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S. 1867: FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

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S. 1867: FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-09-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-09-26 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 408. 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

FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

Plain summary

FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill repeals the expiration date of (thus making permanent) provisions of the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 that require: (1) the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make available to the public a list of each major information technology investment made by a covered agency for information technology, including data on cost, schedule, and performance; (2) the Chief Information Officer of each covered agency and the program manager of the investment within the agency to conduct a risk management review of those investments that have received a high risk rating for four consecutive quarters; and (3) the implementation by OMB of a process to assist the covered agencies in reviewing their portfolio of information technology investments. The bill amends such Act to extend the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative through FY2020.

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Official text

FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] · 4 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 1867, FITARA Enhancement Act of 2017 (2017-10-20)

Cosponsors on this site

Jerry Moran (R-KS), Mark R. Warner (D-VA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] reported raising $4.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-s1867 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115