Title: CPSC CIO Parity Act
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
CPSC CIO Parity ActThis bill specifies that the Chief Information Officer of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) must participate in the CPSC's planning, budgeting, management, and personnel practices with respect to information technology. The bill further requires the CPSC to appoint a Chief Data Officer and a Chief Technologist.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1858 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1858

 To ensure the Chief Information Office of the Consumer Product Safety 
 Commission has a significant role in decisions related to information 
                  technology, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 13, 2019

  Mr. Moran (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To ensure the Chief Information Office of the Consumer Product Safety 
 Commission has a significant role in decisions related to information 
                  technology, and for other purposes.

    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 ``CPSC CIO Parity Act''.

SEC. 2. CIO AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--The Consumer Product Safety Commission (in this 
section referred to as the ``Commission'') shall ensure that the Chief 
Information Officer of the Commission has a significant role in--
            (1) the decision-making process for annual and multi-year 
        planning, programming, budgeting, and execution decisions, 
        related reporting requirements, and reports related to 
        information technology;
            (2) the management, governance, and oversight processes 
        related to information technology; and
            (3) the hiring of personnel with information technology 
        responsibilities.
    (b) CIO Approval.--The Chief Information Officer of the Commission, 
in consultation with the Chief Financial Officer of the Commission and 
budget officials, shall specify and approve the allocation of amounts 
appropriated to the Commission for information technology, consistent 
with the provisions of appropriations Acts, budget guidelines, and 
recommendations from the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
    (c) Additional Personnel.--The Chairman of the Commission, in 
consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Commission, and 
subject to the approval of the Commission, shall appoint--
            (1) a Chief Data Officer to serve at the Associate 
        Executive Director level; and
            (2) a Chief Technologist, to serve on a full- or part-time 
        basis.
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