Title: Standard DATA Act of 2017
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Standard Data and Technology Advancement Act of 2017 or the Standard DATA Act of 2017
This bill amends title XI (General Provisions) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to direct human services programs operating under the SSAct to designate nonproprietary, interoperable data-exchange standards for information exchanged electronically between state agencies.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2250 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2250

  To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and 
  format of data used in the administration of certain human services 
                programs under the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2017

 Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, 
   Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, and Mr. Danny K. Davis of 
  Illinois) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy 
    and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and 
  format of data used in the administration of certain human services 
                programs under the Social Security Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Standard Data And Technology 
Advancement Act of 2017'' or the ``Standard DATA Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. DATA STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED DATA MATCHING.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1301--1320b-5) is amended by inserting after section 1121 the 
following:

``SEC. 1121A. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED 
              INTEROPERABILITY.

    ``(a) Designation and Use of Data Exchange Standards.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The head of the department or agency 
        responsible for administering a program funded under title III, 
        IV, IX, XII, XVI, or subtitle A of title XX, or section 511, 
        shall, in consultation with an interagency work group 
        established by the Office of Management and Budget and 
        considering State perspectives, designate data exchange 
        standards for necessary categories of information that a State 
        agency operating the program is required to electronically 
        exchange with another State agency under applicable Federal 
        law.
            ``(2) Data exchange standards must be nonproprietary and 
        interoperable.--The data exchange standards designated under 
        paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be 
        nonproprietary and interoperable.
            ``(3) Other requirements.--In designating data exchange 
        standards under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the 
        extent practicable, incorporate--
                    ``(A) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by an international voluntary consensus 
                standards body, as defined by the Office of Management 
                and Budget;
                    ``(B) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as 
                the National Information Exchange Model; and
                    ``(C) interoperable standards developed and 
                maintained by Federal entities with authority over 
                contracting and financial assistance.
    ``(b) Data Exchange Standards for Federal Reporting.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The head of the department or agency 
        responsible for administering a program referred to in 
        subsection (a)(1) shall, in consultation with an interagency 
        work group established by the Office of Management and Budget, 
        and considering State government perspectives, designate data 
        exchange standards to govern Federal reporting and exchange 
        requirements under applicable Federal law.
            ``(2) Requirements.--The data exchange reporting standards 
        required by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable--
                    ``(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non-
                proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format;
                    ``(B) be consistent with and implement applicable 
                accounting principles;
                    ``(C) be implemented in a manner that is cost-
                effective and improves program efficiency and 
                effectiveness; and
                    ``(D) be capable of being continually upgraded as 
                necessary.
            ``(3) Incorporation of nonproprietary standards.--In 
        designating data exchange standards under this subsection, the 
        Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate 
        existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible 
        Markup Language.
            ``(4) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        shall be construed to require a change to existing data 
        exchange standards for Federal reporting about a program 
        referred to in subsection (a)(1), if the head of the department 
        or agency responsible for administering the program finds the 
        standards to be effective and efficient.''.
    (b) Conforming Repeals and Amendment.--
            (1) Conforming repeals.--Section 105 of the Child and 
        Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act (Public Law 112-
        34), sections 2104 and 4003 of the Middle Class Tax Relief and 
        Job Creation Act of 2012 (Public Law 112-96), and subpart 3 of 
        part B of title IV, and section 911, of the Social Security Act 
        are each repealed.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 411 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 611) is amended by striking subsection 
        (d).
    (c) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments and repeals made 
by this Act shall take effect 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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