,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #abcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bg1       
#bjag,ms4 ,mc,collum introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 
to require each ,federal agency to      
maintain and preserve data assets of the
 agency1 and for other purposes4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,save ,america's ,science ,act4  #b4
 ,management and preservation of data   
assets by ,federal agencies ,chapter #ca
 of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following new section3  #cajh4          
,management and preservation of data    
assets by ,federal agencies  7a7 ,in    
general ,the head of each ,federal      
agency shall maintain each data asset of
 the agency1 including any data asset   
collected for the agency under a        
contract1 in accordance with the program

 established under section #cajb4  7b7  
,safeguards ,the head of each ,federal  
agency shall establish safeguards       
against the removal or loss of data     
assets and make any requirements and    
penalties related to such removal or    
loss known to officials and employees of
 the agency4  7c7 ,unlawful removal or  
destruction of data assets  7#a7        
,federal agency notification ,the head  
of each ,federal agency shall notify the
 ,archivist and ,congress of any actual1
 impending1 or threatened unlawful      
removal1 defacing1 alteration1          
corruption1 deletion1 erasure1 or other 
destruction of data assets in the       
custody of the agency1 and1 with the    
assistance of the ,archivist1 shall     
initiate action through the ,attorney   
,general for the recovery of data assets
 the head of the ,federal agency knows  
or has reason to believe have been      
unlawfully removed from that agency1 or 
from another ,federal agency whose data 
assets have been transferred to the     

legal custody of that ,federal agency4  
7#b7 ,archivist notification ,in any    
case in which the head of a ,federal    
agency does not initiate an action for  
such recovery or other redress within a 
reasonable period of time after being   
notified of any such unlawful action    
described in paragraph 7#a71 or is      
participating in1 or believed to be     
participating in any such unlawful      
action1 the ,archivist shall request the
 ,attorney ,general to initiate such an 
action1 and shall notify ,congress when 
such a request has been made4  7d7      
,public availability of data assets     
7#a7 ,in general ,each data asset that  
has been made available to the public by
 the head of a ,federal agency shall    
remain available to the public4  7#b7   
,machine-readable data assets ,each data
 asset that has been made available to  
the public in a machine-readable format 
by the head of a ,federal agency shall  
remain available to the public in a     
machine-readable format4  7e7 ,rule of  

construction ,nothing in this section   
may be construed to exclude any type of 
record from the requirements of this    
chapter4  7f7 ,definitions ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,data ,the term data means
 recorded information1 regardless of    
form or the media on which the data is  
recorded4  7#b7 ,data asset ,the term   
data asset means a collection of data   
elements or data sets that may be       
grouped together4  7#c7                 
,machine-readable format ,the term      
machine-readable format means a format  
in which information or data can be     
easily processed by a computer without  
human intervention while ensuring no    
semantic meaning is lost4  4