H.R. 3243 115th Congress House

FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title 40, United States Code, to eliminate the sunset of certain provisions relating to information technology, to amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to extend the sunset relating to the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 14, 2017 See on congress.gov

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Everywhere this bill has been 20 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Nov 21, 2017

Became Public Law No: 115-88.

Nov 21, 2017

Signed by President.

Nov 9, 2017

Presented to President.

Nov 9, 2017

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Nov 8, 2017

Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7121)

Nov 8, 2017

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7121)

Oct 16, 2017

Received in the Senate, read twice.

Oct 11, 2017

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Oct 11, 2017

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 418 - 0 (Roll no. 563). (text: CR H7956)

Oct 11, 2017

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7958-7959)

Oct 11, 2017

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

Oct 11, 2017

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3243.

Oct 11, 2017

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7955-7957)

Oct 11, 2017

Mr. Russell moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

Oct 10, 2017

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 249.

Oct 10, 2017

Reported by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 115-344.

Jul 19, 2017

Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.

Jul 19, 2017

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Jul 14, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Jul 14, 2017

Introduced in House

Votes taken on this bill 1

Date	Chamber	What was voted on	Result	Yes–No
Oct 11, 2017	House · vote #563	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass	Passed	418–0	See who voted →

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Latest action November 21, 2017

Became Public Law No: 115-88.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

(Sec. 2) This bill repeals the expiration date of (thus making permanent) provisions of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 that require: (1) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make available to the public a list of each major information technology investment made by a covered agency for information technology, including data on cost, schedule, and performance; (2) the Chief Information Officer of each covered agency and the program manager of the investment within the agency to conduct a risk management review of those investments that have received a high risk rating for four consecutive quarters; and (3) the implementation by OMB of a process to assist the covered agencies in reviewing their portfolio of information technology investments.

(Sec. 4) The bill amends such Act to extend the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative through FY2020.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 2

Issa, Darrell

California · Jul 14, 2017

Kelly, Robin L.

Illinois · Jul 14, 2017

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