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105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 2883
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 12, 1998
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To amend provisions of law enacted by the Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 to improve Federal
agency strategic plans and performance reports.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Perform-
ance and Results Act Technical Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO STRATEGIC PLANS.
(a) CONTENT
OF
STRATEGIC
PLANS.—Section
306(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the
semicolon ‘‘, that is explicitly linked to the statutory
or other legal authorities of the agency’’;
(2) in paragraph (2), by inserting before the
semicolon ‘‘, that are explicitly linked to the statu-
tory or other legal authorities of the agency’’; and
(3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(5), by striking the period at the end of paragraph
(6) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(7) a specific identification of any agency
functions and programs that are similar to those of
more than one component of the agency or those of
other agencies, and an explanation of coordination
and other efforts the agency has undertaken within
the agency or with other agencies to ensure that
such similar functions and programs are subject to
complementary goals, strategies, and performance
measures;
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‘‘(8) a description of any major management
problems (including but not limited to programs and
activities at high risk for waste, abuse, or mis-
management) affecting the agency that have been
documented by the inspector general of the agency
(or a comparable official, if the agency has no in-
spector general), the General Accounting Office, and
others, and specific goals, strategies, and perform-
ance measures to resolve those problems; and
‘‘(9) an assessment by the head of the agency
of the adequacy and reliability of the data sources
and information and accounting systems of the
agency to support its strategic plans under this sec-
tion and performance plans and reports under sec-
tions 1115 and 1116 (respectively) of title 31, and,
to the extent that material data or system inadequa-
cies exist, an explanation by the head of the agency
of how the agency will resolve them.’’.
(b) RESUBMISSION OF AGENCY STRATEGIC PLANS.—
Section 306 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘submitted,’’
and all that follows through the end of the sub-
section and inserting the following: ‘‘submitted. The
strategic plan shall be updated, revised, and resub-
mitted to the Director of the Office of Management
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and Budget and the Congress by not later than Sep-
tember 30 of 1998 and of every third year there-
after.’’; and
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘and updat-
ing’’ after ‘‘developing’’, and by adding at the end
thereof: ‘‘The agency head shall provide promptly to
any committee or subcommittee of the Congress any
draft versions of a plan or other information perti-
nent to a plan that the committee or subcommittee
requests.’’.
(c) FORMAT FOR STRATEGIC PLANS.—Section 306 of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by redesignating
subsection (f) as subsection (g), and by inserting after
subsection (e) the following new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) The strategic plan shall be a single document
that covers the agency as a whole and addresses each of
the elements required by this section on an agencywide
basis. The head of an agency shall format the strategic
plans of the agency in a manner that clearly demonstrates
the linkages among the elements of the plan.
‘‘(2)(A) The head of each executive department shall
submit with the departmentwide strategic plan a separate
component strategic plan for each of the major mission-
related components of the department. Such a component
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strategic plan shall address each of the elements required
by this section.
‘‘(B) The head of an agency that is not an executive
department shall submit separate component plans in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (A) to the extent that doing
so would, in the judgment of the head of the agency, mate-
rially enhance the usefulness of the strategic plan of the
agency.’’.
(d) LIMITED APPLICABILITY TO FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD AND BANKS.—(1) Section 306(g) of title 5, United
States Code (as redesignated by subsection (c)), is amend-
ed by inserting ‘‘(including the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve banks,
but only with respect to operations and functions that are
not directly related to the establishment and conduct of
the monetary policy of the United States)’’ after ‘‘105’’.
(2) Such section is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and
the Federal Reserve banks shall not be required to submit
a strategic plan under this section to the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget.’’.
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO PERFORMANCE PLANS
AND PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
(a) GOVERNMENTWIDE
PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
REPORTS.—Section 1116 of title 31, United States Code,
is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub-
section (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the follow-
ing new subsection:
‘‘(f)(1) No later than March 31, 2000, and no later
than March 31 of each year thereafter, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and
submit to the Congress an integrated Federal Government
performance report for the previous fiscal year.
‘‘(2) In addition to such other content as the Director
determines to be appropriate, each report shall include ac-
tual results and accomplishments under the Federal Gov-
ernment 
performance 
plan 
required 
by 
section
1105(a)(29) of this title for the fiscal year covered by the
report.’’.
(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW OF AGENCY PER-
FORMANCE PLANS AND PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
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‘‘§ 1120. Inspector general review of agency perform-
ance plans and performance reports
‘‘(a) The inspector general of each agency (or a com-
parable official designated by the head of the agency, if
the agency has no inspector general) shall develop and im-
plement a plan to review the implementation by the agency
of the requirements of sections 1115 and 1116 of this title
and section 306 of title 5. The plan shall include examina-
tion of the following:
‘‘(1) Agency efforts to develop and use perform-
ance measures for determining progress toward
achieving agency performance goals and program
outcomes described in performance plans prepared
under section 1115 of this title and performance re-
ports submitted pursuant to section 1116 of this
title.
‘‘(2) Verification and validation of selected data
sources and information collection and accounting
systems that support agency performance plans and
performance reports and agency strategic plans pur-
suant to section 306 of title 5.
‘‘(b)(1) In developing the review plan and selecting
specific performance indicators, supporting data sources,
and information collection and accounting systems to be
examined under subsection (a), each inspector general (or
designated comparable official, as applicable) shall consult
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with appropriate congressional committees and the head
of the agency, including in determining the scope and
course of review pursuant to paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) In determining the scope and course of review,
consistent with available resources, each inspector general
(or designated comparable official, as applicable) shall em-
phasize those performance measures associated with pro-
grams or activities for which—
‘‘(A) there is reason to believe there exists a
high risk of waste, fraud, or mismanagement; and
‘‘(B) based on the assessment of the inspector
general, review of the controls applied in developing
the performance data is needed to ensure the accu-
racy of those data.
‘‘(c) Each agency inspector general (or designated
comparable official, as applicable) shall submit the review
plan to the agency head at least annually, beginning no
later than October 31, 1998. In the case of reviews by
an agency inspector general, such submission shall be
made as part of the semiannual reports required under
section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Not later
than 30 days after the date of the submission of the review
plan to the agency head under this subsection, the agency
head shall submit the review plan to Congress.
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‘‘(d) Each agency inspector general (or designated
comparable official, as applicable) shall conduct reviews
under the plan submitted under subsection (c), and submit
findings, results, and recommendations based on those re-
views to the head of the agency, by not later than April
30 and October 31 of each year. In the case of reviews
by an agency inspector general, such submission shall be
made as part of the semiannual reports required under
section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 1978. Not later
than 30 days after the date of the submission of the find-
ings, results, and recommendations to the head of the
agency under this subsection, the agency head shall sub-
mit the findings, results, and recommendations to Con-
gress.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1115(f) of title 31, United States Code, is amended
in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking
‘‘1119’’ and inserting ‘‘1120’’.
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 11 of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following new item:
‘‘1120. Inspector general review of agency performance plans and performance
reports.’’.
(c) REQUIREMENT TO USE FULL COSTS AS PER-
FORMANCE INDICATOR.—Section 1115(a)(4) of title 31,
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United States Code, is amended by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following: ‘‘, which shall include
determination of the full costs (as that term is used in
the most recent Managerial Cost Accounting Standards of
the Federal Financial Accounting Standards) of each pro-
gram activity’’.
(d) LIMITED APPLICABILITY TO FEDERAL RESERVE
BOARD AND BANKS.—(1) Section 1115 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(g) The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System and the Federal Reserve banks—
‘‘(1) shall not be required to submit a perform-
ance plan to the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and the Budget under this section; and
‘‘(2) shall submit to Congress, not later than
March 1 of each year, a performance plan contain-
ing the information described in subsection (a), but
only with respect to operations and functions that
are not directly related to the establishment and
conduct of the monetary policy of the United
States.’’.
(2) Section 1116 of such title is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Federal Re-
serve Board and the Federal Reserve banks shall not be
required to submit a report on program performance to
the President under this section.’’.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT THE COUN-
CIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Section 1117 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘,
except that the Director may not exempt the Council on
Environmental Quality’’.
SEC. 5. SUBMISSION OF AGENCY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
Section 3515(a) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘the Congress and’’ after ‘‘and
submit to’’.
Passed the House of Representatives March 12,
1998.
Attest:
Robin H. Carle,
Clerk.