(E) Recommend the funding of moderniza-
tion projects, in accordance with the uses de-
scribed in subsection (a)(3), to the Administrator 
of General Services. 
(F) Monitor, in consultation with the Ad-
ministrator of General Services, progress and 
performance in executing approved projects and, 
if necessary, recommend the suspension or termi-
nation of funding for projects based on factors 
such as failure to meet the terms of the written 
agreement described in subsection (a)(6). 
(G) Monitor operating costs of the Fund. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.—The Board shall consist of 8 
voting members. 
(4) CHAIR.—The Chair of the Board shall be the 
Administrator of the Office of Electronic Government. 
(5) PERMANENT
MEMBERS.—The permanent 
members of the Board shall be the following: 
(A) The Administrator of the Office of Elec-
tronic Government. 
(B) A senior official from the General Serv-
ices Administration, who shall be appointed by 
the Administrator of General Services. 
(6) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.— 
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(A) APPOINTMENT.—The other members of 
the Board shall be appointed as follows: 
(i) One employee of the National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology of the De-
partment of Commerce, appointed by the 
Secretary of Commerce. 
(ii) One employee of the National Pro-
tection and Programs Directorate of the De-
partment of Homeland Security, appointed 
by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(iii) One employee of the Department 
of Defense, appointed by the Secretary of 
Defense. 
(iv) Three Federal employees primarily 
having technical expertise in information 
technology development, financial manage-
ment, cybersecurity and privacy, and acqui-
sition, appointed by the Director. 
(B) TERM.—Each member of the Board de-
scribed in paragraph (A) shall serve a term of 
one year, which shall be renewable up to three 
times, at the discretion of the appointing Sec-
retary or Director, as applicable. 
(7) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—Members 
of the Board may not receive additional pay, allow-
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ances, or benefits by reason of their service on the 
Board. 
(8) STAFF.—Upon request of the Chair of the 
Board, the Director and the Administrator of General 
Services may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any 
of the personnel of the Office of Management and 
Budget or the General Services Administration (as 
the case may be) to the Board to assist it in carrying 
out its functions under this Act. 
(c) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF 
GENERAL SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the responsibil-
ities described in subsection (a), the Administrator of 
General Services shall support the activities of the 
Board and provide technical support to, and, with the 
concurrence of the Director, oversight of, agencies that 
receive transfers from the Fund. 
(2) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The responsibilities of 
the Administrator of General Services are to— 
(A) provide direct technical support in the 
form of personnel services or otherwise to agen-
cies 
transferred 
amounts 
under 
subsection 
(a)(3)(A) and for products, services, and acquisi-
tion vehicles funded under subsection (a)(3)(B); 
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(B) assist the Board with the evaluation, 
prioritization, and development of agency mod-
ernization proposals; 
(C) perform regular project oversight and 
monitoring of approved agency modernization 
projects, in consultation with the Board and the 
Director, to increase the likelihood of successful 
implementation and reduce waste; and 
(D) provide the Director with information 
necessary to meet the requirements of subsection 
(a)(7). 
(d) AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CLOUD COMPUTING.—The term ‘‘cloud com-
puting’’ has the meaning given that term by the Na-
tional Institute of Standards and Technology in 
NIST Special Publication 800–145 and any amend-
atory or superseding document thereto. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 
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(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The term ‘‘in-
formation technology’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. 
(4) LEGACY
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SYS-
TEM.—The term ‘‘legacy information technology sys-
tem’’ means an outdated or obsolete system of infor-
mation technology. 
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Union Calendar No. 611 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6004 
[Report No. 114–783, Part I] 
A BILL 
To modernize Government information technology, 
and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
Reported from the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform with an amendment 
SEPTEMBER 22, 2016 
The Committee on Appropriations discharged; committed 
to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
the Union and ordered to be printed 
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