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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8751 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to support 
State data infrastructure projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 14, 2024 
Mr. BUCSHON (for himself and Mrs. DINGELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant 
program to support State data infrastructure projects, 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Improving Government 
Data-Driven Decisions Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DATA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a data infrastructure grant program under which the Sec-
retary shall provide grants to support projects for central-
ized data sharing, correlation, and analysis capacity to fa-
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cilitate effectiveness and efficiency in the administration 
of State programs and services. 
(b) GOALS.—The goals of the Program are— 
(1) to leverage data infrastructure created and 
maintained by State government agencies to inform 
innovation and efficiency efforts related to State 
programs and services; 
(2) to improve information technology systems, 
practices, and procedures to enhance the security of 
data by such agencies; 
(3) to increase the capabilities of such agencies 
for implementing data management, augmented ana-
lytics, integration, business process improvement, 
and intelligent technologies; and 
(4) to protect the privacy of individuals by ad-
hering to all applicable State and Federal privacy 
laws and regulations. 
(c) ELIGIBLE
RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary may 
make a grant under the Program to a State government. 
(d) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a grant under 
the Program, an entity described in subsection (c) shall 
submit to the Secretary an application in such form, at 
such time, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(e) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
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(1) MINIMUM.—The minimum amount of a 
grant under the Program shall be $1,500,000. 
(2) MAXIMUM.—The maximum amount of a 
grant under the Program shall be $5,000,000. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) DATA INFRASTRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘data 
infrastructure’’ means the people, processes, sys-
tems, and resources that enable the entire ecosystem 
for real time, high quality, and data-driven decision-
making, including the collection and reporting of in-
formation, the secure and compliant retention sys-
tems, and the analysis and presentation of the infor-
mation. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the grant program established under subsection (a). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Commerce. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program 
$41,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2028. 
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