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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3654 

To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the timely 

appointment of agency transition officials, to ensure adequate performance and oversight of required transition-related preparation, to require 

new guidance for agencies and possible transition teams, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 24, 2024 

Mr. PETERS (for himself and Ms. COLLINS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require 

the timely appointment of agency transition officials, to 

ensure adequate performance and oversight of required 

transition-related preparation, to require new guidance 

for agencies and possible transition teams, 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 ‘‘Agency Preparation 

5 for Transitions Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FEDERAL TRANSITION COORDINATOR. 

2 Section 4(c) of the Presidential Transition Act of 

3 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL TRANSITION COORDINATOR.— 

5 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Administrator shall 

6 designate an employee of the General Services Ad7 ministration who is a senior career employee to the 

8 position of Federal Transition Coordinator. 

9 ‘‘(2) DUTIES OF THE FEDERAL TRANSITION CO10 ORDINATOR.—A Federal Transition Coordinator 

11 shall be responsible for— 

12 ‘‘(A) carrying out the duties and authori13 ties of the Administrator relating to Presi14 dential transitions under this Act, or any other 

15 provision of law, except for determining the ap16 parent successful candidate under section 3(c); 

17 ‘‘(B) serving as the Federal Transition Co18 ordinator with responsibility for coordinating 

19 transition planning across agencies, including 

20 through the agency transition directors council 

21 established under subsection (e); 

22 ‘‘(C) ensuring agencies comply with all 

23 statutory requirements relating to transition 

24 planning and reporting; 

25 ‘‘(D) acting as a liaison to eligible can26 didates; 


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1 ‘‘(E) regularly providing updates to agen2 cies not included on the agency transition direc3 tors council with information, including infor4 mation on briefing materials, key transition 

5 milestones, and succession planning; 

6 ‘‘(F) identifying best practices relating to 

7 Presidential transitions for transition teams, 

8 Federal agencies, and incumbent administra9 tions; 

10 ‘‘(G) identifying— 

11 ‘‘(i) the most significant challenges 

12 for Federal agencies that are posed by 

13 Presidential transitions; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) ways to mitigate the risks associ15 ated with such challenges during subse16 quent Presidential transitions; and 

17 ‘‘(H) other duties at the discretion of the 

18 Administrator. 

19 ‘‘(3) APPOINTMENT OF THE FEDERAL TRANSI20 TION COORDINATOR.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

22 before the date of each Presidential election, the 

23 Administrator shall appoint a Federal Transi24 tion Coordinator. 


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1 ‘‘(B) NON-ELECTION PERIODS.—During 

2 any period during which there is not an indi3 vidual serving as Federal Transition Coordi4 nator pursuant to an appointment in accord5 ance with subparagraph (A), the Administrator 

6 shall designate an officer or employee to carry 

7 out any transition responsibilities until the ap8 pointment of the next Federal Transition Coor9 dinator. 

10 ‘‘(C) REPORTING TO CONGRESS.—The Ad11 ministrator shall report to Congress— 

12 ‘‘(i) when the Administrator has ap13 pointed a new Federal Transition Coordi14 nator; and 

15 ‘‘(ii) when the Administrator has des16 ignated an officer or employee to carry out 

17 transition responsibilities under subpara18 graph (B). 

19 ‘‘(4) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

20 this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the Ad21 ministrator from revoking an existing designation of 

22 an individual serving as Federal Transition Coordi23 nator and designating a new individual to serve as 

24 the Federal Transition Coordinator.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. WHITE HOUSE TRANSITION COORDINATING COUN2 CIL. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(d) of the Presidential 

4 Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Not later 

6 than 6 months before the date of a Presidential elec7 tion,’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘There is 

8 established a White House transition coordinating 

9 council for the purposes of facilitating the Presi10 dential transition. The White House transition co11 ordinating council shall, at a minimum, meet and 

12 perform the duties provided for in this Act.’’; 

13 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

16 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 

17 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

18 and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(D) oversee the transition process for of21 fices within the Executive Office of the Presi22 dent and ensure that such offices produce rel23 evant transition briefing materials for eligible 

24 candidates; 

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1 ployees within the Executive Office of the Presi2 dent who shall develop, in coordination with the 

3 Archivist of the United States, a plan for em4 ployees serving in positions in the executive 

5 branch to identify, on at least an annual basis, 

6 Presidential records (as defined in section 2201 

7 of title 44, United States Code), including elec8 tronic records, to be transferred to and main9 tained and preserved by the Archivist in the 

10 event of a possible Presidential transition; and 

11 ‘‘(F) not later than 180 days before the 

12 date of each Presidential election, the employees 

13 designated under subparagraph (E) shall sub14 mit to Congress the most recent plan developed 

15 under subparagraph (E) through a written re16 port or a briefing with relevant committees.’’; 

17 and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(3) MEETING FREQUENCY.—The White House 

20 transition coordinating council shall meet— 

21 ‘‘(A) as soon as practicable during a year 

22 during which a Presidential election is being 

23 held, but not later than the day before the first 

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1 tors council under subsection (e)(4)(B) during 

2 such year; and 

3 ‘‘(B) to host an exercise described in para4 graph (2)(C) as soon as is practicable after the 

5 date on which the Administrator determines a 

6 sole apparent successful candidate for the office 

7 of the President, but not later than the date on 

8 which the apparent successful candidate for the 

9 office of President is inaugurated.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this section shall take effect on the date that is 30 days 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 4. MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING. 

14 Section 4(g)(1) of the Presidential Transition Act of 

15 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended by striking ‘‘shall 

16 include, at a minimum,’’ and all that follows and inserting 

17 the following: ‘‘shall include— 

18 ‘‘(A) at a minimum— 

19 ‘‘(i) the conditions of access to em20 ployees, facilities, and documents of agen21 cies by transition staff; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the conditions of access to infor23 mation and briefing material critical to na24 tional security, which shall be established 


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1 in consultation with the relevant agencies; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the conditions of access to any 

4 interagency emergency preparedness and 

5 response exercises under subsection 

6 (d)(2)(C); and 

7 ‘‘(B) a provision allowing access described 

8 in subparagraph (A) to commence or continue 

9 for the eligible candidate and the members of 

10 the transition team of the eligible candidate 

11 during the period beginning on the day after 

12 date of the Presidential election and ending at 

13 the time at which the Administrator determines 

14 the apparent successful candidate under section 

15 3(c).’’. 

16 SEC. 5. FREQUENCY OF THE AGENCY TRANSITION DIREC17 TORS COUNCIL. 

18 Section 4(e)(4)(B) of the Presidential Transition Act 

19 of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘270 

21 days’’; and 

22 (2) by striking ‘‘inaugurated,’’ and all that fol23 lows and inserting the following: ‘‘inaugurated, not 

24 less than once per month, which shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a meeting during the period be2 ginning on the day after the Presidential 

3 election and ending 3 days after the date 

4 of the Presidential election; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) if the Administrator does not de6 termine the apparent successful candidates 

7 in accordance with section 3(c) on or be8 fore the date that is 3 days after the date 

9 of the Presidential election, not later than 

10 1 day after such determination.’’. 

11 SEC. 6. DUTIES OF THE AGENCY TRANSITION DIRECTORS 

12 COUNCIL. 

13 Section 4(e)(2) of the Presidential Transition Act of 

14 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

15 (1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, includ16 ing guidance and templates for providing briefing 

17 materials and information both in digital and phys18 ical formats’’ after ‘‘candidates’’; 

19 (2) in subparagraph (C)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘November 1’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘October 15’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘, which may be updated 

23 with additional information as needed after Oc24 tober 15’’ before the semicolon at the end; 


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1 (3) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 

2 the end; 

3 (4) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period 

4 at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

5 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(F) provide guidance to agencies on how 

7 the agencies should engage with and provide in8 formation to apparent successful candidates, 

9 should there be multiple apparent successful 

10 candidates, as described in section 3(c)(2); 

11 ‘‘(G) develop working groups and sub12 committees to address any emergencies that 

13 arise during a Presidential transition; and 

14 ‘‘(H) after the inauguration as President 

15 of the apparent successful candidate for the of16 fice of President, working with the Federal 

17 Transition Coordinator to identify lessons 

18 learned from the Presidential transition.’’. 

19 SEC. 7. MEMBERSHIP OF AGENCY TRANSITION DIRECTORS 

20 COUNCIL. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(e) of the Presidential 

22 Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

25 which shall include not less than 1 senior career 


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1 employee who shall oversee transition respon2 sibilities for the Executive Office of the Presi3 dent, including the production of relevant tran4 sition briefing materials for eligible candidates 

5 from each office or component of the Executive 

6 Office of the President’’ after ‘‘by the Presi7 dent’’; 

8 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sec9 tion 901(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1) 

10 or (2) of section 901(b)’’; 

11 (C) in subparagraph (D)— 

12 (i) by inserting ‘‘, as defined under 

13 section 3502 of title 44, United States 

14 Code, that is’’ after ‘‘any other agency’’; 

15 and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

17 (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 

18 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(F) the co-chairpersons of the council es21 tablished under paragraph (5)(A).’’; and 

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

23 ‘‘(5) COUNCIL FOR NON-ATDC AGENCY TRANSI24 TION DIRECTORS.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Co-Chairpersons 

2 of the agency transition directors council shall 

3 establish and operate a council for small and 

4 independent agency transition directors (re5 ferred to in this paragraph as the ‘council’). 

6 ‘‘(B) ADVISORY BODY.—The council shall 

7 serve as the principle advisory body to the Co8 Chairpersons of the agency transition directors 

9 council relating to the priorities, needs, and 

10 functions of the council, as they relate to small 

11 and independent agencies. 

12 ‘‘(C) MEMBERS.—The council shall be 

13 composed of the Agency Transition Directors 

14 designated under subsection (f)(1)(A) from 

15 each agency that does not have a representative 

16 who is a member of the agency transition direc17 tors council. 

18 ‘‘(D) CO-CHAIRPERSONS.—The Co-Chair19 persons of the agency transition directors coun20 cil shall select from among the council members 

21 2 co-chairpersons of the council. 

22 ‘‘(6) GUIDANCE.—The Federal Transition Co23 ordinator shall consult with the co-chairpersons of 

24 the council established under paragraph (5)(A), to 


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1 provide relevant guidance and information to the 

2 council on issues relating to Presidential transitions. 

3 ‘‘(7) OMB REPRESENTATIVE ON THE AGENCY

4 TRANSITION DIRECTORS COUNCIL.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

6 before the date of a Presidential election, the 

7 Director of the Office of Management and 

8 Budget shall designate an employee of the Of9 fice of Management and Budget who is a senior 

10 career employee to serve on the agency transi11 tion directors council, who shall work with the 

12 Deputy Director for Management of the Office 

13 of Management and Budget in carrying out the 

14 transition duties of the Office of Management 

15 and Budget. 

16 ‘‘(B) LESSONS LEARNED.—After the inau17 guration as President of the apparent success18 ful candidate for the office of President, the 

19 employee designated under subparagraph (A) 

20 shall assist the Federal Transition Coordinator 

21 by contributing any lessons learned by the Of22 fice of Management and Budget from the Presi23 dential transition.’’. 

24 (b) IMPLEMENTATION FOR 2024 ELECTION.—As 

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1 Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

2 shall designate an employee of the Office of Management 

3 and Budget to serve on the agency transition directors 

4 council in accordance with paragraph (7) of section 4(e) 

5 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as added by 

6 subsection (a) of this section. 

7 SEC. 8. INTERIM AGENCY LEADERSHIP FOR TRANSITIONS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(f) of the Presidential 

9 Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

10 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 

11 subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjust12 ing the margin accordingly; 

13 (2) by inserting before subparagraph (A), as so 

14 redesignated, the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) ELECTION YEARS.—’’; 

16 (3) in paragraph (1)(A), as so designated— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘270 days’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘, who shall serve as the 

20 Agency Transition Director for the agency and 

21 whose term as Agency Transition Director shall 

22 last until not later than the date that is 90 

23 days after the date of the inauguration as 

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1 for the office of President,’’ after ‘‘a senior ca2 reer employee of the agency’’; and 

3 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(2) OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

5 TRANSITION IN NON-ELECTION YEARS.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year 

7 after the date of each inauguration day— 

8 ‘‘(i) the head of each agency which 

9 has a representative who serves on the 

10 agency transition directors council shall 

11 designate an employee of the agency who is 

12 a senior career employee to serve as the 

13 representative of the agency at the annual 

14 meetings of the agency transition directors 

15 council described in subsection (e)(4)(A); 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(ii) the head of each agency which 

18 does not have a representative who serves 

19 on the agency transition directors council 

20 shall designate an employee of the agency 

21 who is a senior career employee to oversee 

22 issues relating to Presidential transitions. 

23 ‘‘(B) DUTIES.—An employee designated by 

24 the head of an agency under subparagraph (A) 

25 shall serve as the official responsible for the 


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1 transition operations of the agency until the 

2 date on which the head of the agency designates 

3 an employee as an Agency Transition Director 

4 under paragraph (1)(A) with respect to the 

5 next Presidential election. 

6 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

7 this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the 

8 head of an agency from designating— 

9 ‘‘(A) the individual who is serving as the 

10 Agency Transition Director for the agency 

11 under paragraph (1)(A) for purposes of para12 graph (2)(A); or 

13 ‘‘(B) the individual who the head des14 ignated for purposes of paragraph (2)(A) as the 

15 Agency Transition Director for the agency 

16 under paragraph (1)(A).’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

18 3(c)(2)(B) of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 

19 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘the senior career employee of 

21 each agency’’ and inserting ‘‘the Agency Transition 

22 Director of each agency’’; and 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)(1)’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘subsection (f)(1)(A)’’. 


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1 SEC. 9. REPORTS ON POLITICAL APPOINTEES APPOINTED 

2 TO NONPOLITICAL PERMANENT POSITIONS. 

3 Section 4(b) of the Edward ‘‘Ted’’ Kaufman and Mi4 chael Leavitt Presidential Transitions Improvements Act 

5 of 2015 (5 U.S.C. 3101 note) is amended by adding at 

6 the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—The Director of the Office 

8 of Personnel Management shall make a version of 

9 each report required under paragraph (1) and each 

10 report required under paragraph (2) available to the 

11 public, which may exclude information in accordance 

12 with subsection (c).’’. 

13 SEC. 10. REPORTS AND GUIDANCE BY TRANSITION OFFI14 CIALS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4 of the Presidential 

16 Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (i), in the subsection heading, 

18 by inserting ‘‘BY THE PRESIDENT’’ after ‘‘RE19 PORTS’’; and 

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

21 ‘‘(j) OTHER REPORTS REGARDING TRANSITIONS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

23 ‘‘(A) the term ‘incoming administration’ 

24 means the apparent successful candidate for the 

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1 ber of the transition team, or any other em2 ployee or contractor of the apparent successful 

3 candidate for the office of President or the ap4 parent successful candidate for the office of 

5 Vice President who is performing duties relat6 ing to the Presidential transition; and 

7 ‘‘(B) the term ‘outgoing administration’ 

8 means an individual who, during the period be9 ginning on the date of a Presidential election 

10 and ending on the date of the inauguration with 

11 respect to the Presidential election (unless the 

12 individual serving as President on the date of 

13 such Presidential election is inaugurated as 

14 President at such inauguration), serves as the 

15 President, the Vice President, or an officer or 

16 employee in the executive branch of the Federal 

17 Government. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXERCISES.—Not later than November 1 

19 of each year during which a Presidential election is 

20 held, the White House transition coordinating coun21 cil shall submit to Congress a report, which may 

22 contain a classified annex, on the plans of the coun23 cil for hosting exercises described in subsection 

24 (d)(2)(C), which shall include a summary of— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the topics to be covered by the exer2 cises; 

3 ‘‘(B) scheduled dates for the exercises; and 

4 ‘‘(C) plans for ensuring emergency pre5 paredness prior to a determination by the Ad6 ministrator that a single candidate for the of7 fice of President should be treated as the sole 

8 apparent successful candidate in accordance 

9 with section 3(c), including during any period 

10 of multiple potential apparent successful can11 didates as described in section 3(c)(2), if appli12 cable. 

13 ‘‘(3) GAO REPORTS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 

15 days after the date on which the Administrator 

16 determines the sole apparent successful can17 didate for the office of President in accordance 

18 with section 3(c) with respect to each Presi19 dential election, the Comptroller General of the 

20 United States, in consultation with the agency 

21 transition directors council, shall submit to 

22 Congress a report on the Presidential transition 

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1 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—A report under sub2 paragraph (A) shall include— 

3 ‘‘(i) a review of the efficiency, effec4 tiveness, and security of activities required 

5 in this Act of the outgoing administration 

6 and the incoming administration, includ7 ing— 

8 ‘‘(I) briefings of members of the 

9 incoming administration by members 

10 of the outgoing administration; 

11 ‘‘(II) migration of technology 

12 platforms; 

13 ‘‘(III) information-sharing be14 tween agencies or between the out15 going administration and the incom16 ing administration; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) the services and facilities 

18 provided by the Administrator to fa19 cilitate an efficient transfer of power 

20 before and after the date of the appli21 cable Presidential election; 

22 ‘‘(ii) the cost of the services and facili23 ties provided by the General Services Ad24 ministration, the National Archives and 

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1 ernment Ethics, and the Department of 

2 Justice to facilitate an efficient transfer of 

3 power before and after the date of the ap4 plicable Presidential election; 

5 ‘‘(iii) an assessment of the major chal6 lenges and achievements of service-pro7 viding agencies in the delivery of core tran8 sition services to agencies, the outgoing ad9 ministration, and the incoming administra10 tion; 

11 ‘‘(iv) if the apparent successful can12 didate for the office of President is not 

13 serving as President on the date of the ap14 plicable Presidential election, a description 

15 of any known or reported delays in services 

16 provided by any agency to the incoming 

17 administration; and 

18 ‘‘(v) recommendations, if any, for 

19 changes to the Presidential transition proc20 ess. 

21 ‘‘(4) NEW ADMINISTRATION.— 

22 ‘‘(A) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 60 days 

23 before the date of a Presidential election, the 

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1 tion team of the President-elect relating to com2 plying with chapters 22 and 31 of title 44, 

3 United States Code, when creating documents 

4 for use on or after inauguration day, which 

5 shall include guidance for identifying and label6 ing all documents created before inauguration 

7 day that the President-elect intends to use or 

8 transfer after inauguration day. 

9 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

10 after the date of the inauguration as President 

11 of an apparent successful candidate for the of12 fice of President who was not serving as Presi13 dent on the date of the most recent Presidential 

14 election, the Archivist of the United States shall 

15 publish a report on the status of the procedures 

16 for transition management of the incoming ad17 ministration and the outgoing administration, 

18 which shall include— 

19 ‘‘(i) a description of the process of the 

20 incoming administration for— 

21 ‘‘(I) identifying documents cre22 ated on or before the date of the inau23 guration that are intended for use on 

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1 subject to chapter 22 of title 44, 

2 United States Code; and 

3 ‘‘(II) providing guidance to offi4 cers and employees of the incoming 

5 administration on consistently labeling 

6 and safely storing classified docu7 ments; and 

8 ‘‘(ii) a description of the process of 

9 the outgoing administration for identifying 

10 Presidential records, as defined in section 

11 2201 of title 44, United States Code, to be 

12 preserved and maintained by the Archivist 

13 of the United States. 

14 ‘‘(5) LESSONS LEARNED.—Not later than 180 

15 days after each inauguration day, the Federal Tran16 sition Coordinator shall report to Congress regard17 ing lessons learned from the transition period and 

18 offer recommendations for improvements to the 

19 Presidential transition process, which shall include— 

20 ‘‘(A) lessons learned by Agency Transition 

21 Directors and the agency transition directors 

22 council with respect to the transition operations 

23 of agencies; 

24 ‘‘(B) an assessment of the major chal25 lenges and achievements of the Administrator 


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1 in providing core transition services to agencies, 

2 the outgoing administration, and the incoming 

3 administration; and 

4 ‘‘(C) recommendations, if any, for changes 

5 to the Presidential transition process. 

6 ‘‘(k) GUIDANCE ON IT MANAGEMENT DURING THE

7 TRANSITION.— 

8 ‘‘(1) GENERAL GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 

9 days before the date of each Presidential election, 

10 the Federal Transition Coordinator, in consultation 

11 with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 

12 Administrator of the Office of E-Government and 

13 Information Technology, shall make publicly avail14 able in a manner that is accessible by any candidate 

15 for the office of President or Vice-President informa16 tion regarding information technology management 

17 during the Presidential transition, including— 

18 ‘‘(A) information technology management 

19 best practices to protect against cyber threats; 

20 ‘‘(B) a description of technology platforms 

21 that will be provided by the Administrator to el22 igible candidates, including at minimum— 

23 ‘‘(i) email and video conferencing; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) personnel selection, vetting, and 

2 documenting systems; and 

3 ‘‘(iv) other technology required to fa4 cilitate virtual briefings, meetings, and 

5 other interactions between transition team 

6 members and with Federal agencies; and 

7 ‘‘(C) a description of what, if any, tech8 nology platforms a candidate may be able to 

9 transition into the incoming administration, 

10 should the candidate become President. 

11 ‘‘(2) GUIDANCE FOR ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES.— 

12 After the date described in paragraph (1) and before 

13 inauguration day, the Federal Transition Coordi14 nator, in consultation with the Secretary of Home15 land Security and the Administrator of the Office of 

16 E-Government and Information Technology, may 

17 provide additional information regarding information 

18 technology management during the Presidential 

19 transition to each eligible candidate. 

20 ‘‘(3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Federal 

21 Transition Coordinator shall submit to Congress any 

22 information made publicly available or provided to 

23 an eligible candidate under this subsection.’’. 


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1 (b) ETHICS PLANS.—Section 4(g)(3)(B) of the Presi2 dential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) by redesignating clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and 

5 (iv) as clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), and (v), respectively; 

6 and 

7 (2) by inserting before clause (ii), as so redesig8 nated, the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) the name and title of a transition 

10 team official whose responsibilities include 

11 overseeing implementation of and compli12 ance with the ethics plan;’’. 

13 SEC. 11. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT. 

14 Section 3(a)(8)(A)(ii)(III) of the Presidential Transi15 tion Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘from the’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘from 

17 the Government Accountability Office.’’. 

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