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House Bill 4174
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018
Became Law
Amendments
Became Law
Became Public Law 115-435 on Jan 14, 2019
Overview
Text
Sponsor
Republican
Introduced
Oct 31, 2017
Latest Action
Jan 14, 2019
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
4174
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
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Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Paul Ryan
Wisconsin
Republican
Trey Gowdy
South Carolina
Republican
Blake Farenthold
Texas
Democrat
Derek Kilmer
Washington
House Votes (2)
Senate Votes (1)
Question
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment
Status
Passed
Type
Roll Call Vote
Roll Call Vote
A vote that records the individual position of each Member who voted. Such votes occurring on the House floor (by the "yeas and nays" or by "recorded vote") are taken by electronic device. The Senate has no electronic voting system; in such votes, Senators answer "yea" or "nay" as the clerk calls each name aloud. Each vote is compiled by clerks and receives a roll call number (referenced in Congress.gov as a "Record Vote" [Senate] or "Roll no." [House]).
Roll Call Type
2/3 Yea-And-Nay
Roll Number
484
House Roll Call Votes
Summary

Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017

This bill requires departments and agencies identified in the Chief Financial Officers Act to submit annually to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress a plan for identifying and addressing policy questions relevant to the programs, policies, and regulations of such departments and agencies.The plan must include: (1) a list of policy-relevant questions for developing evidence to support policymaking, and (2) a list of data for facilitating the use of evidence in policymaking.

The OMB shall consolidate such plans into a unified evidence building plan.

The bill establishes an Interagency Council on Evaluation Policy to assist the OMB in supporting government-wide evaluation activities and policies. The bill defines "evaluation" to mean an assessment using systematic data collection and analysis of one or more programs, policies, and organizations intended to assess their effectiveness and efficiency.

Each department or agency shall designate a Chief Evaluation Officer to coordinate evidence-building activities and an official with statistical expertise to advise on statistical policy, techniques, and procedures.

The OMB shall establish an Advisory Committee on Data for Evidence Building to advise on expanding access to and use of federal data for evidence building.

Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary Government Data Act or the OPEN Government Data Act

This bill requires open government data assets to be published as machine-readable data.

Each agency shall: (1) develop and maintain a comprehensive data inventory for all data assets created by or collected by the agency, and (2) designate a Chief Data Officer who shall be responsible for lifecycle data management and other specified functions.

The bill establishes in the OMB a Chief Data Officer Council for establishing government-wide best practices for the use, protection, dissemination, and generation of data and for promoting data sharing agreements among agencies.

Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act of 2017

This bill codifies provisions relating to confidential information protection and statistical efficiency.

Text (6)
Enrolled Bill
Engrossed Amendment Senate
December 19, 2018
Referred in Senate
November 16, 2017
Engrossed in House
November 15, 2017
Reported in House
November 15, 2017
Introduced in House
October 31, 2017
Amendments (1)
Dec 19, 2018
Agreed to in Senate
2
Sponsorship
Senate Amendment 4171
In the nature of a substitute.
Agreed To
Related Bills (2)
Dec 22, 2018
Passed Senate
1
Sponsorship
House Concurrent Resolution 149
Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4174.
Active
Type
Procedurally-Related Measure
Procedurally-Related Measure
Legislation that affects consideration of other legislation (e.g., a rule for consideration, a bill ordered to be reported or passed in lieu of another measure). Identical bills, companion measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
Identified By
House
Type
Related Bill
Related Bill
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Identified By
House
Oct 31, 2017
Introduced in Senate
7
Sponsorship
Senate Bill 2046
Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2017
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
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CRS
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