,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdbh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bf1 #bjag,mr4 
,emmer 7for himself and ,mr4 ,de,fazio7 
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to establish a website for     
,federal ,government apps1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,advancing and      
,promoting ,programming or the ,,app    
,act4  #b4 ,findings2 sense of ,congress
  7a7 ,findings ,congress finds the     
following3  7#a7 #hd percent of leading 
app makers are outside ,silicon ,valley1
 and #hc percent are small businesses4  
7#b7 ,millions have participated in the 
,hour of ,code1 which teaches the       
fundamental components of computer      
programming4  7#c7 ,the ,congressional  
,app ,challenge is an officially        
sanctioned competition to promote       
computer science education and          
demonstrate the value of coding to the  

next generation4  7#d7 ,computer        
,science majors earn #dj percent more   
than the average college graduates4     
7#e7 ,in #bjaf1 ,china surpassed the    
,united ,states in app store revenue4   
7#f7 ,the current extent of a ,federal  
mobile app directory exists as a text   
list on a ,general ,services            
,administration website4  7b7 ,sense of 
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that-- 7#a7 computer science skills are 
critical to a burgeoning technology     
industry1 and will provide high-quality 
jobs for ,america's future workforce2   
7#b7 the ,federal ,government has an    
obligation to provide information and   
services through a means that meets the 
technology demands of our changing      
society2 and  7#c7 among other fields1  
computer programming jobs are a way to  
ensure ,america keeps the               
highest-quality jobs and remains a world
 economic leader4  #c4 ,federal         
,government website for apps  7a7       
,establishment of website ,not later    

than #ahj days after the date of the    
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,administrator of ,general ,services    
shall establish a publicly available    
website that includes a database of     
,federal funding opportunities for the  
creation of apps1 allows the public to  
download a ,federal ,government app that
 has been made available to the public1 
and includes the following3  7#a7 ,a    
list of each funding source 7including  
grants and prizes7 for the creation and 
maintenance of ,federal ,government apps
 and how an applicant may apply for such
 funding1 including resources such as   
grants4gov1 challenge4gov1 and the      
,small ,business ,innovation ,research  
program4  7#b7 ,the ability for the     
public to rate and review any such      
,federal ,government app4  7#c7 ,a page 
that prominently displays apps that have
 been recently updated or that receive a
 high user review average under         
paragraph 7#b74  7#d7 ,a page that      
features ,government projects that      

provide application developers with     
tools to improve private apps1 such as  
data4gov and developer4epa4gov4  7#e7   
,resources for education and training   
related to the creation of apps4  7#f7  
,a page that features outstanding1      
educational1 computer science programs1 
determined by the ,administrator of     
,general ,services and the ,director of 
the ,national ,science ,foundation1 and 
resources to replicate such programs4   
7b7 ,review and removal of outdated apps
 ,the ,administrator of ,general        
,services shall review any app for which
 an update has not been released in more
 than #b years and shall remove any app 
from the website described in subsection
 7a7 that is no longer functional or    
compatible4  7c7 ,app defined ,in this  
section1 the term app means a software  
application that enables the performance
 of a specific task that may be run on a
 computer1 a mobile device1 the         
,internet1 or any other electronic      
device4  #d4 ,no additional funds       

authorized ,no additional funds are     
authorized to carry out the requirements
 of this ,act4 ,such requirements shall 
be carried out using amounts otherwise  
authorized4