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US HB2985

Bill

Status

Introduced

4/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Mace

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Amends the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) to refocus spending on modernizing, retiring, or replacing legacy federal IT systems, enhancing cybersecurity and privacy, and improving agency mission delivery

  • Requires agencies to reimburse the TMF for transferred funds at levels sufficient to keep the Fund operational until it sunsets on December 31, 2032

  • Mandates the Administrator suspend or terminate funding for projects where agencies provided fraudulent or misleading statements about technical design, business cases, or program management

  • Requires agency Chief Information Officers to annually submit lists of high-risk legacy IT systems to the Federal CIO, who must compile a "Legacy Federal IT Inventory" and identify the 10 systems posing greatest security, privacy, and operational risks government-wide

  • Ties fund transfers to metric-based development milestones achieved through rapid, iterative development processes, with incremental disbursements rather than lump-sum payments

Legislative Description

Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act

Government operations and politics

Last Action

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 0.

2/4/2026

Committee Referrals

Oversight And Government Reform4/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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