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 1996, the Panama
Canal Commission may expend from funds in the Panama
Canal Revolving Fund not more than $50,741,000 for ad-
ministrative expenses, of which not more than—
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(1) $15,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Supervisory Board
of the Commission;
(2) $10,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Secretary of the
Commission; and
(3) $45,000 may be used for official reception
and representation expenses of the Administrator of
the Commission.
(c) REPLACEMENT VEHICLES.—Funds available to the
Panama Canal Commission shall be available for the pur-
chase of not to exceed 38 passenger motor vehicles (including
large heavy-duty vehicles to be used to transport Commis-
sion personnel across the isthmus of Panama) at a cost per
vehicle of not more than $19,500. A vehicle may be pur-
chased with such funds only as necessary to replace another
passenger motor vehicle of the Commission.
DIVISION 
D—INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY 
MANAGEMENT
REFORM
SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Management Reform Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 4002. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
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(1) Federal information systems are critical to
the lives of every American.
(2) The efficiency and effectiveness of the Federal
Government is dependent upon the effective use of in-
formation.
(3) The Federal Government annually spends
billions of dollars operating obsolete information sys-
tems.
(4) The use of obsolete information systems se-
verely limits the quality of the services that the Fed-
eral Government provides, the efficiency of Federal
Government operations, and the capabilities of the
Federal Government to account for how taxpayer dol-
lars are spent.
(5) The failure to modernize Federal Government
information systems and the operations they support,
despite efforts to do so, has resulted in the waste of
billions of dollars that cannot be recovered.
(6) Despite improvements achieved through im-
plementation of the Chief Financial Officers Act of
1990, most Federal agencies cannot track the expendi-
tures of Federal dollars and, thus, expose the tax-
payers to billions of dollars in waste, fraud, abuse,
and mismanagement.
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(7) Poor planning and program management
and an overburdened acquisition process have resulted
in the American taxpayers not getting their money’s
worth from the expenditure of $200,000,000,000 on
information systems during the decade preceding the
enactment of this Act.
(8) The Federal Government’s investment control
processes focus too late in the system lifecycle, lack
sound capital planning, and pay inadequate atten-
tion to business process improvement, performance
measurement, project milestones, or benchmarks
against comparable organizations.
(9) Many Federal agencies lack adequate person-
nel with the basic skills necessary to effectively and ef-
ficiently use information technology and other infor-
mation resources in support of agency programs and
missions.
(10) Federal regulations governing information
technology acquisitions are outdated, focus on paper-
work and process rather than results, and prevent the
Federal Government from taking timely advantage of
the rapid advances taking place in the competitive
and fast changing global information technology in-
dustry.
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(11) Buying, leasing, or developing information
systems should be a top priority for Federal agency
management because the high potential for the sys-
tems to substantially improve Federal Government
operations, including the delivery of services to the
public.
(12) Structural changes in the Federal Govern-
ment, including elimination of the Brooks Act (sec-
tion 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949), are necessary in order to im-
prove Federal information management and to facili-
tate Federal Government acquisition of the state-of-
the-art information technology that is critical for im-
proving the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal
Government operations.
SEC. 4003. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this division are as follows:
(1) To create incentives for the Federal Govern-
ment to strategically use information technology in
order to achieve efficient and effective operations of
the Federal Government, and to provide cost effective
and efficient delivery of Federal Government services
to the taxpayers.
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(2) To provide for the cost effective and timely
acquisition, management, and use of effective infor-
mation technology solutions.
(3) To transform the process-oriented procure-
ment system of the Federal Government, as it relates
to the acquisition of information technology, into a
results-oriented procurement system.
(4) To increase the responsibility and authority
of officials of the Office of Management and Budget
and other Federal Government agencies, and the ac-
countability of such officials to Congress and the pub-
lic, in the use of information technology and other in-
formation resources in support of agency missions.
(5) To ensure that Federal Government agencies
are responsible and accountable for achieving service
delivery levels and project management performance
comparable to the best in the private sector.
(6) To promote the development and operation of
multiple-agency and Governmentwide, inter-operable,
shared information resources to support the perform-
ance of Federal Government missions.
(7) To reduce fraud, waste, abuse, and errors re-
sulting from a lack of, or poor implementation of,
Federal Government information systems.
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(8) To increase the capability of the Federal
Government to restructure and improve processes be-
fore applying information technology.
(9) To increase the emphasis placed by Federal
agency managers on completing effective capital plan-
ning and process improvement before applying infor-
mation technology to the execution of plans and the
performance of agency missions.
(10) To coordinate, integrate, and, to the extent
practicable, establish uniform Federal information re-
sources management policies and practices in order to
improve the productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness
of Federal Government programs and the delivery of
services to the public.
(11) To strengthen the partnership between the
Federal Government and State, local, and tribal gov-
ernments for achieving Federal Government missions,
goals, and objectives.
(12) To provide for the development of a well-
trained core of professional Federal Government in-
formation resources managers.
(13) To improve the ability of agencies to share
expertise and best practices and coordinate the devel-
opment of common application systems and infra-
structure.
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switching, interchange, transmission, or recep-
tion of data or information by the executive
agency or under a contract with the executive
agency which (i) requires the use of such system
or subsystem of equipment, or (ii) requires the
use, to a significant extent, of such system or
subsystem of equipment in the performance of a
service or the furnishing of a product; and in-
cludes computers; ancillary equipment; software,
firmware and similar procedures; services, in-
cluding support services; and related resources;
(B) does not include any such equipment
that is acquired by a Federal contractor inciden-
tal to a Federal contract; and
(C) does not include information technology
contained in national security systems.
(5) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘execu-
tive department’’ means an executive department
specified in section 101 of title 5, United States Code.
(6) EXECUTIVE
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘executive
agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section
4(1) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(41 U.S.C. 403(1)).
(7) COMMERCIAL ITEM.—The term ‘‘commercial
item’’ has the meaning given that term in section