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Union Calendar No. 495 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1550 

[Report No. 114–637] 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 30, 2015 

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

JUNE 21, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to establish entities 

tasked with improving program and project management 

in certain Federal agencies, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Program Management 

5 Improvement Accountability Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MANAGEMENT. 

7 (a) ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS.—Section 503 of title 

8 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

9 the following: 

10 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Subject to the direction 

12 and approval of the Director, the Deputy Director 

13 for Management or a designee shall— 

14 ‘‘(A) adopt governmentwide standards, 

15 policies, and guidelines for program and project 

16 management for executive agencies; 

17 ‘‘(B) oversee implementation of program 

18 and project management for the standards, 

19 policies, and guidelines established under sub20 paragraph (A); 

21 ‘‘(C) chair the Program Management Pol22 icy Council established under section 1126(b); 

23 ‘‘(D) establish standards and policies for 

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1 cepted standards for program and project man2 agement planning and delivery; 

3 ‘‘(E) engage with the private sector to 

4 identify best practices in program and project 

5 management that would improve Federal pro6 gram and project management; 

7 ‘‘(F) conduct portfolio reviews to address 

8 programs identified as high risk by the Govern9 ment Accountability Office; 

10 ‘‘(G) not less than annually, conduct port11 folio reviews of agency programs in coordination 

12 with Project Management Improvement Officers 

13 designated under section 1126(a)(1) to assess 

14 the quality and effectiveness of program man15 agement; and 

16 ‘‘(H) establish a 5-year strategic plan for 

17 program and project management. 

18 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DE19 FENSE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the De20 partment of Defense to the extent that the provi21 sions of that paragraph are substantially similar to 

22 or duplicative of the provisions of chapter 87 of title 

23 10.’’. 

24 (b) DEADLINE FOR STANDARDS, POLICIES, AND

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1 actment of this Act, the Deputy Director for Management 

2 of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue the 

3 standards, policies, and guidelines required under section 

4 503(c) of title 31, United States Code, as added by sub5 section (a). 

6 (c) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 days after the 

7 date on which the standards, policies, and guidelines are 

8 issued under subsection (b), the Deputy Director for Man9 agement of the Office of Management and Budget, in con10 sultation with the Program Management Policy Council 

11 established under section 1126(b) of title 31, United 

12 States Code, as added by section 3(a), and the Director 

13 of the Office of Management and Budget, shall issue any 

14 regulations as are necessary to implement the require15 ments of section 503(c) of title 31, United States Code, 

16 as added by subsection (a). 

17 SEC. 3. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS 

18 AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT POLICY COUN19 CIL. 

20 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United 

21 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘§ 1126. Program Management Improvement Officers 

2 and Program Management Policy Council 

3 ‘‘(a) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT OFFI4 CERS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The head of each agency 

6 described in section 901(b) shall designate a senior 

7 executive of the agency as the Program Management 

8 Improvement Officer of the agency. 

9 ‘‘(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Program Management 

10 Improvement Officer of an agency designated under 

11 paragraph (1) shall— 

12 ‘‘(A) implement program management poli13 cies established by the agency under section 

14 503(c); and 

15 ‘‘(B) develop a strategy for enhancing the 

16 role of program managers within the agency 

17 that includes the following: 

18 ‘‘(i) Enhanced training and edu19 cational opportunities for program man20 agers that shall include— 

21 ‘‘(I) training in the relevant com22 petencies encompassed with program 

23 and project manager within the pri24 vate sector for program managers; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(II) training that emphasizes 

2 cost containment for large projects 

3 and programs. 

4 ‘‘(ii) Mentoring of current and future 

5 program managers by experienced senior 

6 executives and program managers within 

7 the agency. 

8 ‘‘(iii) Improved career paths and ca9 reer opportunities for program managers. 

10 ‘‘(iv) A plan to encourage the recruit11 ment and retention of highly qualified indi12 viduals to serve as program managers. 

13 ‘‘(v) Improved means of collecting and 

14 disseminating best practices and lessons 

15 learned to enhance program management 

16 across the agency. 

17 ‘‘(vi) Common templates and tools to 

18 support improved data gathering and anal19 ysis for program management and over20 sight purposes. 

21 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF DE22 FENSE.—This subsection shall not apply to the De23 partment of Defense to the extent that the provi24 sions of this subsection are substantially similar to 


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1 or duplicative of the provisions of chapter 87 of title 

2 10. 

3 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM MANAGEMENT POLICY COUNCIL.— 

4 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

5 the Office of Management and Budget a council to 

6 be known as the ‘Program Management Policy 

7 Council’ (in this subsection referred to as the ‘Coun8 cil’). 

9 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS.—The Council 

10 shall act as the principal interagency forum for im11 proving agency practices related to program and 

12 project management. The Council shall— 

13 ‘‘(A) advise and assist the Deputy Director 

14 for Management of the Office of Management 

15 and Budget; 

16 ‘‘(B) review programs identified as high 

17 risk by the General Accountability Office and 

18 make recommendations for actions to be taken 

19 by the Deputy Director for Management of the 

20 Office of Management and Budget or a des21 ignee; 

22 ‘‘(C) discuss topics of importance to the 

23 workforce, including— 

24 ‘‘(i) career development and workforce 

25 development needs; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) policy to support continuous im2 provement in program and project manage3 ment; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) major challenges across agencies 

5 in managing programs; 

6 ‘‘(D) advise on the development and appli7 cability of standards governmentwide for pro8 gram management transparency; and 

9 ‘‘(E) review the information published on 

10 the website of the Office of Management and 

11 Budget pursuant to section 1122. 

12 ‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 

13 ‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be 

14 composed of the following members: 

15 ‘‘(i) Five members from the Office of 

16 Management and Budget as follows: 

17 ‘‘(I) The Deputy Director for 

18 Management. 

19 ‘‘(II) The Administrator of the 

20 Office of Electronic Government. 

21 ‘‘(III) The Administrator of Fed22 eral Procurement Policy. 

23 ‘‘(IV) The Controller of the Of24 fice of Federal Financial Manage25 ment. 


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1 ‘‘(V) The Director of the Office 

2 of Performance and Personnel Man3 agement. 

4 ‘‘(ii) The Program Management Im5 provement Officer from each agency de6 scribed in section 901(b). 

7 ‘‘(iii) Other individuals as determined 

8 appropriate by the Chairperson. 

9 ‘‘(iii) Any other full-time or perma10 nent part-time officer or employee of the 

11 Federal Government or member of the 

12 Armed Forces designated by the Chair13 person. 

14 ‘‘(B) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIR15 PERSON.— 

16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Deputy Di17 rector for Management of the Office of 

18 Management and Budget shall be the 

19 Chairperson of the Council. A Vice Chair20 person shall be elected by the members and 

21 shall serve a term of not more than 1 year. 

22 ‘‘(ii) DUTIES.—The Chairperson shall 

23 preside at the meetings of the Council, de24 termine the agenda of the Council, direct 

25 the work of the Council, and establish and 


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1 direct subgroups of the Council as appro2 priate. 

3 ‘‘(4) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not 

4 less than twice per fiscal year and may meet at the 

5 call of the Chairperson or a majority of the members 

6 of the Council. 

7 ‘‘(5) SUPPORT.—The head of each agency with 

8 a Project Management Improvement Officer serving 

9 on the Council shall provide administrative support 

10 to the Council, as appropriate, at the request of the 

11 Chairperson. 

12 ‘‘(6) COMMITTEE DURATION.—Section 14(a)(2) 

13 of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 

14 App.) shall not apply to the Council.’’. 

15 (b) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of17 fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with each 

18 Program Management Improvement Officer designated 

19 under section 1126(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, 

20 shall submit to Congress a report containing the strategy 

21 developed under section 1126(a)(2)(B) of such title, as 

22 added by subsection (a). 

23 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

24 table of sections for chapter 11 of title 31, United States 


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1 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

2 section 1125 the following new item: 

‘‘ 1126. Program Management Improvement Officers and Program Management Policy Council.’’ 

3 SEC. 4. PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT PER4 SONNEL STANDARDS. 

5 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ 

6 means each agency described in section 901(b) of title 31, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (b) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 

9 days after the date on which the standards, policies, and 

10 guidelines are issued under section 503(c) of title 31, 

11 United States Code, as added by section 2(a), the Director 

12 of the Office of Personnel Management, in consultation 

13 with the Director of the Office of Management and Budg14 et, shall issue regulations that— 

15 (1) identify key skills and competencies needed 

16 for a program and project manager in an agency; 

17 (2) establish a new job series, or update and 

18 improve an existing job series, for program and 

19 project management within an agency; and 

20 (3) establish a new career path for program 

21 and project managers within an agency. 


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1 SEC. 5. GAO REPORT ON EFFECTIVENESS OF POLICIES ON 

2 PROGRAM AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. 

3 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 

4 of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall 

5 issue, in conjunction with the High Risk list of the Gov6 ernment Accountability Office, a report examining the ef7 fectiveness of the following on improving Federal program 

8 and project management: 

9 (1) The standards, policies, and guidelines for 

10 program and project management issued under sec11 tion 503(c) of title 31, United States Code, as added 

12 by section 2(a). 

13 (2) The 5-year strategic plan established under 

14 section 503(c)(1)(H) of title 31, United States Code, 

15 as added by section 2(a). 

16 (3) Program Management Improvement Offi17 cers designated under section 1126(a)(1) of title 31, 

18 United States Code, as added by section 3(a). 

19 (4) The Program Management Policy Council 

20 established under section 1126(b)(1) of title 31, 

21 United States Code, as added by section 3(a). 


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Union Calendar No. 495 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1550 

[Report No. 114–637] 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to establish 

and for other purposes. project management in certain Federal agencies, entities tasked with improving program and 

JUNE 21, 2016 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Jun 22, 2016 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1550.RH S1550

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