INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT
(Now the Clinger/Cohen Act)
S.1124
One Hundred Fourth 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, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six
An Act
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction,
and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to
prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed
Forces, to reform acquisition laws and information technology
management of the Federal Government, 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 `National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1996?.
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) DIVISIONS- This Act is organized into five divisions as
follows:
(1) Division A Department of Defense Authorizations.
(2) Division B Military Construction Authorizations.
(3) Division C Department of Energy National Security
Authorizations and Other Authorizations.
(4) Division D Federal Acquisition Reform.
(5) Division E Information Technology Management Reform.
DIVISION E INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT REFORM
Sec. 5001. Short title.
Sec. 5002. Definitions.
TITLE LI RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SUBTITLE A GENERAL AUTHORITY
Sec. 5101. Repeal of central authority of the Administrator of
General Services.
SUBTITLE B DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
Sec. 5111. Responsibility of Director.
Sec. 5112. Capital planning and investment control.
Sec. 5113. Performance-based and results-based management.
SUBTITLE C EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
Sec. 5121. Responsibilities.
Sec. 5122. Capital planning and investment control.
Sec. 5123. Performance and results-based management.
Sec. 5124. Acquisitions of information technology.
Sec. 5125. Agency Chief Information Officer.
Sec. 5126. Accountability.
Sec. 5127. Significant deviations.
Sec. 5128. Interagency support.
SUBTITLE D OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
Sec. 5131. Responsibilities regarding efficiency, security, and
privacy of Federal computer systems.
Sec. 5132. Sense of Congress.
SUBTITLE E NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
Sec. 5141. Applicability to national security systems.
Sec. 5142. National security system defined.
TITLE LII PROCESS FOR ACQUISITIONS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Sec. 5201. Procurement procedures.
Sec. 5202. Incremental acquisition of information technology.
TITLE LIII INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION PILOT PROGRAMS
SUBTITLE A CONDUCT OF PILOT PROGRAMS
Sec. 5301. Authority to conduct pilot programs.
Sec. 5302. Evaluation criteria and plans.
Sec. 5303. Report.
Sec. 5304. Recommended legislation.
Sec. 5305. Rule of construction.
SUBTITLE B SPECIFIC PILOT PROGRAMS
Sec. 5311. Share-in-savings pilot program.
Sec. 5312. Solutions-based contracting pilot program.
TITLE LIV ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT MATTERS
Sec. 5401. On-line multiple award schedule contracting.
Sec. 5402. Identification of excess and surplus computer equipment.
Sec. 5403. Access of certain information in information systems to
the directory established under section 4101 of title 44, United
States Code.
TITLE LV PROCUREMENT PROTEST AUTHORITY OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Sec. 5501. Period for processing protests.
Sec. 5502. Availability of funds following GAO resolution of
challenge to contracting action.
TITLE LVI CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS
Sec. 5601. Amendments to title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 5602. Amendments to title 28, United States Code.
Sec. 5603. Amendment to title 31, United States Code.
Sec. 5604. Amendments to title 38, United States Code.
Sec. 5605. Provisions of title 44, United States Code, relating to
paperwork reduction.
Sec. 5606. Amendment to title 49, United States Code.
Sec. 5607. Other laws.
Sec. 5608. Clerical amendments.
TITLE LVII EFFECTIVE DATE, SAVINGS PROVISIONS, AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 5701. Effective date.
Sec. 5702. Savings provisions.
Sec. 5703. Rules of construction.
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEES DEFINED.
For purposes of this Act, the term `congressional defense
committees’ means
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on National Security and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.
In the case of any provision of this Act, or any amendment made
by a provision of this Act, requiring the submission of a report to
Congress (or any committee of Congress), that report shall be
submitted not later than the later of
(1) the date established for submittal of the report in such
provision or amendment; or
(2) the date that is 45 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
