22 U.S.C. § 2684a — Capital Investment Fund

Page 1125 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2684b 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘Bureau of Information Resource Management’’. the Budget transferred to President by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2, of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. Section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970 re- designated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Manage- ment and Budget and offices of Director, Deputy Direc- tor, and Assistant Directors of Bureau of the Budget as Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Directors, re- spectively, of Office of Management and Budget. Sec- tion 103 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970 transferred all records, property, personnel, and funds of Bureau to Of- fice of Management and Budget. See Part I of Reorga- nization Plan No. 2 of 1970, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. § 2684a. Capital Investment Fund (a) Establishment There is established within the Department of State a Capital Investment Fund to provide for the procurement and enhancement of informa- tion technology and other related capital invest- ments for the Department of State and to ensure the efficient management, coordination, oper- ation, and utilization of such resources. (b) Funding Funds otherwise available for the purposes of subsection (a) may be deposited in such Fund. (c) Availability Amounts deposited into the Fund shall remain available until expended. (d) Expenditures from Fund Amounts deposited in the Fund shall be avail- able for purposes of subsection (a). (e) Reprogramming procedures Funds credited to the Capital Investment Fund shall not be available for obligation or ex- penditure except in compliance with the proce- dures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 2706 of this title. (Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 135, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 396; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2209, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–811.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2209(1), inserted ‘‘and enhancement’’ after ‘‘procurement’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2209(2), substituted ‘‘shall’’ for ‘‘are authorized to’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2209(3), substituted ‘‘for purposes of subsection (a)’’ for ‘‘for expenditure to pro- cure capital equipment and information technology’’. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2209(4), reenacted head- ing without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Funds credited to the Capital Investment Fund shall be treated as a re- programming of funds under section 2706 of this title and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures applicable to such reprogrammings.’’ § 2684b. Strengthening the Chief Information Of- ficer of the Department of State (a) In general The Chief Information Officer of the Depart- ment shall be consulted on all decisions to ap- prove or disapprove, significant new unclassified information technology expenditures, including software, of the Department, including expendi- tures related to information technology ac- quired, managed, and maintained by other bu- reaus and offices within the Department, in order to— (1) encourage the use of enterprise software and information technology solutions where such solutions exist or can be developed in a timeframe and manner consistent with main- taining and enhancing the continuity and im- provement of Department operations; (2) increase the bargaining power of the De- partment in acquiring information technology solutions across the Department; (3) reduce the number of redundant Authori- ties to Operate (ATO), which, instead of using one ATO-approved platform across bureaus, requires multiple ATOs for software use cases across different bureaus; (4) enhance the efficiency, reduce redun- dancy, and increase interoperability of the use of information technology across the enter- prise of the Department; (5) enhance training and alignment of infor- mation technology personnel with the skills required to maintain systems across the De- partment; (6) reduce costs related to the maintenance of, or effectuate the retirement of, legacy sys- tems; (7) ensure the development and maintenance of security protocols regarding the use of in- formation technology solutions and software across the Department; and (8) improve end-user training on the oper- ation of information technology solutions and to enhance end-user cybersecurity practices. (b) Strategy and implementation plan required (1) In general Not later than 180 days after December 22, 2023, the Chief Information Officer of the De- partment shall develop, in consultation with relevant bureaus and offices as appropriate, a strategy and a 5-year implementation plan to advance the objectives described in subsection (a). (2) Consultation No later than one year after December 22, 2023, the Chief Information Officer shall sub- mit the strategy required by this subsection to the appropriate congressional committees and shall consult with the appropriate congres- sional committees, not less than on an annual basis for 5 years, regarding the progress re- lated to the implementation plan required by this subsection. (c) Improvement plan for the Bureau for Infor- mation Resources Management 1 (1) In general Not later than 180 days after December 22, 2023, the Chief Information Officer shall de- velop policies and protocols to improve the customer service orientation, quality and timely delivery of information technology so- lutions, and training and support for bureau and office-level information technology offi- cers.