[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7524 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.7524
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four
An Act
To amend title 40, United States Code, to require the submission of
reports on certain information technology services funds to Congress
before expenditures may be made, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``GSA Technology Accountability Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSPARENCY OF GSA FUNDED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
(a) Transparency on Use of the Federal Citizen Services Fund.--
Section 323 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(g) Requirement for Annual Report to Congress.--Not later than
September 30 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report that includes, at a minimum, a list of
each program funded by expenditures during the previous fiscal year, or
that have been funded by expenditures in the previous 5-year period,
including the following:
``(1) An explanation of the program.
``(2) Information about how the program is funded, including
the amount of expenditures the program received in the previous
fiscal year and total amount.
``(3) The amount of reimbursements associated with or
anticipated to be associated with the program from another source
of funds or another agency, if applicable.
``(4) A description of projects or initiatives associated with
the program, including--
``(A) information about when the projects or initiatives
were initiated and completed; and
``(B) funding information, to the extent practicable.
``(5) Any additional information, data, or analysis used to
determine the information estimated within the report, if
applicable.
``(h) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
Administrator of General Services.
``(2) Expenditure.--The term `expenditure' means any obligation
of funds from the Fund.''.
(b) Transparency on Use of the Acquisition Services Fund.--Section
321 of title 40, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(h) Requirement for Annual Report to Congress.--Not later than
September 30 of each year, the Administrator shall submit to the
Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs of the Senate a report that includes, at a minimum, a list of
each program within the Technology Transformation Services funded by
expenditures during the previous fiscal year, or that have been funded
by expenditures in the previous 5-year period, including the following:
``(1) An explanation of the program.
``(2) Information about how the program is funded, including
the amount of expenditures the program received in the previous
fiscal year and total amount.
``(3) The amount of reimbursements associated with or
anticipated to be associated with the program from another source
of funds or another agency, if applicable.
``(4) A description of projects or initiatives associated with
the program, including--
``(A) information about when the projects or initiatives
were initiated and completed; and
``(B) funding information, to the extent practicable.
``(5) Any additional information, data, or analysis used to
determine the information estimated within the report, if
applicable.
``(i) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the
Administrator of General Services.
``(2) Expenditure.--The term `expenditure' means any obligation
of funds from the Acquisition Services Fund for programs referenced
in subsection (h).''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this Act shall take
effect on the commencement of the first fiscal year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.