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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7523 

To establish the Office of Executive Councils, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 5, 2024 

Mr. TIMMONS (for himself and Mr. KHANNA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To establish the Office of Executive Councils, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Governmentwide Exec5 utive Councils Reform Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 

8 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis9 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv10 ices. 


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1 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

2 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg3 et. 

4 (3) COVERED GOVERNMENTWIDE EXECUTIVE

5 COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘covered governmentwide exec6 utive council’’ means each of the following: 

7 (A) The Chief Acquisition Officers Council, 

8 established under section 1311 of title 41, 

9 United States Code. 

10 (B) The Chief Data Officer Council, estab11 lished under section 3520A of title 44, United 

12 States Code. 

13 (C) The Chief Financial Officers Council, 

14 established under section 302 of the Chief Fi15 nancial Officers Act of 1990 (31 U.S.C. 901 

16 note; Public Law 101–576). 

17 (D) The Chief Human Capital Officers 

18 Council, established under section 1303 of the 

19 Homeland Security Act of 2002 (5 U.S.C. 1401 

20 note; Public Law 107–296). 

21 (E) The Chief Information Officers Coun22 cil, established under section 3603 of title 

23 44,United States Code. 


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1 (F) The Performance Improvement Coun2 cil, established under section 1124 of title 31, 

3 United States Code. 

4 SEC. 3. RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COVERED GOVERNMENT5 WIDE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 

6 In addition to any other authority provided to any 

7 covered governmentwide executive council, each such coun8 cil shall do the following: 

9 (1) Maintain a publicly accessible website that 

10 includes information relating to the mission, pur11 pose, priorities, and membership of such council. 

12 (2) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

13 enactment of this Act, develop and publish on the 

14 website described in paragraph (1) a charter out15 lining the roles of members, responsibilities, proce16 dures, and other relevant information concerning 

17 such council that shall be updated not less fre18 quently than once each year. 

19 (3) Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act, develop and publish a stra21 tegic plan that identifies the goals, priorities, and 

22 expectations of such council that shall be updated 

23 not less frequently than once every 2 years. 

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1 rector, the Administrator, or Congress upon request 

2 and as related to the specific area of expertise of 

3 such council. 

4 (5) Serve as a primary advisory body to the Di5 rector on the development and execution of the Fed6 eral Government performance plan under section 

7 1115(a) of title 31, United States Code, and the 

8 Federal Government priority goals under section 

9 1120(a) of title 31, United States Code related to 

10 the specific area of the expertise of such council. 

11 SEC. 4. GSA OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILS. 

12 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

13 General Services Administration the Office of Executive 

14 Councils. 

15 (b) DUTIES.—The Office of Executive Councils shall 

16 do the following: 

17 (1) In consultation with the Director, provide 

18 administrative and project management support to 

19 each covered governmentwide executive council. 

20 (2) Detail employees of the General Services 

21 Administration to any such council, as needed, to 

22 support the operations and functions of such council. 

23 (3) Submit any report, provide any information, 

24 or respond to any request required by Congress. 


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1 (c) FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE.—The Office of 

2 Executive Councils shall by headed by an employee of Gen3 eral Services Administration who shall— 

4 (1) be designated by the Deputy Director for 

5 Management of the Office of Management and 

6 Budget, in consultation with the Administrator; 

7 (2) carry out additional duties and functions 

8 the Director and Administrator jointly request; and 

9 (3) facilitate collecting policy and technical 

10 viewpoints from each covered governmentwide execu11 tive council and the members of each such council 

12 as may be requested by Congress. 

13 (d) PROHIBITION.—The Office of Executive Councils 

14 may not provide any administrative or project manage15 ment services to a covered governmentwide executive coun16 cil that is not authorized by an Act of Congress. 

17 (e) SUNSET.—The Office of Executive Councils shall 

18 terminate on the date that is 7 years after the date of 

19 the enactment of this Act. 

20 SEC. 5. HARMONIZING GOVERNMENTWIDE EXECUTIVE 

21 COUNCIL LEADERSHIP ROLES. 

22 (a) CHIEF ACQUISITION OFFICERS COUNCIL.—Sec23 tion 1311 of title 41, United States Code, is amended in 

24 subsection (c)— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Deputy Di2 rector for Management of the Office of Management 

3 and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’; 

4 (2) by striking paragraph (3); and 

5 (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para6 graph (3). 

7 (b) CHIEF DATA OFFICER COUNCIL AND CHIEF IN8 FORMATION OFFICERS COUNCIL.—Title 44, United States 

9 Code, is amended— 

10 (1) in section 3520A— 

11 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Office 

12 of Management and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘ex13 ecutive branch’’; 

14 (B) in subsection (c)— 

15 (i) by redesignating paragraphs (3) 

16 and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5); and 

17 (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) VICE CHAIR.—The Administrator of the 

20 Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall 

21 serve as the Vice Chair of the Council.’’; 

22 (C) by redesignating subsections (d) and 

23 (e) as subsections (e) and (f); 

24 (D) by inserting after subsection (c) the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(d) SUPPORT.—The Administrator of General Serv2 ices shall provide administrative support for the Council.’’; 

3 and 

4 (E) in subsection (f)(2), as so redesig5 nated, by striking ‘‘upon the expiration of the 

6 2-year period that begins on the date the 

7 Comptroller General submits the report under 

8 paragraph (1) to Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘De9 cember 31, 2031’’; and 

10 (2) in section 3603— 

11 (A) in subsection (b)— 

12 (i) by striking paragraphs (1); 

13 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

14 through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), 

15 respectively; and 

16 (iii) in paragraph (1), as so redesig17 nated, by inserting before the period at the 

18 end ‘‘, who shall serve as Chair of the 

19 Council’’; and 

20 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘on 

21 behalf of the Deputy Director for Manage22 ment’’. 

23 (c) CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS COUNCIL.—Section 

24 302 of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (31 

25 U.S.C. 901 note; Public Law 101–576) is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking paragraph (1); 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 

4 and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respec5 tively; 

6 (C) in paragraph (1), as so redesignated, 

7 by inserting ‘‘, who shall serve as chair of the 

8 Council’’ after ‘‘Management and Budget’’; and 

9 (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 

10 by inserting ‘‘, who shall serve as vice chair of 

11 the Council’’ after ‘‘Secretary of Treasury’’; 

12 and 

13 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(c) SUPPORT.—The Administrator of General Serv15 ices shall provide administrative support for the Council.’’. 

16 (d) CHIEF HUMAN CAPITAL OFFICERS COUNCIL.— 

17 Section 1303 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (5 

18 U.S.C. 1401 note) is amended by adding at the end the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(e) SUPPORT.—The Administrator of General Serv21 ices shall provide administrative support for the Council.’’. 

22 (e) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.—Sec23 tion 1124(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

24 (1) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara25 graph (A) to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(A) a designee of the Deputy Director for 

2 Management of the Office of Management and 

3 Budget, who shall have experience in the areas 

4 of strategic and performance planning, meas5 urement, and analysis, including the use of per6 formance information to improve the results of 

7 an agency;’’; and 

8 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para9 graph (4) and by inserting after paragraph (2) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(3) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.— 

12 ‘‘(A) CHAIRPERSON.—The chairperson of 

13 the Performance Improvement Council shall be 

14 the designee of the Director of Management of 

15 the Office of Management and Budget de16 scribed in paragraph (1)(A). 

17 ‘‘(B) VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The Perform18 ance Improvement Council shall select from 

19 among the members of the Council a Perform20 ance Improvement Officer to serve as vice 

21 chairperson of the Council.’’. 

22 SEC. 6. GAO ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE 

23 OFFICE OF EXECUTIVE COUNCILS. 

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1 ministrator shall submit to the Committees on Homeland 

2 Security and Governmental Affairs and Appropriations of 

3 the Senate and the Committees on Oversight and Account4 ability and Appropriations of the House of Representa5 tives a report on the activities of the Office of Executive 

6 Councils, with respect to the previous year, that includes 

7 the following: 

8 (1) A description of the activities of the Office 

9 of Executive Councils, including a summary of each 

10 service provided by the Office of Executive Councils 

11 to each covered governmentwide executive council. 

12 (2) A detailed accounting of— 

13 (A) the costs associated with the activities 

14 of the Office of Executive Councils, organized 

15 by each covered governmentwide executive coun16 cil; and 

17 (B) any administrative costs associated 

18 with the operations of the Office of Executive 

19 Councils. 

20 (3) A detailed accounting of any project, serv21 ice, or program provided to each covered govern22 mentwide executive council. 

23 SEC. 7. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 

24 (a) TITLE 31.—Section 503 of title 31, United States 

25 Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subsection (a)— 

2 (A) by striking paragraph (12); and 

3 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (13) and 

4 (14) as paragraphs (12) and (13); and 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) by striking paragraph (5); and 

7 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) 

8 through (10) as paragraphs (5) through (9), re9 spectively. 

10 (b) TITLE 44.—Section 3602(f)(7) of title 44, United 

11 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘on behalf of the 

12 Deputy Director for Management, who shall chair the 

13 council’’. 

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