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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5312 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5312

 To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, 
                        and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 13, 2024

  Mr. Peters introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To require agencies to create consistent organizational hierarchies, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Organizing and Revealing the 
Government's Construction, Hierarchies, Appointments, Responsibilities, 
and Tasks Act'' or the ``ORG CHART Act''.

SEC. 2. AGENCY ORGANIZATION HIERARCHIES.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency''--
                    (A) has the meaning given the term in section 
                3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) does not include the Government Accountability 
                Office.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
    (b) Organization Hierarchy Transparency Guidance.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director, in consultation with the 
        Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the 
        Administrator of General Services, shall issue guidance that 
        requires the head of each agency to create, maintain, and 
        periodically update an organizational hierarchy for the agency 
        that includes--
                    (A) a diagram and list that documents the 
                hierarchical relationships between offices and 
                functions within the agency and each component of the 
                agency led by--
                            (i) an individual occupying a policy and 
                        supporting position (as defined in section 
                        3330f(a) of title 5, United States Code); and
                            (ii) any other relevant official, as 
                        determined by the Director;
                    (B) the name and title of each official who leads 
                the agency or a component of the agency;
                    (C) whether any position to which subparagraph (B) 
                applies is vacant;
                    (D) whether any official described in subparagraph 
                (B) is serving in an acting capacity;
                    (E) with respect to each official described in 
                subparagraph (B), a hyperlink to the relevant 
                information for that official on the website 
                established and maintained under section 3330f(b) of 
                title 5, United States Code, if applicable; and
                    (F) a unique organizational code that identifies 
                each listed office and function.
            (2) Public posting of hierarchies.--The head of each agency 
        shall include the up-to-date organizational hierarchy of the 
        agency created pursuant to the guidance issued under paragraph 
        (1) and the date on which that hierarchy was most recently 
        verified as accurate--
                    (A) with respect to an agency required to submit 
                budget justification materials described in section 105 
                of title 31, United States Code, as a part of those 
                budget justification materials; and
                    (B) on the website of the agency.
            (3) Consistency.--To the maximum extent practicable, 
        publicly available human capital data produced by each agency 
        shall have the same hierarchical structure and be consistent 
        with--
                    (A) the organizational hierarchy of the agency 
                created pursuant to the guidance issued under paragraph 
                (1); and
                    (B) other datasets identified by the Director, in 
                consultation with the Director of the Office of 
                Personnel Management, in the guidance issued under 
                paragraph (1).
    (c) GAO Review and Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the issuance 
        of guidance under subsection (b)(1), the Comptroller General of 
        the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
        Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of 
        Representatives an evaluation of the implementation of this 
        Act.
            (2) Contents.--The report required under subparagraph (A) 
        shall include an evaluation of--
                    (A) the quality of the information required to be 
                posted under this Act and whether the information is 
                complete, accurate, timely, and reliable;
                    (B) the consistency between datasets described in 
                subsection (b)(3)(B) and the organizational hierarchies 
                created by agencies pursuant to the guidance issued 
                under subsection (b)(1);
                    (C) any challenges experienced by agencies in 
                implementing this Act; and
                    (D) any suggestions or modifications to this Act or 
                section 3330f of title 5, United States Code, to 
                enhance the information provided by agencies pursuant 
                to this Act, including best practices for agencies to 
                follow.
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