Requires agencies to repay money borrowed from the Technology Modernization Fund and directs that money toward retiring or replacing outdated federal IT systems, with a list of high-risk legacy systems tracked across government.

Official title: Modernizing Government Technology Reform Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 24-APR-2025

Referred 24-APR-2025

Approved by committee 04-FEB-2026

Key points

Requires agencies to repay Technology Modernization Fund transfers under written agreements, with funds released in increments tied to development milestones.
Requires agency Chief Information Officers to list high-risk legacy IT systems, and the Federal Chief Information Officer to compile a Legacy Federal IT Inventory and a list of the 10 systems posing the greatest security, privacy, and operational risks.
Suspends or terminates funding for any project where an agency made fraudulent or misleading statements in its funding request.
Requires the fund to keep enough money to stay operational until it sunsets after December 31, 2032.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Nancy Mace (R-SC) Cosponsors · 2

■ 2 D

2 Democrats

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