United States HR 247: Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019

Bill Text

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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 247
To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to make certain
changes relating to electronic Government services, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 4, 2019
Mr. HURD of Texas (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. MEADOWS, and
Mr. CONNOLLY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to
make certain changes relating to electronic Government
services, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal CIO Author-4
ization Act of 2019’’. 5
SEC. 2. CHANGES RELATING TO ELECTRONIC GOVERN-6
MENT SERVICES. 7
(a) CHANGE OF CERTAIN NAMES IN CHAPTER 36 OF 8
TITLE 44.— 9
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3601 of title 44, 1
United States Code, is amended— 2
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 3
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 4
through (8) as paragraphs (1) through (7), re-5
spectively; and 6
(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 7
by striking ‘‘E–Government Fund’’ and insert-8
ing ‘‘Federal IT Fund’’. 9
(2) OFFICE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT.— 10
Section 3602 of title 44, United States Code, is 11
amended— 12
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OFFICE 13
OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT’’ and insert-14
ing ‘‘OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL CHIEF IN-15
FORMATION OFFICER’’; 16
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office 17
of Electronic Government’’ and inserting ‘‘Of-18
fice of the Federal Chief Information Officer’’; 19
(C) in subsection (b)— 20
(i) by striking ‘‘an Administrator’’ 21
and inserting ‘‘a Federal Chief Information 22
Officer’’; and 23
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(ii) by inserting before the period at 1
the end the following: ‘‘and who shall re-2
port directly to the Director’’; 3
(D) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘The Ad-4
ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 5
Information Officer’’; 6
(E) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Ad-7
ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 8
Information Officer’’; 9
(F) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘The Ad-10
ministrator’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief 11
Information Officer’’; 12
(G) in subsection (f)— 13
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 14
(1), by striking ‘‘the Administrator’’ and 15
inserting ‘‘the Federal Chief Information 16
Officer’’; 17
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘E– 18
Government Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 19
IT Fund’’; 20
(iii) in paragraph (16), by striking 21
‘‘the Office of Electronic Government’’ and 22
inserting ‘‘the Office of the Federal Chief 23
Information Officer’’; and 24
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(iv) by adding at the end the following 1
new paragraph: 2
‘‘(18) Oversee the Federal Chief Information 3
Security Officer.’’; and 4
(H) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘the Of-5
fice of Electronic Government’’ and inserting 6
‘‘the Office of the Federal Chief Information 7
Officer’’. 8
(3) CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS COUNCIL.— 9
Section 3603 of title 44, United States Code, is 10
amended— 11
(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘The 12
Administrator of the Office of Electronic Gov-13
ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief In-14
formation Officer’’; 15
(B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘The 16
Administrator of the Office of Electronic Gov-17
ernment’’ and inserting ‘‘The Federal Chief In-18
formation Officer’’; and 19
(C) in subsection (f)— 20
(i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘the 21
Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 22
Chief Information Officer’’; and 23
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(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 1
Administrator’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 2
Chief Information Officer’’. 3
(4) E-GOVERNMENT FUND.—Section 3604 of 4
title 44, United States Code, is amended— 5
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘E–GOV-6
ERNMENT FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘FEDERAL 7
IT FUND’’; 8
(B) in subsection (a)— 9
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘E– 10
Government Fund’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 11
IT Fund’’; and 12
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the 13
Administrator of the Office of Electronic 14
Government’’ and inserting ‘‘the Federal 15
Chief Information Officer’’; 16
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Admin-17
istrator’’ each place it appears and inserting 18
‘‘Federal Chief Information Officer’’; and 19
(D) in subsection (c), by stri