Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2017 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.
- IntroducedMar 6, 2017
- Passed HouseMar 24, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 20, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Under Secretary for Management to:
- designate an individual within DHS to manage DHS acquisition innovation efforts,
- test emerging acquisition best practicess,
- develop and distribute best practices and lessons learned regarding acquisition innovations,
- establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of acquisition innovation efforts, and
- determine impacts of acquisition innovation efforts on the private sector by obtaining feedback from it and incorporating such feedback into future acquisition innovation efforts.
The bill requires DHS, by 90 days after it submits the annual budget justification for DHS for each of FY2018-FY2022, to provide information to specified congressional committees on:
- emerging acquisition best practices that were tested within DHS,
- efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS,
- utilization of best practices by DHS components,
- performance as measured by the metrics established under this bill,
- outcomes of efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS,
- impacts of the utilization of innovative acquisition mechanisms by DHS on the private sector,
- the criteria used to identify specific acquisition programs or activities to be included in acquisition innovation efforts and the outcomes of such programs or activities, and
- recommendations to enhance acquisition innovation in DHS.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 193 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed424–0 | Mar 24, 2017 |
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 6, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 6, 2017 |
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 Mar 6, 2017Markup Mar 8, 2017Reported Mar 20, 2017 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Mar 27, 2017 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2017Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Mar 24, 2017Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2392)
- Mar 24, 2017Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by recorded vote (2/3 required): 424 - 0 (Roll no. 193). (text: CR H2307)
- Mar 24, 2017Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 22, 2017Mr. Donovan moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 22, 2017Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2307-2308)
- Mar 22, 2017DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1365.
- Mar 22, 2017At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Donovan objected to the Yea - Nay vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Mar 20, 2017Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Homeland Security. H. Rept. 115-48.
- Mar 20, 2017Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 28.
- Mar 8, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 8, 2017Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Mar 6, 2017Introduced in House
- Mar 6, 2017Referred 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 | Recorded votes H2392enact | — | Mar 24, 2017 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2307, H2308Text printed H2307Cost estimates H2308 | Daniel M. Donovan, Jr. R-NY, J. Luis Correa D-CA, Michael T. McCaul R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 22, 2017 |
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
- Mar 23, 2017H.R. 1365, Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on March 8, 2017
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 38, March 6, 2017, page H1537.
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. 115-5 | WATCHDOG RECOMMENDATIONS: A BETTER WAY AHEAD TO MANAGE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY63 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Feb 16, 2017 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require certain acquisition innovation, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2017Referred in Senate
- Mar 24, 2017Engrossed in House
- Mar 20, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 6, 2017Introduced 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.
