SHARE IT Act
Public Law 118-187 · H.R. 9566 · 118th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Joe Biden (D) on Dec 23, 2024 · Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY-23)
Cosponsors (1): Rep. William Timmons
Passage votes
- HouseVoice vote
- SenateUnanimous consent
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Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
This act requires federal agencies to ensure that custom-developed code (i.e., source code that is produced under an agency contract, funded exclusively by the federal government, or developed by federal employees as part of their official duties) and certain technical components of the code such as architecture designs and metadata are (1) owned by the agency, (2) stored at no less than one public or private repository, and (3) accessible to federal employees under certain procedures. Agency contracts for custom-development of software must acquire and exercise rights sufficient to allow government-wide access, sharing, use, and modification of any custom-developed code.
The act does not apply to source code that is classified, developed primarily for use in a national security system, or developed by an element of the intelligence community. An agency's office of the chief information officer may exempt source code from being shared or made publicly accessible to protect individual privacy.
Within 120 days of enactment, the Office of Electronic Government shall establish minimum reporting standards for agencies relating to certain topics, such as measuring the frequency of reuse of code. Within one year of enactment, the Federal Acquisition Regulation must be revised to implement the act's provisions.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
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Related bills
The record lists no related bills.
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Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 15 actions.
- Dec 23, 2024Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 118-187.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- FloorFloor · Presented to President.
- Dec 18, 2024FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 17, 2024FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 5, 2024CommitteeCommittee · Received in the Senate, read twice.
- Dec 4, 2024FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9566.
- FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
- FloorFloor · Mr. Langworthy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 18, 2024CommitteeCommittee · Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
- CommitteeCommittee · Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 12, 2024CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
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Amendments
No amendments to this bill are on record.
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Official record
The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.