Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the 
Committee. 
‘‘(f) HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Committee, or 
on the authority of the Committee, any subcommittee, 
may, for the purposes of carrying out this section, hold 
hearings, sit and act at such times and places, take testi-
mony, receive evidence, and administer oaths. 
‘‘(g) CONTRACTING.—The Committee, may, to such 
extent and in such amounts as are provided in appropria-
tion Acts, enter into contracts to enable the Committee 
to discharge its duties under this section. 
‘‘(h) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee is author-
ized to secure directly from any executive depart-
ment, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, 
independent establishment, or instrumentality of the 
Government, information, suggestions, estimates, 
and statistics for the purposes of the Committee. 
Each department, bureau, agency, board, commis-
sion, office, independent establishment, or instru-
mentality shall, to the extent authorized by law, fur-
nish such information, suggestions, estimates, and 
statistics directly to the Committee, upon request 
made by the Chair, the Chair of any subcommittee 
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created by a majority of the Committee, or any 
member designated by a majority of the Committee. 
‘‘(2) RECEIPT, HANDLING, STORAGE, AND DIS-
SEMINATION.—Information may only be received, 
handled, stored, and disseminated by members of 
the Committee and its staff consistent with all appli-
cable statutes, regulations, and Executive orders. 
‘‘(i) DETAIL OF EMPLOYEES.—Any Federal Govern-
ment employee may be detailed to the Committee without 
reimbursement from the Committee, and such detailee 
shall retain the rights, status, and privileges of his or her 
regular employment without interruption. 
‘‘(j) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Committee may use 
the United States mails in the same manner and under 
the same conditions as agencies. 
‘‘(k) EXPERT
AND CONSULTANT SERVICES.—The 
Committee is authorized to procure the services of experts 
and consultants in accordance with section 3109 of title 
5, but at rates not to exceed the daily rate paid a person 
occupying a position at Level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of title 5. 
‘‘(l) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) INTERIM REPORTS.—The Committee may 
submit to the Administrator and Congress interim 
reports containing such findings, conclusions, and 
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recommendations as have been agreed to by the 
Committee. 
‘‘(2) ANNUAL
REPORTS.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, and annually thereafter, the Committee shall 
submit to the Administrator and Congress a final re-
port containing such findings, conclusions, and rec-
ommendations as have been agreed to by the Com-
mittee. 
‘‘§ 3616. Definitions 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under sub-
section (b), the definitions under sections 3502 and 3552 
apply to sections 3607 through this section. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In sections 3607 
through this section: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Adminis-
trator’ means the Administrator of General Services. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘authorization package’— 
‘‘(A) means the essential information used 
to determine whether to authorize the operation 
of an information system or the use of a des-
ignated set of common controls; and 
‘‘(B) at a minimum, includes the informa-
tion system security plan, privacy plan, security 
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control assessment, privacy control assessment, 
and any relevant plans of action and milestones. 
‘‘(3) CLOUD
COMPUTING.—The term ‘cloud 
computing’ has the meaning given that term by the 
National Institutes of Standards and Technology in 
NIST Special Publication 800–145 and any amend-
atory or superseding document thereto. 
‘‘(4) CLOUD
SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term 
‘cloud service provider’ means an entity offering 
cloud computing products or services to agencies. 
‘‘(5) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
‘‘(6) 
FEDRAMP.—The 
term 
‘FedRAMP’ 
means the Federal Risk and Authorization Manage-
ment Program established under section 3607(a). 
‘‘(7) FEDRAMP AUTHORIZATION.—The term 
‘FedRAMP authorization’ means a certification that 
a cloud computing product or service received from 
an agency that provides an authorization to operate 
and the FedRAMP Program Management Office has 
determined the product or service has completed the 
FedRAMP authorization process. 
‘‘(8) FEDRAMP PROGRAM
MANAGEMENT
OF-
FICE.—The term ‘FedRAMP Program Management 
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Office’ means the office that administers FedRAMP 
established under section 3607(b). 
‘‘(9) FEDRAMP 
PROVISIONAL
AUTHORIZA-
TION.—The term ‘FedRAMP provisional authoriza-
tion’ means a certification that a cloud computing 
product or service has received from the Joint Au-
thorization Board that approves a provisional au-
thorization to operate. 
‘‘(10) INDEPENDENT
ASSESSMENT
ORGANIZA-
TION.—The term ‘independent assessment organiza-
tion’ means a third-party organization accredited by 
the Program Director of the FedRAMP Program 
Management Office to undertake conformity assess-
ments of cloud service providers and their products 
or services. 
‘‘(11) JOINT
AUTHORIZATION
BOARD.—The 
term ‘Joint Authorization Board’ means the Joint 
Authorization Board established under section 
3607(b).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 36 of title 44, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new items: 
‘‘3607. Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. 
‘‘3608. FedRAMP Program Management Office. 
‘‘3609. Joint Authorization Board. 
‘‘3610. Independent assessment organizations. 
‘‘3611. Roles and responsibilities of agencies. 
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‘‘3612. Roles and responsibilities of the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘3613. Authorization of appropriations for FEDRAMP. 
‘‘3614. Reports to Congress. 
‘‘3615. Federal Secure Cloud Advisory Committee. 
‘‘3616. Definitions.’’. 
(c) SUNSET.—This Act and any amendment made by 
this Act shall be repealed on the date that is 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
or any amendment made by this Act shall be construed 
as altering or impairing the authorities of the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget or the Secretary 
of Homeland Security under subchapter II of chapter 35 
of title 44, United States Code. 
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