Bill > S4629

This bill amends the Carl Levin and Howard P. "Buck" McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 to modify requirements relating to data centers of certain Federal agencies. The key provisions include: establishing minimum requirements for new data centers, such as availability, use of sustainable energy, security protections, and other criteria; requiring agencies to regularly assess their application portfolio and prioritize leveraging commercial cloud environments; extending the authorization for the Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative from 2022 to 2025; and requiring agencies to notify Congress when making management or financial decisions related to new data centers. The bill aims to ensure that federal data centers meet high standards for cybersecurity, resiliency, availability, and sustainability.