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H.R. 247 116th Congress House

Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019

Official title: To amend chapter 36 of title 44, United States Code, to make certain changes relating to electronic Government services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 4, 2019 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 16, 2019
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jan 15, 2019
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H567-568)
Jan 15, 2019
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 15, 2019
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H567-568)
Jan 15, 2019
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 247.
Jan 15, 2019
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H567-569)
Jan 15, 2019
Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Jan 4, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Jan 4, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 16, 2019

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019

This bill reorganizes Office of Management and Budget (OMB) information technology (IT) activities and establishes new IT reporting requirements.

The bill renames (1) the Office of E-Government & Information Technology (E-Gov) as the Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer (Federal CIO), and (2) the E-Government Fund as the Federal IT Fund. The office shall be headed by a Federal Chief Information Officer who shall report directly to the Director of OMB (currently, the head of E-Gov reports to the Deputy Director). There is established in the office a Federal Chief Information Security Officer.

Agencies must report IT expenditures to the Federal CIO. The Federal CIO must publish timely, searchable, computer-readable data on agency IT expenditures, projects, and programs.

The Federal CIO shall submit to Congress a proposal for consolidating IT across the federal government and increasing the use of shared services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 6901 Reintroduction of Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2018
 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
D
Connolly, Gerald E.
Virginia · Jan 4, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Jan 4, 2019
Meadows, Mark
· Jan 4, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 247: Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-247/
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"H.R. 247: Federal CIO Authorization Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-247/.
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H.R. 247, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-247/.
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