H.R. 4361 — Introduced in House

I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4361 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 11, 2016 Mr. Palmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To amend section 3554 of title 44, United States Code, to provide for enhanced security of Federal information systems, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2016. 2. Agency discretion to secure information technology and information systems Section 3554 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f) Agency discretion The head of each agency has the sole and exclusive authority, with respect to any information technology or information system under the control of such agency— (1) to take any action the agency determines to be necessary to reduce or eliminate security weakness and risk, including to protect the information contained in the information technology or information system; and (2) to take any action the agency determines to be necessary to reduce or eliminate future security weakness and risk, including to protect the information contained in the information technology or information system. .