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H.R. 1365: Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

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H.R. 1365: Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-06 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-06 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 193 (2017): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1365 (2017-03-24), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on March 20, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Under Secretary for Management to: designate an individual within DHS to manage DHS acquisition innovation efforts, test emerging acquisition best practicess, develop and distribute best practices and lessons learned regarding acquisition innovations, establish metrics to measure the effectiveness of acquisition innovation efforts, and determine impacts of acquisition innovation efforts on the private sector by obtaining feedback from it and incorporating such feedback into future acquisition innovation efforts. The bill requires DHS, by 90 days after it submits the annual budget justification for DHS for each of FY2018-FY2022, to provide information to specified congressional committees on: emerging acquisition best practices that were tested within DHS, efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS, utilization of best practices by DHS components, performance as measured by the metrics established under this bill, outcomes of efforts to distribute best practices and lessons learned within DHS, impacts of the utilization of innovative acquisition mechanisms by DHS on the private sector, the criteria used to identify specific acquisition programs or activities to be included in acquisition innovation efforts and the outcomes of such programs or activities, and recommendations to enhance acquisition innovation in DHS.

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Official text

Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] · 1 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1365, Department of Homeland Security Acquisition Innovation Act (2017-03-23)

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] reported raising $1.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong115-hr1365 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115