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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5033 

To improve the Governmentwide management of unnecessarily duplicative 

Government programs and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 21, 2016 

Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. RUSSELL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To improve the Governmentwide management of unnecessarily duplicative Government programs 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 ‘‘Getting Results 

5 through Enhanced Accountability and Transparency Act 

6 of 2016’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

8 The purpose of this Act is to increase the efficiency 

9 and effectiveness of the Federal Government in measuring 

10 and managing unnecessary duplication, fragmentation, 

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1 and overlap in Government programs and in addressing 

2 recommendations from the Government Accountability Of3 fice. 

4 SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMI5 NATION OF UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATIVE 

6 GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 

7 Section 21 of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint 

8 Resolution increasing the statutory limit on the public 

9 debt’’ (Public Law 111–139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is 

10 amended to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘SEC. 21. IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMI12 NATION OF UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATIVE 

13 GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 

14 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 

15 United States shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) conduct routine investigations to identify 

17 programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with un18 necessarily duplicative goals and activities within de19 partments and agencies and Governmentwide; and 

20 ‘‘(2) submit to Congress an annual report on 

21 the findings of the investigations under paragraph 

22 (1). 

23 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Each report sub24 mitted under subsection (a)(2) shall, to the extent pos25 sible— 

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1 ‘‘(1) include— 

2 ‘‘(A) information from available reports es3 timating the cost of unnecessary duplication 

4 identified under subsection (a)(1); and 

5 ‘‘(B) recommendations for consolidation, 

6 coordination, and elimination to reduce unnec7 essary duplication, which shall identify specific 

8 rescissions; and 

9 ‘‘(2) aggregate separately— 

10 ‘‘(A) estimates of related costs reported by 

11 the Comptroller General for instances of actual 

12 and potential unnecessary duplication; and 

13 ‘‘(B) estimates of other potential cost sav14 ings and revenue collection reported by the 

15 Comptroller General during the period covered 

16 by the report.’’. 

17 SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO ELIMINATION OF UNNECES18 SARY DUPLICATION. 

19 (a) SYSTEMATIC AGENCY REVIEW OF OPER20 ATIONS.—Section 305(c) of title 5, United States Code, 

21 is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and ways 

23 in which the agency might improve its performance 

24 toward its mission’’ before the semicolon; 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 

2 paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(2) informing the processes of the agency for 

6 learning and decision making; 

7 ‘‘(3) assessing potential opportunities to im8 prove coordination within the agency and with other 

9 agencies, and to address actual and potential unnec10 essary duplication;’’; and 

11 (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by in12 serting ‘‘and performance toward achieving the mis13 sion of the agency’’ before the period. 

14 (b) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS.—Section 1123(b) 

15 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

16 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’ after ‘‘meas18 urement,’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting ‘‘risk management,’’ after 

20 ‘‘progress,’’; 

21 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 

22 (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 

23 (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol24 lowing: 

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1 ‘‘(2) address crosscutting program and manage2 ment issues, including opportunities to improve co3 ordination and address unnecessary duplication, 

4 within and external to the agency using an enter5 prise risk management approach;’’; 

6 (4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by in7 serting ‘‘of mission-oriented components and units 

8 and mission support’’ after ‘‘management’’; and 

9 (5) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘such as the Chief’’ and in11 serting the following: ‘‘such as— 

12 ‘‘(A) the heads of mission-related compo13 nents and units at the agency and the major 

14 components of the agency; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the Chief’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘other line of business’’ 

17 and all that follows and inserting ‘‘heads of 

18 mission support functions at the agency and at 

19 the major components of the agency.’’. 

20 (c) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PERFORM21 ANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, United States 

22 Code, is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(6), by inserting ‘‘, includ24 ing actual or potential unnecessary duplication,’’ 

25 after ‘‘crosscutting in nature’’; 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(9), in the matter pre2 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, including 

3 actual or potential unnecessary duplication,’’ after 

4 ‘‘agency faces’’; and 

5 (3) in subsection (h)— 

6 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) 

7 through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (13), 

8 respectively; 

9 (B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(5) ‘enterprise risk management’ means the 

12 processes that are used to address the full spectrum 

13 of risks across multiple programs and organizations 

14 that are located within a larger entity or initiative, 

15 placing the risks into an integrated and interrelated 

16 portfolio, and prioritizing their mitigation;’’; 

17 (C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 

18 by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

19 (D) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 

20 by striking the period and inserting a semi21 colon; and 

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

23 ‘‘(14) ‘risk’ means the possibility of— 

24 ‘‘(A) an adverse event or phenomenon oc25 curring; or 

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1 ‘‘(B) a beneficial opportunity remaining 

2 unexploited; and 

3 ‘‘(15) ‘risk management’ means the processes 

4 that are used to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor, 

5 mitigate, and report on risks to achieving the mis6 sions, goals, and objectives of a department, agency, 

7 or program, or group thereof, using resources and 

8 processes appropriate to the nature of the risks and 

9 resources available.’’. 

10 (d) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PRIORITY

11 GOALS.—Section 1120 of title 31, United States Code, is 

12 amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

16 by inserting ‘‘and mission support’’ after 

17 ‘‘management’’; and 

18 (ii) in clause (v), by striking the semi19 colon and inserting a period; and 

20 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

21 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

22 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii) 

23 and adjusting the margin accordingly; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘shall consult’’ and in25 serting the following: ‘‘shall— 

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1 ‘‘(A) consider recommendations of the Gov2 ernment Accountability Office in— 

3 ‘‘(i) the annual report submitted 

4 under section 21 of the Joint Resolution 

5 entitled ‘Joint Resolution increasing the 

6 statutory limit on the public debt’ (Public 

7 Law 111–139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note); or 

8 ‘‘(ii) the High Risk list; and 

9 ‘‘(B) consult’’; and 

10 (iii) in subparagraph (B)(vii), as so 

11 redesignated, by striking the semicolon and 

12 inserting a period; and 

13 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘bien14 nial’’ before ‘‘consultations’’. 

15 (e) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS AND

16 THE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.—Section 

17 1124 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

18 (1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with 

20 heads of agency components and mission sup21 port functions,’’ after ‘‘Officer’’; 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’ after ‘‘meas23 urement,’’; and 

24 (C) by inserting ‘‘risk management,’’ after 

25 ‘‘progress,’’; and 

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1 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

2 (A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘in3 cluding issues relating to coordination and un4 necessary duplication,’’ after ‘‘issues,’’; 

5 (B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting 

6 ‘‘and with non-Federal stakeholders, including 

7 States and local governments,’’ after ‘‘exchange 

8 among agencies’’; 

9 (C) in subparagraph (F), by inserting 

10 ‘‘and mission support’’ after ‘‘management’’; 

11 (D) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

12 at the end; 

13 (E) in subparagraph (J), by striking the 

14 period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

15 and 

16 (F) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(K) establish a public website; and 

18 ‘‘(L) place annually and archive on the 

19 website a detailed annual report describing the 

20 Performance Improvement Council’s— 

21 ‘‘(i) structure (including any commit22 tees or task forces); 

23 ‘‘(ii) budget and relevant sources of 

24 funds; 

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1 ‘‘(iii) staffing, on a full-time equiva2 lent basis (including an accounting of de3 tails from agencies); and 

4 ‘‘(iv) past, current, and planned ac5 tivities.’’. 

6 (f) ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AGENCY RE7 PORTING.—Section 1125(a)(1) of title 31, United States 

8 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘reports;’’ and inserting the 

9 following: ‘‘reports, and place the list on a public website, 

10 which shall include, for each plan or report— 

11 ‘‘(A) a citation to the relevant statutory re12 quirement or direction in a congressional re13 port; and 

14 ‘‘(B) an indication of whether and how the 

15 agency is complying with the requirement to 

16 produce the plan or report, including a citation 

17 to the means through which the agency submits 

18 the plan or report;’’. 

19 (g) AGENCY REPORTS.—Section 720(b) of title 31, 

20 United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding 

21 paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including the annual report 

22 on unnecessarily duplicative goals and activities within de23 partments and governmentwide required under section 21 

24 of the joint resolution entitled ‘A joint resolution increas25 ing the statutory limit on the public debt’ (Public Law 

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1 111–139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) and the High Risk list of 

2 the Government Accountability Office,’’ after ‘‘makes a re3 port’’. 

4 (h) EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER

5 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND PLANS.—Sec6 tion 3512 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)(1)— 

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

9 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 

11 subparagraph (D); and 

12 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(C) high-priority enterprise risks are ad15 dressed; and’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in17 cluding systems and processes for coordination to 

18 provide enterprise risk management (as defined in 

19 section 1115) for high-priority enterprise risks,’’ 

20 after ‘‘systems of the agency’’. 

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