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leaders, managers, and employees in the agency 
and Congress, and made available on a public 
website of the agency. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
Performance Improvement Council, consisting of— 
‘‘(A) the Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget, who 
shall act as chairperson of the Council; 
‘‘(B) the Performance Improvement Officer 
from each agency defined in section 901(b) of 
this title; 
‘‘(C) other Performance Improvement Offi-
cers as determined appropriate by the chair-
person; and 
‘‘(D) other individuals as determined ap-
propriate by the chairperson. 
‘‘(2) FUNCTION.—The Performance Improvement 
Council shall— 
‘‘(A) be convened by the chairperson or the 
designee of the chairperson, who shall preside at 
the meetings of the Performance Improvement 
Council, determine its agenda, direct its work, 
and establish and direct subgroups of the Per-
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formance Improvement Council, as appropriate, 
to deal with particular subject matters; 
‘‘(B) assist the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget to improve the per-
formance of the Federal Government and achieve 
the Federal Government priority goals; 
‘‘(C) assist the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget in implementing the 
planning, reporting, and use of performance in-
formation requirements related to the Federal 
Government priority goals provided under sec-
tions 1115, 1120, 1121, and 1122 of this title; 
‘‘(D) work to resolve specific Government-
wide or crosscutting performance issues, as nec-
essary; 
‘‘(E) facilitate the exchange among agencies 
of practices that have led to performance im-
provements within specific programs, agencies, 
or across agencies; 
‘‘(F) coordinate with other interagency 
management councils; 
‘‘(G) seek advice and information as appro-
priate from nonmember agencies, particularly 
smaller agencies;
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‘‘(H) consider the performance improvement 
experiences of corporations, nonprofit organiza-
tions, foreign, State, and local governments, Gov-
ernment employees, public sector unions, and 
customers of Government services; 
‘‘(I) receive such assistance, information 
and advice from agencies as the Council may re-
quest, which agencies shall provide to the extent 
permitted by law; and 
‘‘(J) develop and submit to the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, or when 
appropriate to the President through the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget, at 
times and in such formats as the chairperson 
may specify, recommendations to streamline and 
improve performance management policies and 
requirements. 
‘‘(3) SUPPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of 
General Services shall provide administrative 
and other support for the Council to implement 
this section. 
‘‘(B) PERSONNEL.—The heads of agencies 
with Performance Improvement Officers serving 
on the Council shall, as appropriate and to the
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extent permitted by law, provide at the request 
of the chairperson of the Performance Improve-
ment Council up to 2 personnel authorizations to 
serve at the direction of the chairperson.’’. 
SEC. 10. FORMAT OF PERFORMANCE PLANS AND REPORTS. 
(a) SEARCHABLE, MACHINE-READABLE PLANS
AND 
REPORTS.—For fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year there-
after, each agency required to produce strategic plans, per-
formance plans, and performance updates in accordance 
with the amendments made by this Act shall— 
(1) not incur expenses for the printing of stra-
tegic plans, performance plans, and performance re-
ports for release external to the agency, except when 
providing such documents to the Congress; 
(2) produce such plans and reports in searchable, 
machine-readable formats; and 
(3) make such plans and reports available on the 
website described under section 1122 of title 31, 
United States Code. 
(b) WEB-BASED PERFORMANCE PLANNING AND RE-
PORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2012, 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall issue guidance to agencies to provide concise 
and timely performance information for publication
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on the website described under section 1122 of title 31, 
United States Code, including, at a minimum, all re-
quirements of sections 1115 and 1116 of title 31, 
United States Code, except for section 1115(e). 
(2) HIGH-PRIORITY
GOALS.—For agencies re-
quired to develop agency priority goals under section 
1120(b) of title 31, United States Code, the perform-
ance information required under this section shall be 
merged with the existing information required under 
section 1122 of title 31, United States Code. 
(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing guidance 
under this subsection, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall take into consideration 
the experiences of agencies in making consolidated 
performance planning and reporting information 
available on the website as required under section 
1122 of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 11. REDUCING DUPLICATIVE AND OUTDATED AGENCY 
REPORTING. 
(a) BUDGET CONTENTS.—Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating second paragraph (33) as 
paragraph (35); and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(37) the list of plans and reports, as provided 
for under section 1125, that agencies identified for 
elimination or consolidation because the plans and re-
ports are determined outdated or duplicative of other 
required plans and reports.’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AGENCY REPORT-
ING.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is further 
amended by adding after section 1124 (as added by section 
9 of this Act) the following: 
‘‘§ 1125. Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting 
‘‘(a) AGENCY IDENTIFICATION OF UNNECESSARY RE-
PORTS.—Annually, based on guidance provided by the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chief 
Operating Officer at each agency shall— 
‘‘(1) compile a list that identifies all plans and 
reports the agency produces for Congress, in accord-
ance with statutory requirements or as directed in 
congressional reports; 
‘‘(2) analyze the list compiled under paragraph 
(1), identify which plans and reports are outdated or 
duplicative of other required plans and reports, and 
refine the list to include only the plans and reports 
identified to be outdated or duplicative; 
‘‘(3) consult with the congressional committees 
that receive the plans and reports identified under
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paragraph (2) to determine whether those plans and 
reports are no longer useful to the committees and 
could be eliminated or consolidated with other plans 
and reports; and 
‘‘(4) provide a total count of plans and reports 
compiled under paragraph (1) and the list of out-
dated and duplicative reports identified under para-
graph (2) to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
‘‘(b) PLANS AND REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) FIRST YEAR.—During the first year of im-
plementation of this section, the list of plans and re-
ports identified by each agency as outdated or dupli-
cative shall be not less than 10 percent of all plans 
and reports identified under subsection (a)(1). 
‘‘(2) SUBSEQUENT
YEARS.—In each year fol-
lowing the first year described under paragraph (1), 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall determine the minimum percent of plans and 
reports to be identified as outdated or duplicative on 
each list of plans and reports. 
‘‘(c) REQUEST FOR ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY 
REPORTS.—In addition to including the list of plans and 
reports determined to be outdated or duplicative by each 
agency in the budget of the United States Government, as
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of title 5, United States Code, to incorporate the key skills 
identified under subsection (a) into training for relevant 
employees at each agency. 
SEC. 13. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) The table of contents for chapter 3 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to 
section 306 and inserting the following: 
‘‘306. Agency strategic plans.’’. 
(b) The table of contents for chapter 11 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by striking the items relat-
ing to section 1115 and 1116 and inserting the following: 
‘‘1115. Federal Government and agency performance plans. 
‘‘1116. Agency performance reporting.’’. 
(c) The table of contents for chapter 11 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘1120. Federal Government and agency priority goals. 
‘‘1121. Quarterly priority progress reviews and use of performance information. 
‘‘1122. Transparency of programs, priority goals, and results. 
‘‘1123. Chief Operating Officers. 
‘‘1124. Performance Improvement Officers and the Performance Improvement 
Council. 
‘‘1125. Elimination of unnecessary agency reporting.’’. 
SEC. 14. IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS ACT. 
(a) INTERIM PLANNING AND REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall coordinate with agen-
cies to develop interim Federal Government priority 
goals and submit interim Federal Government per-
formance plans consistent with the requirements of
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this Act beginning with the submission of the fiscal 
year 2013 Budget of the United States Government. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each agency shall— 
(A) not later than February 6, 2012, make 
adjustments to its strategic plan to make the 
plan consistent with the requirements of this Act; 
(B) prepare and submit performance plans 
consistent with the requirements of this Act, in-
cluding the identification of agency priority 
goals, beginning with the performance plan for 
fiscal year 2013; and 
(C) make performance reporting updates 
consistent with the requirements of this Act be-
ginning in fiscal year 2012. 
(3) QUARTERLY REVIEWS.—The quarterly pri-
ority progress reviews required under this Act shall 
begin— 
(A) with the first full quarter beginning on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act for 
agencies based on the agency priority goals con-
tained in the Analytical Perspectives volume of 
the Fiscal Year 2011 Budget of the United States 
Government; and
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(B) with the quarter ending June 30, 2012 
for the interim Federal Government priority 
goals. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall prepare guidance for agencies in 
carrying out the interim planning and reporting activities 
required under subsection (a), in addition to other guidance 
as required for implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 15. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT AND LEGISLATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as limiting the ability of Congress to establish, 
amend, suspend, or annul a goal of the Federal Government 
or an agency. 
(b) GAO REVIEWS.— 
(1) INTERIM PLANNING AND REPORTING EVALUA-
TION.—Not later than June 30, 2013, the Comptroller 
General shall submit a report to Congress that in-
cludes— 
(A) an evaluation of the implementation of 
the interim planning and reporting activities 
conducted under section 14 of this Act; and 
(B) any recommendations for improving 
implementation of this Act as determined appro-
priate. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION EVALUATIONS.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General 
shall evaluate the implementation of this Act 
subsequent to the interim planning and report-
ing activities evaluated in the report submitted 
to Congress under paragraph (1). 
(B) AGENCY IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(i) EVALUATIONS.—The Comptroller 
General shall evaluate how implementation 
of this Act is affecting performance manage-
ment at the agencies described in section 
901(b) of title 31, United States Code, in-
cluding whether performance management 
is being used by those agencies to improve 
the efficiency and effectiveness of agency 
programs. 
(ii) REPORTS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress— 
(I) an initial report on the eval-
uation under clause (i), not later than 
September 30, 2015; and 
(II) a subsequent report on the 
evaluation under clause (i), not later 
than September 30, 2017. 
(C) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PLANNING AND 
REPORTING IMPLEMENTATION.—
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(i) EVALUATIONS.—The Comptroller 
General shall evaluate the implementation 
of the Federal Government priority goals, 
Federal Government performance plans and 
related reporting required by this Act. 
(ii) REPORTS.—The Comptroller Gen-
eral shall submit to Congress— 
(I) an initial report on the eval-
uation under clause (i), not later than 
September 30, 2015; and 
(II) subsequent reports on the 
evaluation under clause (i), not later 
than September 30, 2017 and every 4 
years thereafter. 
(D) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Comptroller 
General shall include in the reports required by 
subparagraphs (B) and (C) any recommenda-
tions for improving implementation of this Act 
and for streamlining the planning and reporting 
requirements of the Government Performance 
and Results Act of 1993. 
Attest: 
Secretary.