To require governmentwide source code sharing, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require governmentwide source code sharing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Technology, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H0B7C4E6761D54057B42C2F0CC9495590: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Source code Harmonization And Reuse in Information Technology Act or the SHARE IT Act.
- Section HA638088922F541818E30F48CCADE2986: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code. The term appropriate congressional...
- Section HE488AD4D2D094C32900C7D27C9167D40: 3. Software reuse Not later than 210 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall ensure that the custom-developed code of the...
- Section HD1B1CD34368F44FBA5D8B5973467C875: 4. Exemptions This Act shall not apply to classified source code or source code developed primarily for use in a national security system (as defined in...
- Section HC01A3FC50E0D4F48802FF3183DF09B73: 5. Gao report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require governmentwide source code sharing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Technology, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require governmentwide source code sharing, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal agencies and legislative administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedReceived
Mr. Langworthy (for himself and Mr. Timmons) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
a software storage location— that contains source code, documentation, configuration scripts, as appropriate, revision history, and other files
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