[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8751 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8751

  To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to 
  support State data infrastructure projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2024

  Mr. Bucshon (for himself and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                             Accountability

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a grant program to 
  support State data infrastructure projects, 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 ``Improving Government Data-Driven 
Decisions Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a data 
infrastructure grant program under which the Secretary shall provide 
grants to support projects for centralized data sharing, correlation, 
and analysis capacity to facilitate effectiveness and efficiency in the 
administration of State programs and services.
    (b) Goals.--The goals of the Program are--
            (1) to leverage data infrastructure created and maintained 
        by State government agencies to inform innovation and 
        efficiency efforts related to State programs and services;
            (2) to improve information technology systems, practices, 
        and procedures to enhance the security of data by such 
        agencies;
            (3) to increase the capabilities of such agencies for 
        implementing data management, augmented analytics, integration, 
        business process improvement, and intelligent technologies; and
            (4) to protect the privacy of individuals by adhering to 
        all applicable State and Federal privacy laws and regulations.
    (c) Eligible Recipients.--The Secretary may make a grant under the 
Program to a State government.
    (d) Applications.--To be eligible for a grant under the Program, an 
entity described in subsection (c) shall submit to the Secretary an 
application in such form, at such time, and containing such information 
as the Secretary determines appropriate.
    (e) Grant Amounts.--
            (1) Minimum.--The minimum amount of a grant under the 
        Program shall be $1,500,000.
            (2) Maximum.--The maximum amount of a grant under the 
        Program shall be $5,000,000.
    (f) Definitions.--
            (1) Data infrastructure.--The term ``data infrastructure'' 
        means the people, processes, systems, and resources that enable 
        the entire ecosystem for real time, high quality, and data-
        driven decisionmaking, including the collection and reporting 
        of information, the secure and compliant retention systems, and 
        the analysis and presentation of the information.
            (2) Program.--The term ``Program'' means the grant program 
        established under subsection (a).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out the Program $41,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2024 through 2028.
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