,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #afbj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjae,mr4 ,johnson introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to reduce duplication of    
information technology at the           
,department of ,homeland ,security1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,,dhs    
,,it ,duplication ,reduction ,act of    
#bjae4  #b4 ,,dhs information technology
 duplication reduction  7a7 ,information
 technology duplication reduction ,not  
later than #ij days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act1 the ,chief  
,information ,officer of the ,department
 of ,homeland ,security shall submit to 
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security of
 the ,house of ,representatives and the 
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate a 
report that includes the following3     

7#a7 ,the number of information         
technology systems at the ,department of
 ,homeland ,security4  7#b7 ,an         
assessment of the number of such systems
 exhibiting duplication or              
fragmentation4  7#c7 ,a strategy for    
reducing such duplicative systems1      
including an assessment of potential    
cost savings or cost avoidance as a     
result of such reduction4  7#d7 ,a      
methodology for determining which system
 should be eliminated when there is     
duplication or fragmentation4  7b7      
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,duplication or fragmentation ,the term 
duplication or fragmentation1 in        
reference to information technology     
systems1 means #b or more systems or    
programs that deliver similar           
functionality to similar user           
populations4  7#b7 ,information         
technology ,the term information        
technology has the meaning given such   
term in section #aaaja of title #dj1    
,united ,states ,code4  7c7 ,no new     

authorization of funding ,this section  
shall be carried out using amounts      
otherwise appropriated or made available
 to the ,department of ,homeland        
,security4 ,no additional funds are     
authorized to be appropriated to carry  
out this section4