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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2142 

To require the review of Government programs at least once every 5 years 

for purposes of assessing their performance and improving their operations, and to establish the Performance Improvement Council. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2009 

Mr. CUELLAR (for himself and Mr. MOORE of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require the review of Government programs at least once 

every 5 years for purposes of assessing their performance 

and improving their operations, and to establish the Performance Improvement Council. 

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 ‘‘Government Effi5 ciency, Effectiveness, and Performance Improvement Act 

6 of 2009’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 


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1 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means— 

2 (A) an executive agency as defined in sec3 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code, other 

4 than the Government Accountability Office; and 

5 (B) the United States Postal Service and 

6 the Postal Regulatory Commission. 

7 (2) AGENCY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF8 FICER.—The term ‘‘agency performance improve9 ment officer’’ means an employee of an agency who 

10 is a member of the Senior Executive Service or 

11 equivalent service, and who is designated by the 

12 head of the agency to carry out the duties set forth 

13 in section 5 of this Act. 

14 SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

15 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

16 (1) A lack of efficiency, effectiveness, and ac17 countability in some Federal programs undermines 

18 the confidence of the American people in the Gov19 ernment and reduces the Federal Government’s abil20 ity to adequately address public needs. 

21 (2) To restore the confidence of the American 

22 people in its Government and to increase the Fed23 eral Government’s ability to adequately address vital 

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1 ually seek to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, 

2 and accountability of Federal programs. 

3 (3) With the passage of the Government Per4 formance and Results Act of 1993, Congress di5 rected the executive branch to seek improvements in 

6 the performance and accountability of Federal pro7 grams by having agencies focus on strategic objec8 tives and annual program results. 

9 (4) The requirements of the Government Per10 formance and Results Act have produced an infra11 structure of outcome oriented strategic plans, per12 formance measures, and accountability reporting 

13 that serve as a solid foundation for agencies working 

14 with Congress to achieve long-term strategic goals 

15 and improve the performance of Federal programs. 

16 (5) Congressional policy making, spending deci17 sions, and program oversight have been handicapped 

18 by insufficient attention to program performance 

19 and results. 

20 (6) While improvements have been made in the 

21 development of outcome-oriented strategic plans, 

22 performance measures, and accountability reporting 

23 for individual programs, progress is still needed to 

24 ensure that programs are periodically evaluated in a 

25 systematic, consistent, and transparent manner, and 


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1 that performance information is used to inform con2 gressional decisionmaking in conducting program 

3 authorization, appropriation, and oversight. 

4 (7) Periodic performance assessments of Fed5 eral programs provide critical information on wheth6 er a program is achieving its performance objectives 

7 and help Congress and the executive branch identify 

8 the most pressing policy and program issues and de9 termine if specific operational, financial, or strategic 

10 reforms are needed to increase a program’s effi11 ciency and effectiveness. 

12 (8) Programs performing similar or duplicative 

13 functions that exist within a single agency or across 

14 multiple agencies should be identified and their per15 formance and results shared among all such pro16 grams to improve their performance and results. 

17 (b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol18 lows: 

19 (1) To improve the Government Performance 

20 and Results Act of 1993 by implementing a program 

21 assessment process that seeks to assess each Federal 

22 program on a periodic basis with a particular focus 

23 on the following: 

24 (A) The clarity of purpose and objectives 

25 of the program. 


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1 (B) The quality of the program design. 

2 (C) The quality of strategic and perform3 ance planning and goals for the program. 

4 (D) The quality of the management and 

5 organizational design of the program. 

6 (E) The effectiveness of the program in 

7 reaching its stated objectives. 

8 (2) To utilize the information gathered during 

9 the assessment process to help agencies make in10 formed management decisions, improve the effective11 ness of agency and program operations (particularly 

12 for those programs that are deemed poorly per13 forming), and submit evidence-based funding re14 quests. 

15 (3) To provide congressional policy makers with 

16 information needed to conduct more effective over17 sight and assist in the improvement of agency oper18 ations, and to make performance-informed and re19 sults-based authorization and appropriation deci20 sions that improve the effectiveness of program op21 erations. 

22 (4) To establish the Performance Improvement 

23 Council as a body that will assist in the development 

24 of performance standards and evaluation methodolo25 gies, identify best practices in Federal performance 


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1 management practices and facilitate the exchange of 

2 information among agencies on these practices, and 

3 coordinate and monitor performance assessment ef4 forts. 

5 (5) To establish agency performance improve6 ment officers to supervise the performance manage7 ment activities of Federal agencies. 

8 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED FOR 

9 INCREASED CONSULTATION BETWEEN CON10 GRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ON PER11 FORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 

12 It is the sense of Congress that the head of each Fed13 eral agency should make every effort to consult with the 

14 committees with jurisdiction over the agency and other in15 terested members of Congress each fiscal year regarding 

16 the performance plan of the agency (required by section 

17 1115 of title 31, United States Code). 

18 SEC. 5. PROGRAM ASSESSMENT. 

19 (a) REQUIREMENT FOR PROGRAM ASSESSMENTS.— 

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

21 by adding at the end the following new section: 

22 ‘‘§ 1120. Program assessment 

23 ‘‘(a) ASSESSMENTS.—The head of each Federal 

24 agency, in collaboration with the Director of the Office of 

25 Management and Budget, shall, to the maximum extent 


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1 practicable, conduct an assessment of each program of the 

2 agency at least once every 5 fiscal years. 

3 ‘‘(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.—In conducting 

4 an assessment of a program under subsection (a), the 

5 head of a Federal agency, in collaboration with the Direc6 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, shall— 

7 ‘‘(1) coordinate to determine the programs to 

8 be assessed; and 

9 ‘‘(2) assess the program’s purpose, strategic 

10 plan and objectives, organizational design, manage11 ment, efficiency, and effectiveness in achieving its 

12 performance objectives, and such other matters as 

13 the head of the agency considers appropriate, and 

14 identify the program’s strengths and weaknesses and 

15 factors impeding or contributing to program suc16 cesses. 

17 ‘‘(c) DRAFT LIST OF PROGRAMS TO BE ASSESSED.— 

18 The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

19 shall— 

20 ‘‘(1) ) make available, as part of the President’s 

21 budget submission and through the Office of Man22 agement and Budget website, and provide to the 

23 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 

24 the House of Representatives, the Committee on 

25 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 


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1 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of 

2 the House of Representatives and the Senate— 

3 ‘‘(A) a draft list of programs to be as4 sessed during the coming fiscal year; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the criteria and methodology that will 

6 be used to assess the programs; 

7 ‘‘(2) provide a mechanism for interested per8 sons, including members and committees of Con9 gress, to comment on the programs being assessed 

10 and the criteria and methodology that will be used 

11 to assess the programs; and 

12 ‘‘(3) along with the head of each agency, place 

13 a special emphasis on the advantages of assessing 

14 during the same fiscal year any programs that are 

15 performing similar functions, serve similar popu16 lations, have similar purposes, or share common ob17 jectives, for purposes of identifying common chal18 lenges, exemplary goals and practices, common 

19 measures of performance, and potential opportuni20 ties for the integration and consolidation of Federal 

21 functions. 

22 ‘‘(d) FINAL LIST OF PROGRAMS TO BE ASSESSED.— 

23 By May 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of Man24 agement and Budget shall make available, through the Of25 fice of Management and Budget website, and provide to 


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1 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 

2 the House of Representatives, the Committee on Home3 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

4 and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

5 Representatives and the Senate— 

6 ‘‘(1) a final list of programs to be assessed dur7 ing the coming fiscal year; and 

8 ‘‘(2) the criteria and methodology that will be 

9 used to assess the programs. 

10 ‘‘(e) COORDINATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF AS11 SESSMENT TEAMS.—In conducting an assessment of a 

12 program under subsection (a), the head of the relevant 

13 agency shall collaborate with the Director of the Office 

14 of Management and Budget to establish assessment teams 

15 to assess the program’s purpose, strategic plan and objec16 tives, organizational design, management, efficiency, and 

17 effectiveness in achieving its performance objectives, and 

18 such other matters as the head of the agency considers 

19 appropriate, and identify the program’s strengths and 

20 weaknesses and factors impeding or contributing to pro21 gram successes. 

22 ‘‘(f) ASSESSMENT REPORTS.—(1) The results of the 

23 assessments conducted during a fiscal year shall be sub24 mitted by the Director of the Office of Management and 

25 Budget in a report to Congress at the same time that the 


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1 President submits the next budget under section 1105 of 

2 this title after the end of that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(2) The assessment report for each program shall— 

4 ‘‘(A) include— 

5 ‘‘(i) a brief summary of the program pur6 poses, objectives, and performance goals, as well 

7 as key findings of the assessment; 

8 ‘‘(ii) an assessment of the clarity of the 

9 program’s purpose and the soundness of the 

10 program’s organizational design and approach 

11 to achieving specific long-term goals; 

12 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the quality of the 

13 program’s measurable long-term and annual 

14 performance measures, and the extent to which 

15 necessary performance data are collected; 

16 ‘‘(iv) an assessment of the extent to which 

17 managers are held accountable for achieving 

18 program results, and the extent to which strong 

19 financial management tools are in place; 

20 ‘‘(v) an assessment of the program’s effi21 ciency and effectiveness in achieving long-term 

22 and annual performance objectives; and 

23 ‘‘(vi) a summary of how the program’s 

24 strengths and weaknesses are impeding or con25 tributing to its failures or successes, including 


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1 the reasons for any substantial variation from 

2 the targeted level of performance of the pro3 gram; 

4 ‘‘(B) describe the extent to which any trends, 

5 developments, or emerging conditions affect the need 

6 to change the mission of the program or the way 

7 that the program is being carried out; 

8 ‘‘(C) identify, within any program assessed, the 

9 best practices conducted in the program for allo10 cating resources in an efficient and effective manner 

11 that resulted in positive outcomes, and the key rea12 sons why such practices resulted in positive out13 comes; 

14 ‘‘(D) include recommendations for program 

15 modifications to improve the results that each pro16 gram achieves, with a special focus on opportunities 

17 that might exist for the consolidation and integra18 tion of programs and authorities, along with an ex19 planation of each change and a description of its ef20 fect on program operations, costs, and effectiveness; 

21 ‘‘(E) describe any significant limitations in the 

22 assessments; and 

23 ‘‘(F) be available in a searchable, online data24 base through the Office of Management and Budget 

25 website. 


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1 ‘‘(g) IMPROVEMENT PLANS.—(1) Following the sub2 mission of any assessment report, the Director of the Of3 fice of Management and Budget, acting through the Dep4 uty Director for Management, shall work with the relevant 

5 agency to develop an improvement plan that responds to 

6 the assessment report and that identifies follow-up actions 

7 to improve the performance of the program covered by the 

8 assessment report. 

9 ‘‘(2) Within 90 days after submission of an assess10 ment report, the Director of the Office of Management 

11 and Budget shall make the improvement plan relating to 

12 the report available, through the Office of Management 

13 and Budget website, and submit copies of the improve14 ment plan to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

15 Reform of the House of Representatives, the Committee 

16 on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

17 Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

19 ‘‘(3) Each improvement plan for a program shall in20 clude management, organizational, or operational reforms 

21 the agency will implement to improve the performance of 

22 the program. 

23 ‘‘(4) The head of the relevant agency, in collaboration 

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1 et, shall oversee the implementation of improvement plans 

2 for programs in the agency. 

3 ‘‘(5) The Director of the Office of Management and 

4 Budget shall make improvement plans available in a 

5 searchable, electronic form through the Office of Manage6 ment and Budget website. The plans shall be updated pe7 riodically to reflect the status of follow-up actions. 

8 ‘‘(h) CRITERIA FOR MORE FREQUENT ASSESS9 MENTS.—The Director of the Office of Management and 

10 Budget shall make every effort to assess programs more 

11 frequently than required under subsection (a) in cases in 

12 which programs are determined to be of higher priority, 

13 special circumstances exist, improvements have been 

14 made, or it is determined that more frequent assessment 

15 is warranted. 

16 ‘‘(i) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.—Each year, fol17 lowing the release of assessment reports, the Inspector 

18 General of each agency shall submit to Congress, and post 

19 on the website of the Inspector General, a report on the 

20 agency’s implementation of the requirements of this sec21 tion and on the strengths, weaknesses, and limitations of 

22 the agency’s assessment process, as well as the quality of 

23 the agency’s assessment reports and improvement plans. 

24 ‘‘(j) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE EVAL25 UATIONS AND REPORTS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—After the end of each 

3 of the first, second, and third fiscal years with 

4 respect to which the Director of the Office of 

5 Management and Budget submits one or more 

6 assessment reports under subsection (f), the 

7 Comptroller General of the United States shall 

8 evaluate the implementation of this section, 

9 with emphasis on the matters specified in sub10 paragraph (B). 

11 ‘‘(B) MATTERS TO BE EVALUATED.—The 

12 matters to be evaluated under subparagraph 

13 (A) are as follows, with respect to the fiscal 

14 year covered by the evaluation: 

15 ‘‘(i) The criteria and methodology 

16 used to conduct program assessments. 

17 ‘‘(ii) The limitations of the assessment 

18 process. 

19 ‘‘(iii) The quality of assessment re20 ports and improvement plans. 

21 ‘‘(iv) Agency efforts to implement fol22 low-up actions identified in program im23 provement plans. 


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1 ‘‘(v) The level of engagement between 

2 congressional stakeholders and executive 

3 branch agencies. 

4 ‘‘(vi) The use of data produced 

5 through the assessment process. 

6 ‘‘(vii) The effectiveness of assessment 

7 teams, agency performance improvement 

8 officers, and the Performance Improve9 ment Council in improving agency per10 formance management efforts. 

11 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Comptroller General shall 

12 submit to Congress a report on the results of each 

13 evaluation conducted under paragraph (1). The re14 port shall include a list of recommendations on ways 

15 to improve the assessment process and the oper16 ations of agency performance improvement officers 

17 and the Performance Improvement Council. 

18 ‘‘(k) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—(1) With respect 

19 to program assessments conducted during a fiscal year 

20 that contain classified information, the President shall 

21 submit on the same date as the report is submitted under 

22 subsection (g)— 

23 ‘‘(A) a copy of each such assessment (including 

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1 mittees of jurisdiction of the House of Representa2 tives and the Senate; and 

3 ‘‘(B) consistent with statutory law governing 

4 the disclosure of classified information, an appendix 

5 containing a list of each such assessment and the 

6 committees to which a copy of the assessment was 

7 submitted under subparagraph (A), to the Com8 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Committee on 

10 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

11 Senate. 

12 ‘‘(2) Upon request from the Committee on Oversight 

13 and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

14 or the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern15 mental Affairs of the Senate, the Director of the Office 

16 of Management and Budget shall, consistent with statu17 tory law governing the disclosure of classified information, 

18 provide to the Committee a copy of— 

19 ‘‘(A) any assessment described in subparagraph 

20 (A) of paragraph (1) (including any evaluation not 

21 listed in any appendix submitted under subpara22 graph (B) of such paragraph); and 

23 ‘‘(B) any appendix described in subparagraph 

24 (B) of paragraph (1). 


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1 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘classified informa2 tion’ refers to matters described in section 552(b)(1)(A) 

3 of title 5. 

4 ‘‘(l) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.— 

5 The functions and activities authorized or required by this 

6 section shall be considered inherently Governmental func7 tions and shall be performed only by Federal employees. 

8 ‘‘(m) TERMINATION.—The requirements of this sec9 tion shall terminate on September 30, 2019.’’. 

10 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of12 fice of Management and Budget shall prescribe guidance 

13 to implement the requirements of section 1120 of title 31, 

14 United States Code, as added by subsection (a), including 

15 guidance on a definition of the term ‘‘program’’. 

16 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

17 at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 31, United States 

18 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1120. Program assessment.’’. 

19 SEC. 6. STRATEGIC PLANNING AMENDMENTS. 

20 (a) CHANGE IN DEADLINE FOR STRATEGIC PLAN.— 

21 Subsection (a) of section 306 of title 5, United States 

22 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘No later than September 

23 30, 2007,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30 

24 of each year following a year in which an election for 

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1 (b) CHANGE IN PERIOD OF COVERAGE OF STRA2 TEGIC PLAN.—Subsection (b) of section 306 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(b) Each strategic plan shall cover the four-year pe5 riod beginning on October 1 of the year following a year 

6 in which an election for President occurs.’’. 

7 SEC. 7. IMPROVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 

8 (a) IMPROVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.— 

9 Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, as amended 

10 by section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the 

11 following new section: 

12 ‘‘§ 1121. Improving government performance 

13 ‘‘(a) DUTIES OF AGENCY PERFORMANCE IMPROVE14 MENT OFFICERS.—Subject to the direction of the head of 

15 the agency, each agency performance improvement officer 

16 shall— 

17 ‘‘(1) supervise the performance management ac18 tivities of the agency, including development of the 

19 agency’s strategic plans, annual performance plans, 

20 and annual performance reports as required by law; 

21 ‘‘(2) advise the head of the agency, with respect 

22 to a program administered in whole or in part by the 

23 agency, whether— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the performance plans required under 

2 section 1115 of this title and the strategic plans 

3 required under section 306 of title 5 are— 

4 ‘‘(i) sufficiently aggressive toward full 

5 achievement of the purposes of the pro6 gram; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) realistic in light of authority and 

8 resources provided for the operation of the 

9 program; and 

10 ‘‘(B) means for measurement of progress 

11 toward achievement of the goals are sufficiently 

12 rigorous and accurate; 

13 ‘‘(3) convene relevant agency personnel regu14 larly throughout each year to— 

15 ‘‘(A) assess the performance of programs 

16 administered in whole or in part by the agency; 

17 and 

18 ‘‘(B) consider means to improve the per19 formance and efficiency of programs; 

20 ‘‘(4) assist the head of the agency in the devel21 opment and use within the agency of performance 

22 measures in personnel performance appraisals, and, 

23 as appropriate, other agency personnel and planning 

24 processes; and 


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1 ‘‘(5) assist the head of the agency in overseeing 

2 the implementation of the improvement plans re3 quired under section 1120 of this title. 

4 ‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PER5 FORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) The Director shall establish, within the Of7 fice of Management and Budget for administrative 

8 purposes only, a Performance Improvement Council, 

9 in accordance with this section. 

10 ‘‘(2) The Performance Improvement Council 

11 shall consist exclusively of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the Deputy Director for Management 

13 of the Office of Management and Budget, who 

14 shall serve as Chair; 

15 ‘‘(B) such agency performance improve16 ment officers as determined appropriate by the 

17 Chair; and 

18 ‘‘(C) such other full-time or permanent 

19 part-time employees of an agency as determined 

20 appropriate by the Chair with the concurrence 

21 of the head of the agency concerned. 

22 ‘‘(3) The Chair or the Chair’s designee shall 

23 convene and preside at the meetings of the Perform24 ance Improvement Council, determine its agenda, di25 rect its work, and establish and direct subgroups of 


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1 the Performance Improvement Council, as appro2 priate to deal with particular subject matters, that 

3 shall consist exclusively of members of the Perform4 ance Improvement Council. 

5 ‘‘(4) To assist in implementing the require6 ments of sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 1120, and 

7 9703 of this title and section 306 of title 5, the Per8 formance Improvement Council shall— 

9 ‘‘(A) develop and submit to the Director of 

10 the Office of Management and Budget, or when 

11 appropriate to the President through the Direc12 tor of the Office of Management and Budget, at 

13 times and in such formats as the Chair may 

14 specify, recommendations concerning— 

15 ‘‘(i) performance management policies 

16 and requirements; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) criteria for evaluation of program 

18 performance; 

19 ‘‘(B) facilitate the exchange among agen20 cies of information on performance manage21 ment, including strategic and annual planning 

22 and reporting, to accelerate improvements in 

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1 ‘‘(C) monitor the assessments of Federal 

2 programs required under section 1120 of this 

3 title; 

4 ‘‘(D) to facilitate keeping the public in5 formed, and with such assistance of heads of 

6 agencies and agency performance improvement 

7 officers as the Director of the Office of Man8 agement and Budget may require, develop an 

9 Internet website that provides the public with 

10 information on how well each agency performs 

11 and that serves as a comprehensive source of 

12 information on— 

13 ‘‘(i) agency strategic plans; 

14 ‘‘(ii) annual performance plans and 

15 annual performance reports; 

16 ‘‘(iii) program assessment reports re17 quired under section 1120 of this title; 

18 ‘‘(iv) the status of the implementation 

19 of improvement plans required under sec20 tion 1120 of this title; and 

21 ‘‘(v) consistent with the direction of 

22 the head of the agency concerned after 

23 consultation with the Director of the Office 

24 of Management and Budget, any publicly 

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1 General concerning agency program per2 formance; 

3 ‘‘(E) monitor implementation by agencies 

4 of the policy set forth in sections 1115, 1116, 

5 1117, 1120, and 9703 of this title and section 

6 306 of title 5 and report thereon from time to 

7 time as appropriate to the Director of the Of8 fice of Management and Budget, or when ap9 propriate to the President through the Director 

10 of the Office of Management and Budget, at 

11 such times and in such formats as the Chair 

12 may specify, together with any recommenda13 tions of the Council for more effective imple14 mentation of such policy; and 

15 ‘‘(F) obtain information and advice, as ap16 propriate, in a manner that seeks individual ad17 vice and does not involve collective judgment or 

18 consensus advice or deliberation, from— 

19 ‘‘(i) State, local, territorial, and tribal 

20 officials; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) representatives of entities or 

22 other individuals. 

23 ‘‘(5)(A) To the extent permitted by law, the Of24 fice of Management and Budget shall provide the 

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1 needs, as determined by the Director of the Office 

2 of Management and Budget, to implement this sec3 tion. 

4 ‘‘(B) The heads of agencies shall provide, as ap5 propriate and to the extent permitted by law, such 

6 information and assistance as the Chair may request 

7 to implement this section.’’. 

8 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months after the 

9 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of10 fice of Management and Budget shall prescribe guidance 

11 to implement the requirements of section 1121 of title 31, 

12 United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

13 (c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) Section 1115(g) of title 31, United States 

15 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1119’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘1121’’. 

17 (2) The table of sections at the beginning of 

18 chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 

19 amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘1121. Improving Government Performance.’’. 

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