S. 709 

One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty four 

An Act 

To improve performance and accountability in the Federal Government, 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 ‘‘Federal Agency Performance 

Act of 2024’’. 

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF STRATEGIC REVIEWS AND REPORTING. 

(a) STRATEGIC REVIEWS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1121 of title 31, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(A) by striking the section heading and inserting 

‘‘Progress reviews and use of performance information’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(c) AGENCY REVIEWS OF PROGRESS TOWARDS STRATEGIC GOALS

AND OBJECTIVES.— 

‘‘(1) COVERED GOAL DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term 

‘covered goal’ means a goal or objective established in the 

strategic plan of the agency under section 306(a) of title 5. 

‘‘(2) REVIEW.—Not less frequently than annually and consistent with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget, the head and Chief Operating Officer 

of each agency, shall— 

‘‘(A) for each covered goal, review with the appropriate 

agency official responsible for the covered goal— 

‘‘(i) the progress achieved toward the covered 

goal— 

‘‘(I) during the most recent fiscal year; or 

‘‘(II) from recent sources of evidence available 

at the time of the review; and 

‘‘(ii) the likelihood that the agency will achieve 

the covered goal; 

‘‘(B) coordinate with relevant personnel within and 

outside the agency who contribute to the accomplishment 

of each covered goal; 

‘‘(C) assess progress toward each covered goal by 

reviewing performance information and other types of evidence relating to each covered goal, such as program 

evaluations and statistical data; 

‘‘(D) identify whether additional evidence is necessary 

to better assess progress toward each covered goal, and 
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prioritize the development of the evidence described in 

subparagraph (C), such as through the plans required 

under section 312 of title 5, if applicable; 

‘‘(E) assess whether relevant organizations, program 

activities, regulations, policies, and other activities contribute as planned to each covered goal; 

‘‘(F) as appropriate, leverage the assessment performed 

under subparagraph (E) as part of the portfolio reviews 

required under section 503(c)(1)(G); 

‘‘(G) identify any risks or impediments that would 

reduce or otherwise decrease the likelihood that the agency 

will achieve the covered goal; and 

‘‘(H) for each covered goal at greatest risk of not being 

achieved, identify prospects and strategies for performance 

improvement, including any necessary changes to program 

activities, regulations, policies, or other activities of the 

agency. 

‘‘(3) SUPPORT.—In fulfilling the requirements of paragraph 

(2), the head and Chief Operating Officer of each agency shall 

be supported by— 

‘‘(A) the Performance Improvement Officer of the 

agency; 

‘‘(B) as appropriate, the Chief Data Officer, Evaluation 

Officer, Program Management Improvement Officer, and 

Statistical Official of the agency; and 

‘‘(C) any other senior agency official designated by 

the head of the agency, the sustained involvement of whom 

may help the agency increase the likelihood of achieving 

1 or more covered goals.’’. 

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 

striking the item relating to section 1121 and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘1121. Progress reviews and use of performance information..’’. 

(b) SUMMARY REQUIRED.—Section 1116 of title 31, United States 

Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (c)— 

(A) in paragraph (6)(E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the 

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

(C) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(8) include a summary of the findings of the review of 

the agency under section 1121(c).’’; and 

(2) by striking subsections (f) through (i). 

SEC. 3. REVISIONS TO THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE WEBSITE. 

Section 1122 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) in paragraph (2)— 

(i) in subparagraph (C)— 

(I) by inserting ‘‘required to be included on 

the single website under subparagraph (A) and 

the information’’; before ‘‘in the program inventory’’; and 

(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(iii) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(E) ensure that the website described in subparagraph 

(A) conforms with the requirements for websites under 

section 3(a) of the 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 note).’’; and 

(B) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (A) 

and inserting the following: 

‘‘(A) archive and preserve— 

‘‘(i) the information included in the program inventory required under paragraph (2)(B), including the 

information described in paragraph (3), after the end 

of the period during which that information is made 

available; and 

‘‘(ii) the information included in the single website 

under paragraph (2)(A) in accordance with subsections 

(b) and (c) after the end of the period during which 

such information is made available on the website; 

and’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (6) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(6) the results achieved toward the agency priority goals 

established under section 1120(b)— 

‘‘(A) during the most recent quarter and overall trend 

data for each quarter compared to the planned level of 

performance; and 

‘‘(B) at the end of the 2-year agency priority goal period 

compared to the overall planned level of performance;’’; 

and 

(3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (5) and inserting 

the following: 

‘‘(5) the results achieved toward the priority goals developed 

under section 1120(a)(1)— 

‘‘(A) during the most recent quarter and overall trend 

data for each quarter compared to the planned level of 

performance; and 

‘‘(B) at the end of the 4-year Federal Government priority goal period compared to the overall planned level 

of performance;’’. 

SEC. 4. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIORITY GOALS. 

Section 1120(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

by striking the second sentence and inserting ‘‘Such goals shall— 

‘‘(A) be updated and revised not less frequently than 

during the first year of each Presidential term; 

‘‘(B) be made publicly available not less frequently 

than concurrently with the submission of the budget of 

the United States Government under section 1105(a) made 

during the first full fiscal year following any year during 

which a term of the President commences under section 

101 of title 3; 

‘‘(C) include plans for the successful achievement of 

each goal within each single Presidential term; and 

‘‘(D) explicitly cite to any specific contents of the budget 

described in subparagraph (B) that support the achievement of each goal.’’. 
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SEC. 5. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIORITY GOAL CO-LEADERS. 

Section 1115(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following: 

‘‘(3) for each Federal Government performance goal, identify, as appropriate, not fewer than 2 lead Government officials 

who shall jointly be responsible for coordinating the efforts 

to achieve the goal, of whom— 

‘‘(A) not less than 1 shall be from the Executive Office 

of the President; and 

‘‘(B) not less than 1 shall be from an agency identified 

as contributing to the Federal Government performance 

goal described in paragraph (2);’’. 

SEC. 6. REPEAL OF OUTDATED PILOT PROJECTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, 

is amended by striking sections 1118 and 1119. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9704 of title 31, United 

States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (c); and 

(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). 

(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for chapter 

11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking the 

items relating to sections 1118 and 1119. 

SEC. 7. CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS. 

(a) CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO CITE TO EVIDENCEBUILDING ACTIVITIES IN STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306(a) of title 

5, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (8) by inserting ‘‘, as applicable’’ after 

‘‘section 312’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (9), in the matter preceding subparagraph 

(A), by inserting ‘‘with respect to the head of an agency required 

to develop a plan described in subsection (a) or (b) of section 

312,’’ before ‘‘an assessment’’. 

(b) CLARIFICATION OF TIMING OF AGENCY PERFORMANCE

REPORT.—Section 1116(b)(1) of title 31, United States Code, is 

amended by striking ‘‘shall occur no less than 150 days after’’ 

and inserting ‘‘shall occur not later than 150 days after’’. 

SEC. 8. GAO REPORT. 

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

Act, 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 
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of the House of Representatives a report on the effectiveness of 

this Act and the amendments made by this Act. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.