DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016
Latest action · Feb 24, 2016 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2016
- Passed HouseFeb 23, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to require the head of a relevant component or office to:
- maintain acquisition documentation that is complete, accurate, timely, and valid and that includes operational requirements that are validated consistent with DHS policy, a complete lifecycle cost estimate, verification of such estimate against independent cost estimates, a cost-benefit analysis, and a schedule;
- prepare cost estimates and schedules for major acquisition programs in a manner consistent with best practices as identified by the Government Accountability Office; and
- submit certain acquisition documentation to DHS to produce an annual comprehensive report on the status of DHS acquisitions for submission to Congress.
DHS may waive such submission requirement for a fiscal year if the program: (1) has not entered the full rate production phase in the acquisition lifecycle, had a reasonable cost estimate established, and had a system configuration defined fully; or (2) does not meet the definition of capital asset, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget.
DHS shall make available to Congress, at the same time the President's budget is submitted for a fiscal year, information on the requirements of this Act in the prior fiscal year, including the following information regarding each program for which DHS has waived the submission requirement:
- the grounds for granting a waiver for that program;
- the projected cost of that program;
- the proportion of a component's or office's annual acquisition budget attributed to that program; and
- information on the significance of the program with respect to the component's operations and execution of its mission.
The bill defines a "major acquisition program" as one that is estimated to require total expenditures of at least $300 million.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Feb 23, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Feb 23, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Feb 23, 2016 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Homeland Security Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2016Markup Feb 2, 2016Reported Feb 23, 2016 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 24, 2016 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 23, 2016Reported by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 114-425.
- Feb 23, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 324.
- Feb 23, 2016Mr. Katko moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Feb 23, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H831-833)
- Feb 23, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4398.
- Feb 23, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H831-832)
- Feb 23, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 2, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 2, 2016Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 1, 2016Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2016Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H831–H833Text printed H831 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, John Katko R-NY, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Feb 23, 2016 |
| House | Lists H431H.R. 4398–4424 | — | Feb 1, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 18, 2016H.R. 4398, DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016As ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on February 2, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 18, February 1, 2016, page H431.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 114-54 | PROBING DHS'S BOTCHED MANAGEMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM53 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Feb 25, 2016 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3572 | DHS Headquarters Reform and Improvement Act of 2015 | Related bill | Mar 16, 2016 |
| HR 6381 | DHS Reform and Improvement Act | Related bill | Dec 16, 2016 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for requirements relating to documentation for major acquisition programs, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- DHS Acquisition Documentation Integrity Act of 2016
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 24, 2016Referred in Senate
- Feb 23, 2016Reported in House
- Feb 23, 2016Engrossed in House
- Feb 1, 2016Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
