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SHARE IT Act

Introduced: September 12, 2024 Introduced by: Langworthy, Nicholas A. Republican · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 17 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 23, 2024
Became Public Law No: 118-187.
Dec 23, 2024
Signed by President.
Dec 23, 2024
Presented to President.
Dec 18, 2024
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 17, 2024
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7093)
Dec 17, 2024
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Dec 5, 2024
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Dec 4, 2024
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 4, 2024
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6340-6342)
Dec 4, 2024
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6340-6342)
Dec 4, 2024
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9566.
Dec 4, 2024
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6340-6342)
Dec 4, 2024
Mr. Langworthy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 18, 2024
Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
Sep 18, 2024
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Sep 12, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Sep 12, 2024
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Source code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology Act or the SHARE IT Act

This act requires federal agencies to ensure that custom-developed code (i.e., source code that is produced under an agency contract, funded exclusively by the federal government, or developed by federal employees as part of their official duties) and certain technical components of the code such as architecture designs and metadata are (1) owned by the agency, (2) stored at no less than one public or private repository, and (3) accessible to federal employees under certain procedures. Agency contracts for custom-development of software must acquire and exercise rights sufficient to allow government-wide access, sharing, use, and modification of any custom-developed code.

The act does not apply to source code that is classified, developed primarily for use in a national security system, or developed by an element of the intelligence community. An agency's office of the chief information officer may exempt source code from being shared or made publicly accessible to protect individual privacy.

Within 120 days of enactment, the Office of Electronic Government shall establish minimum reporting standards for agencies relating to certain topics, such as measuring the frequency of reuse of code. Within one year of enactment, the Federal Acquisition Regulation must be revised to implement the act's provisions.

What's happening now December 23, 2024

Became Public Law No: 118-187.

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Timmons, William R.
South Carolina · Sep 12, 2024
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9566: SHARE IT Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9566/
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"H.R. 9566: SHARE IT Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9566/.
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H.R. 9566, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-9566/.
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