GSA Technology Accountability Act
Latest action · Dec 23, 2024 Became Public Law No: 118-182.
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 5, 2024
- Passed HouseMay 6, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 16, 2024
- To the PresidentDec 23, 2024
- Became lawDec 23, 2024Public Law 118-182
Summary
GSA Technology Accountability Act
This act requires the General Services Administration to report annually to Congress on each program funded by (1) the Federal Citizen Services Fund, or (2) the Acquisition Services Fund for technology transformation services.
The reports must include a list of each program funded by such expenditures during the previous fiscal year, or that have been funded by such expenditures in the previous five-year period, along with the following information for each program:
- an explanation of the program;
- information about how the program is funded;
- a description of projects or initiatives associated with the program;
- if applicable, the amount of reimbursements associated with or anticipated to be associated with the program from other sources of funds or another agency; and
- if applicable, any additional information, data, or analysis used to determine the information estimated within the report.
The amendments made by this act shall take effect at the start of the first fiscal year after the date of the enactment.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Apr 19, 2024.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Apr 19, 2024 |
Committees 2
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 Mar 5, 2024Markup Apr 10, 2024 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred May 7, 2024Markup Sep 18, 2024Reported Dec 10, 2024 |
Actions 18
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 23, 2024Presented to President.
- Dec 23, 2024Signed by President.
- Dec 23, 2024Became Public Law No: 118-182.
- Dec 17, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7057)
- Dec 9, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-285.
- Dec 9, 2024Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 688.
- Sep 18, 2024Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 7, 2024Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- May 6, 2024Mr. LaTurner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- May 6, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2852-2853)
- May 6, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7524.
- May 6, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2852)
- May 6, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 10, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 10, 2024Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 43 - 0.
- Mar 5, 2024Introduced in House
- Mar 5, 2024Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7057 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Dec 16, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2852, H2853Text printed H2852 | Eleanor Holmes Norton D-DC, Jake LaTurner R-KS, Pete Sessions R-TX | May 6, 2024 |
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 11, 2024H.R. 7524, GSA Technology Accountability ActAs reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on December 9, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 39, March 5, 2024, page H822.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48480 | Nuclear Energy and Climate Change Mitigation | Report | Jul 1, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4669 | GSA Technology Accountability Act | Identical bill | Jul 10, 2024 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the submission of reports on certain information technology services funds to Congress before expenditures may be made, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- GSA Technology Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- GSA Technology Accountability Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- GSA Technology Accountability Act
- Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text
- GSA Technology Accountability Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- GSA Technology Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Dec 9, 2024Reported to Senate
- May 7, 2024Referred in Senate
- May 6, 2024Engrossed in House
- Mar 5, 2024Introduced 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.
