MGT Act
Latest action · Sep 26, 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.
- IntroducedSep 13, 2016
- Passed HouseSep 22, 2016
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2016 or the MGT Act
(Sec. 3) This bill establishes in each covered agency (specified agencies for which there are Chief Financial Officers) an information technology system modernization and working capital fund which may be used for necessary expenses for the agency to:
- improve, retire, or replace existing information technology systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness;
- transition to cloud computing and innovative platforms and technologies;
- assist and support efforts to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective information technology capabilities that address evolving threats to information security; and
- reimburse amounts transferred from the Information Technology Modernization Fund (ITMF) (established under this bill), with the approval of the agency's Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Deposits into such fund may include reprogrammed or transferred amounts available for the operation and maintenance of legacy information technology systems. Each agency shall prioritize amounts within such fund to be used initially for cost savings activities approved by the agency's Chief Information Officer. Amounts deposited into an IT working capital fund shall be available for obligation for three years after the date of such deposit.
Each agency, by one year after this Act's enactment and every six months thereafter, shall submit to the OMB a list of each information technology investment funded by, and a summary of the obligations, expenditures, and unused balances of, the agency's IT working capital fund. The OMB shall make such information publicly available on a website.
(Sec. 4) The bill establishes the ITMF for technology related activities, to improve information technology, and to enhance cybersecurity across the federal government. The ITMF shall be administered by the General Services Administration (GSA) in accordance with guidance established by, and with the concurrence of, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
The GSA shall:
- transfer amounts from the ITMF to an agency to improve, retire, or replace existing information technology systems to enhance cybersecurity and improve efficiency and effectiveness;
- use amounts in the ITMF for the development, operation, and procurement of information technology products, services, and acquisition vehicles for use by agencies to improve efficiency and cybersecurity; and
- use amounts in the ITMF to provide services or work performed in support of such activities.
An agency shall: (1) reimburse the ITMF for any such transfer, and (2) pay prices to be fixed by the GSA for such products or services the agency uses at levels sufficient to ensure the solvency of the ITMF. The GSA may obtain reimbursement by the issuance of transfer and counterwarrants if timely payment is not made by an agency.
The OMB shall publish on a public website and and update quarterly a list of each project funded by the ITMF.
The bill establishes an Information Technology Modernization Board, which shall:
- evaluate proposals submitted by agencies for funding authorized under the ITMF;
- provide input to the OMB for the development of processes for agencies to submit modernization proposals to the board and to establish the criteria by which such proposals are evaluated;
- make recommendations to the GSA to assist agencies in the further development and refinement of select proposals;
- review and prioritize such modernization proposals;
- identify opportunities to improve or replace multiple information technology systems with a smaller number of information technology systems common to multiple agencies;
- recommend the funding of modernization projects;
- monitor progress and performance in executing approved projects and, if necessary, recommend the suspension or termination of funding; and
- monitor operating costs of the ITMF.
The GSA shall support board activities and provide technical support to, and oversight of, agencies that receive transfers from the ITMF.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 13, 2016 to Sep 14, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Original | Sep 13, 2016 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Sep 13, 2016 |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Original | Sep 13, 2016 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Sep 13, 2016 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Sep 13, 2016 |
| R-CA | Kevin McCarthy | Sep 14, 2016 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Sep 14, 2016 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 13, 2016Markup Sep 15, 2016Reported Sep 22, 2016 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Sep 13, 2016Discharged Sep 22, 2016 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 26, 2016 |
Actions 13
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2016Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Sep 22, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 114-783, Part I.
- Sep 22, 2016Committee on Appropriations discharged.
- Sep 22, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 611.
- Sep 22, 2016Mr. Hurd (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 22, 2016Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5830-5833)
- Sep 22, 2016DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6004.
- Sep 22, 2016Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5830-5831)
- Sep 22, 2016Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 15, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 15, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Sep 13, 2016Introduced in House
- Sep 13, 2016Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 H5827, H5830–H5833Text printed H5830 | Gerald E. Connolly D-VA, Kevin McCarthy R-CA, Will Hurd R-TX | Sep 22, 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
- Dec 1, 2016H.R. 6004, MGT ActAs passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on September 22, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 138, September 13, 2016, page H5436.
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. 114-125 | FEDERAL CYBERSECURITY AFTER THE OPM DATA BREACH: HAVE AGENCIES LEARNED THEIR LESSON?49 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Nov 16, 2016 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44847 | Selected Homeland Security Issues in the 115th Congress Archived | Report | May 11, 2017 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3263 | MOVE IT Act | Related bill | Jul 14, 2016 |
| HR 4897 | Information Technology Modernization Act | Related bill | Apr 11, 2016 |
| HR 5792 | MOVE IT Act | Related bill | Jul 14, 2016 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To modernize Government information technology, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- MGT Act
- Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2016
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2016
- MGT Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2016Referred in Senate
- Sep 22, 2016Reported in House
- Sep 22, 2016Engrossed in House
- Sep 13, 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.
