H.R. 5901 — Introduced in House

I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5901 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2020Mr. Khanna (for himself and Mr. Meadows) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To establish a program to facilitate the adoption of modern technology by executive agencies, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Modernization Centers of Excellence Program Act. 2. GSA Modernization Centers of Excellence Program (a) Establishment The Administrator of General Services, acting through the Director of the Technology Transformation Services, shall establish a program (to be known as the Modernization Centers of Excellence Program) to facilitate the adoption of modern technology by executive agencies. (b) Responsibilities The Modernization Centers of Excellence Program shall have the following responsibilities upon request by an executive agency: (1) To modernize information technology and how a customer interacts with an executive agency. (2) To improve cooperation between commercial and executive agency information technology sectors. (3) To assist an executive agency with planning and adoption of— (A) a commercial cloud computing system that includes— (i) end-to-end migration planning and an assessment of progress towards modernization; and (ii) a security and governance framework based on industry and government best practices; (B) tools to help a customer receive support from and communicate with an executive agency; (C) contact centers and other related costumer supports; (D) efficient use of data management, analysis, and reporting; and (E) optimized infrastructure, including for data centers, and to reduce operating costs. (4) To share best practices and expertise an executive agency. (5) Other responsibilities the Director of Technology Transformation Services may identify. (c) Definitions In this section: (1) Cloud computing The term “cloud computing” has the meaning given that term in section 1076 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (40 U.S.C. 11301 note). (2) Executive Agency The term executive agency has the meaning given the term Executive agency in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.