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HOUSE 5527118th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 752.

Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act

Last Action
12/19/2024

Actions

  • 2024-12-19Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 752.
  • 2024-12-19Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-332.
  • 2024-12-19Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-332.
  • 2024-07-31Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2024-05-22Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2024-05-21Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  • 2024-05-21On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3364-3365)
  • 2024-05-21Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3364-3365)
  • 2024-05-21DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5527.
  • 2024-05-21Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H364-3367)
  • 2024-05-21Ms. Mace moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  • 2024-02-23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 326.
  • 2024-02-23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-397.
  • 2024-02-23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. H. Rept. 118-397.
  • 2023-09-20Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.

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CRS Summary

As of 2024-02-23 (07)

Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 and revises the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF). (The TMF is a revolving fund administered by the General Services Administration to finance technology-related activities, improve information technology, and enhance cybersecurity across the federal government.)

Changes to the TMF include

  • requiring the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer to annually submit to Congress (1) a list of the 10 legacy information technology (IT) systems that present the greatest security, privacy, and operational risks to the federal government; and (2) each federal agency's list of high-risk legacy IT systems;
  • authorizing TMF funding for IT projects that improve the ability of the agency to perform its mission and deliver services to the public;
  • additional requirements for agencies that receive funds to reimburse the TMF (for example, funds used for services or work in direct support of a project must be fully reimbursed); and
  • revising the criteria by which agency proposals for TMF funding are evaluated to include the (1) extent to which they address the greatest security, privacy, and operational risks; (2) impact of modernizing, retiring, or replacing legacy IT systems; and (3) ability of an agency to repay funds provided.

Cosponsors (2)

  • Gerald Connolly (D-VA)
  • Ro Khanna (D-CA)

Subjects

  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Technology assessment
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