that agency leaders, employees, and delivery partners 
regularly use performance information to improve the 
effectiveness and efficiency of government operations 
and to communicate performance information coher-
ently and candidly to inform congressional decision- 
making in conducting program authorization, appro-
priation, and oversight. 
(7) Regular performance assessments, com-
plemented by periodic assessments of Federal pro-
grams, provide critical information on whether pro-
grams are achieving specific performance objectives, 
help Congress and the executive branch identify the 
most pressing policy and program issues, and deter-
mine if specific legislative, operational, financial, or 
strategic reforms are needed to increase program effec-
tiveness and efficiency. 
(8) Programs performing similar or duplicative 
functions within a single agency or across multiple 
agencies should be identified and their performance 
and results shared among all such programs to im-
prove coordination or possible consolidation and, ulti-
mately, performance and results. 
(9) The performance reporting requirements of 
the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, 
along with individual performance and account-
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ability reporting requirements contained in legisla-
tion, are in some cases redundant, and steps should 
be taken to eliminate duplicative performance policies 
and to streamline outdated and unused reports. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this Act are as fol-
lows: 
(1) To improve the Government Performance 
and Results Act of 1993 by implementing perform-
ance assessment processes that seek to assess Federal 
programs on a periodic basis with a particular focus 
on the following: 
(A) Identification by agency leaders of clear 
priorities and setting of outcome-focused, meas-
urable, ambitious targets for those priorities. 
(B) Regular goal-focused, data driven per-
formance assessments to measure progress and 
adjust strategies. 
(C) Accountability expectations that encour-
age managers to innovate, informed by evidence 
and analysis of experience. 
(D) Transparent, coherent, and candid com-
munication of results. 
(2) To use relevant performance and related in-
formation to help agencies make informed manage-
ment decisions, improve the effectiveness of agency 
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and program operations (particularly for those pro-
grams, projects, and activities that are deemed poorly 
performing), and submit funding requests based on 
evidence and other relevant information. 
(3) To provide congressional policy makers with 
information needed to conduct more effective oversight 
and assist in the improvement of agency operations, 
and to make performance-informed and results-based 
authorization and appropriation decisions that im-
prove the effectiveness of program operations. 
(4) To establish the Performance Improvement 
Council as a body that will assist in the development 
of performance measurement and management stand-
ards and assessment methodologies, identify best prac-
tices in Federal performance management, facilitate 
the exchange of information among agencies on these 
practices, and collaborate on and strengthen the effec-
tiveness of agency performance improvement efforts. 
(5) To establish agency performance improve-
ment officers to institutionalize and enhance the stra-
tegic and performance management activities of Fed-
eral agencies. 
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SEC. 3. AGENCY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘agency’’ means an executive 
agency as defined in section 306 of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED FOR 
INCREASED CONSULTATION BETWEEN CON-
GRESS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES ON PER-
FORMANCE MANAGEMENT ISSUES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the head of each Federal 
agency should make every effort to consult with the commit-
tees with jurisdiction over the agency and other interested 
members of Congress each fiscal year regarding the perform-
ance plan and priorities of the agency (required by sections 
1115 and 1120 of title 31, United States Code). 
SEC. 5. PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT
FOR
PERFORMANCE
ASSESS-
MENTS.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘§ 1120. Performance assessments 
‘‘(a) IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH-PRIORITY PERFORM-
ANCE GOALS.—For the purpose of improving agency per-
formance, the head of each Federal agency, in consultation 
with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall identify near-term and long-term high-priority goals 
for purposes of this section. In identifying such goals, the 
head of the agency shall— 
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‘‘(1) rely on the agency’s mission, strategic plan 
and objectives, and statutory directives; 
‘‘(2) consult with Congress, including each ap-
propriate committee of Congress; 
‘‘(3) select goals that— 
‘‘(A) clearly identify agency priorities and 
have performance outcomes that can be clearly 
and objectively assessed and measured; 
‘‘(B) are ambitious targets that have high 
direct value to the public; 
‘‘(C) involve indicators for which the agency 
can collect reliable and timely data that may be 
used in performance assessments to measure 
progress and adjust strategies; and 
‘‘(D) involve multiple programs, including 
programs within and across multiple agencies 
that are performing similar functions, serve 
similar populations, have similar purposes, or 
share common objectives, for purposes of identi-
fying common challenges, exemplary goals and 
practices, common measures of performance, and 
potential opportunities for more effective and ef-
ficient means of achieving goals, including 
through the integration and consolidation of 
Federal functions; and 
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‘‘(4) with respect to a subcomponent of the agen-
cy, ensure the goals are consistent with the goals of 
the entire agency. 
‘‘(b) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS.—The head of each 
Federal agency, in consultation with the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, shall, not less often than 
quarterly for high-priority goals identified in subsection 
(a), and on a semi-annual basis for performance goals es-
tablished pursuant to section 1115(a)(1) of this title— 
‘‘(1) assess progress toward achieving the goals 
identified under subsection (a) and toward achieving 
the annual performance goals for each program activ-
ity established pursuant to section 1115(a)(1) of this 
title; 
‘‘(2) assess whether relevant agency programs 
and initiatives are contributing as expected toward 
the goals identified under subsection (a) and the an-
nual performance goals for each program activity es-
tablished pursuant to section 1115(a)(1) of this title; 
and 
‘‘(3) identify prospects and strategies for per-
formance improvement, including any needed changes 
to agency programs or initiatives. 
‘‘(c) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
In conducting an assessment of agency progress toward 
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achieving the goals identified under subsection (a) and to-
ward achieving the annual performance goals for each pro-
gram activity established pursuant to section 1115(a)(1) of 
this title, the head of a Federal agency, in consultation with 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with relevant personnel within 
and outside the agency who contribute to the accom-
plishment of the goals; and 
‘‘(2) encourage innovation and hold leaders and 
managers accountable for effective and efficient imple-
mentation based on evidence and continuing analysis 
of experience. 
‘‘(d) TRANSPARENCY OF GOALS AND PERFORMANCE 
ASSESSMENTS.—The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall— 
‘‘(1) make available, as part of the President’s 
budget submission and through the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget website and other relevant websites, 
and provide to the congressional committees described 
in subsection (i)— 
‘‘(A) a list of goals identified under sub-
section (a) and reviewed by the Director; 
‘‘(B) consistent with section 1115 of this 
title, annual goals defined by objectively measur-
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able outcomes for each program administered in 
whole or in part by the agency; 
‘‘(C) the methods that will be used to make 
progress toward achieving the goals identified 
under subparagraphs (A) and (B); 
‘‘(D) the expected contribution that different 
agency programs and initiatives will make to-
ward achieving the goals identified under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) and the expected 
timeline for achieving those goals; and 
‘‘(E) the approach that will be used by 
agencies to assess progress toward achieving the 
goals identified under subparagraphs (A) and 
(B); 
‘‘(2) provide a mechanism for interested persons, 
including the general public and members and com-
mittees of Congress, to submit comments on the goals 
being assessed under subsection (a) and the annual 
performance goals for each program activity estab-
lished pursuant to section 1115(a)(1) of this title and 
the methods that will be used to make progress toward 
achieving those goals; 
‘‘(3) provide a mechanism for agency delivery to 
and consideration of comments provided under para-
graph (2) by each relevant agency and adjustment of 
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goals under subsection (a) and the annual perform-
ance goals for each program activity established pur-
suant to section 1115(a)(1) of this title based on the 
comments, with approval of the Director; and 
‘‘(4) make available through the Office of Man-
agement and Budget website a summary of comments 
received under paragraph (2), any adjustment of 
goals under paragraph (3), and any changes to goals 
required by the Office of Management and Budget. 
‘‘(e) TRANSPARENCY OF PERFORMANCE RESULTS.— 
(1) The head of an agency shall ensure that all results of 
the assessments conducted under this section by the agency 
during a fiscal year shall be readily accessible to and easily 
found on the Internet by the public and members and com-
mittees of Congress in a searchable, machine readable for-
mat, in accordance with guidance provided by the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget that ensures such 
information is provided in a way that presents a coherent 
picture of the performance of Federal agencies. At a min-
imum, the results of the assessments conducted under this 
section shall be available on the website of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and also may be made available on 
any other website considered appropriate by the agency or 
the Director. The Director shall also notify the appropriate 
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committees of Congress when quarterly assessments become 
available on the Internet. 
‘‘(2) The performance information related to the assess-
ments of goals in this section and section 1115 of this title 
shall— 
‘‘(A) include— 
‘‘(i) a brief summary of the problem or op-
portunity being addressed and reasons for identi-
fying these agency goals as well as key findings 
of the assessments; 
‘‘(ii) a list of each program and agency con-
tributing to achievement of the goal and the time 
frame for such contributions; 
‘‘(iii) an assessment of the quality of the 
performance measures, and the extent to which 
necessary performance data are collected; 
‘‘(iv) a description of how leaders and man-
agers are held accountable for achieving program 
results, and the extent to which strong financial 
management tools are in place; 
‘‘(v) contextual indicators that provide a 
sense of external factors that can influence per-
formance trends related to key outcomes; 
‘‘(vi) as appropriate, indicators that pro-
vide information about the population being 
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served and to the extent possible, the impact on 
disadvantaged and minority communities and 
individuals; 
‘‘(vii) factors affecting the performance of 
programs, projects, and activities and how they 
are impeding or contributing to failures or suc-
cesses of the programs, projects, and activities, 
and the reasons for any substantial variation 
from the targeted level of achievement of the 
goals; 
‘‘(viii) the process used by the agency to as-
sess progress made toward achieving the goals; 
and 
‘‘(ix) such other items and adjustments as 
may be specified by the Director; 
‘‘(B) describe the extent to which any trends, de-
velopments, or emerging conditions affect the need to 
change the mission of programs being carried out to 
achieve the goal; 
‘‘(C) identify, as part of any performance assess-
ment, practices that resulted in positive outcomes, 
and the key reasons why such practices resulted in 
positive outcomes; and 
‘‘(D) include recommendations for actions to im-
prove results, including opportunities that might exist 
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for the coordination, consolidation, or integration of 
programs to improve service or generate cost savings. 
‘‘(3) The head of each agency shall— 
‘‘(A) use, as necessary and appropriate, a vari-
ety of assessment methods to support performance as-
sessments, including methods contained in reports 
from evaluation centers, in assessments by States, and 
in available Federal program assessments; 
‘‘(B) maintain an archive of information re-
quired to be disclosed under this section that is, to the 
maximum extent practicable, readily available, acces-
sible, and easily found by the public; and 
‘‘(C) consider the relevant comments submitted 
under subsection (d)(2). 
‘‘(f) CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.—(1) With respect to 
performance assessments conducted during a fiscal year 
that contain classified information, the President shall sub-
mit— 
‘‘(A) each quarterly performance assessment (in-
cluding the classified information), to the appropriate 
committees of Congress; and 
‘‘(B) an appendix containing a list of each af-
fected goal and the committees to which a copy of the 
performance assessment was submitted under sub-
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paragraph (A), to the congressional committees de-
scribed in subsection (i). 
‘‘(2) Upon request from a congressional committee de-
scribed in subsection (i), the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget shall provide to the Committee a copy 
of— 
‘‘(A) any performance assessment described in 
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) (including any 
assessment not listed in any appendix submitted 
under subparagraph (B) of such paragraph); and 
‘‘(B) any appendix described in subparagraph 
(B) of paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘classified informa-
tion’ refers to matters described in section 552(b)(1)(A) of 
title 5. 
‘‘(g) INHERENTLY GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTIONS.—The 
functions and activities authorized or required by this sec-
tion shall be considered inherently governmental functions 
and shall be performed only by Federal employees. 
‘‘(h) REPORT STREAMLINING.—To eliminate redun-
dancy, the head of an agency may determine each year, sub-
ject to the approval of the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget and provided that it meets the require-
ments of this section and sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 1121, 
and the first 9703 of this title, that the performance infor-
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mation provided to the public on the Internet is sufficient 
to meet the planning and reporting requirements of such 
sections. 
‘‘(i) CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES.—The congres-
sional committees described in this subsection are the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) The Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(3) The Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
‘‘(4) The Committees on the Budget of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate. 
‘‘(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFI-
CER.—The term ‘agency performance improvement of-
ficer’ means a senior executive of an agency who is 
designated by the head of the agency, and reports to 
the head of the agency, the agency Deputy Secretary, 
or such other agency official designated by the head 
of the agency, to carry out the requirements of this 
section. 
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‘‘(2) PERFORMANCE
INFORMATION.—The term 
‘performance information’ means the results of assess-
ments conducted under this section.’’. 
(b) PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED 
IN EVALUATING SENIOR EXECUTIVES.—Section 4313 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended (in the matter before 
paragraph (1)) by striking ‘‘organizational performance,’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘organizational performance 
(including such reviews of agency performance, conducted 
under section 1120 of title 31, as are relevant),’’. 
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at 
the beginning of chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1120. Performance assessments.’’. 
SEC. 6. STRATEGIC PLANNING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) CHANGE IN DEADLINE FOR STRATEGIC PLAN.— 
Subsection (a) of section 306 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘No later than September 30, 1997,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Not later than September 30 of the second 
year following a year in which an election for President 
occurs, beginning with September 30, 2010,’’. 
(b) CHANGE IN PERIOD OF COVERAGE OF STRATEGIC 
PLAN.—Subsection (b) of section 306 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(b) Each strategic plan shall cover the four-year pe-
riod beginning on October 1 of the second year following 
a year in which an election for President occurs.’’. 
SEC. 7. IMPROVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE. 
(a) IMPROVING GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE.—Chap-
ter 11 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by section 
5, is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘§ 1121. Improving Government performance 
‘‘(a) DUTIES OF AGENCY PERFORMANCE IMPROVE-
MENT OFFICERS.—Subject to the direction of the head of 
the agency, each agency performance improvement officer 
shall— 
‘‘(1) advise and assist the head of the executive 
agency and other agency officials to ensure that the 
mission of the executive agency is achieved through 
performance planning, measurement, analysis, and 
regular assessment of progress, including the require-
ments of this section and sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 
1120, and the first 9703 of this title and section 306 
of title 5; 
‘‘(2) advise the head of the agency on the selec-
tion of agency goals, including opportunities to col-
laborate with other agencies on common goals, and on 
whether— 
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‘‘(A) the performance targets required under 
section 1115 of this title and the strategic plans 
required under section 306 of title 5 are— 
‘‘(i) sufficiently aggressive toward full 
achievement of the purposes of the agency; 
and 
‘‘(ii) realistic in light of authority and 
resources provided for operations; and 
‘‘(B) means for measurement of progress to-
ward achievement of the goals are sufficiently 
rigorous, aligned to outcomes, useful, and accu-
rate as appropriate to the intended use of the 
measures; 
‘‘(3) support the head of the agency, agency Dep-
uty Secretary, or such other agency senior official des-
ignated by the head of the agency in the conduct of 
at least quarterly performance assessments, while 
strengthening the performance management activities 
of the entire agency (including subcomponents) 
through at least quarterly performance assessments 
to— 
‘‘(A) assess progress toward achievement of 
the goals administered in whole or in part by the 
agency, as well as any goals common to that 
agency and other agencies; 
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‘‘(B) identify factors affecting progress and 
benchmarking comparisons; 
‘‘(C) consider actions to improve the per-
formance and efficiency of programs, projects, 
and activities; and 
‘‘(D) hold leaders and managers accountable 
for effective and efficient implementation and for 
adjusting agency actions based on evolving evi-
dence; 
‘‘(4) assist the head of the agency in the develop-
ment and use within the agency of performance meas-
ures in personnel performance appraisals, and, as ap-
propriate, other agency personnel and planning proc-
esses and assessments; 
‘‘(5) assist the head of the agency in overseeing 
the implementation required under section 1120 of 
this title; 
‘‘(6) ensure that agency progress toward achieve-
ment of all goals is communicated to leaders, man-
agers, and employees in the agency and Congress, and 
made public on the Internet; and 
‘‘(7) provide training for agency managers, pro-
gram directors, supervisors, and employees on how to 
use performance targets, measure key performance in-
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dicators, assess programs, and analyze data to im-
prove performance. 
‘‘(b) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF PERFORM-
ANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.— 
‘‘(1) There is established in the executive branch 
a Performance Improvement Council. 
‘‘(2) The Performance Improvement Council 
shall consist exclusively of— 
‘‘(A) the Deputy Director for Management 
of the Office of Management and Budget, who 
shall serve as Chair; 
‘‘(B) such agency performance improvement 
officers as determined appropriate by the Chair; 
and 
‘‘(C) such other permanent employees of an 
agency as determined appropriate by the Chair 
in consultation with the agency concerned. 
‘‘(3) The Chair or the Chair’s designee shall con-
vene and preside at the meetings of the Performance 
Improvement Council, determine its agenda, direct its 
work, and establish and direct subgroups of the Per-
formance Improvement Council, as appropriate to 
deal with particular subject matters. 
‘‘(4) To assist in implementing the requirements 
of sections 1105, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1120, and the first 
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9703 of this title and section 306 of title 5, the Per-
formance Improvement Council shall— 
‘‘(A) 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 Chair may 
specify, recommendations concerning— 
‘‘(i) performance management policies 
and requirements; 
‘‘(ii) criteria for assessment of pro-
gram, project, and activity performance; 
and 
‘‘(iii) how the goals required by section 
1120(a) of this title can inform the Federal 
Government performance plan required by 
section 1105(a)(28) of this title, and lead to 
improved results from and interagency co-
ordination of programs that perform simi-
lar functions; 
‘‘(B) facilitate the exchange among agencies 
of information on performance management, in-
cluding strategic and annual planning and re-
porting, to accelerate improvements in perform-
ance; 
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‘‘(C) monitor the performance assessment 
process required under section 1120 of this title; 
‘‘(D) facilitate keeping members and com-
mittees of Congress and the public informed, and 
with such assistance of heads of agencies and 
agency performance improvement officers as the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
may require, provide members and committees of 
Congress and the public with information on the 
Internet on how well each agency performs and 
that serves as a comprehensive source of informa-
tion on— 
‘‘(i) agency strategic plans; 
‘‘(ii) annual performance plans and 
annual performance reports; 
‘‘(iii) performance information re-
quired under section 1120 (d) of this title; 
‘‘(iv) the status of the implementation 
of performance assessments required under 
section 1120 of this title; 
‘‘(v) relevant impact and process as-
sessments; and 
‘‘(vi) consistent with the direction of 
the head of the agency concerned after con-
sultation with the Director of the Office of 
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Management and Budget, any publicly 
available reports by the agency’s Inspector 
General concerning agency program per-
formance; 
‘‘(E) monitor implementation by agencies of 
the policy set forth in sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 
1120, and the first 9703 of this title and section 
306 of title 5 and report thereon from time to 
time as appropriate to the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, or when appro-
priate to the President through the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, at such 
times and in such formats as the Chair may 
specify, together with any recommendations of 
the Council for more effective implementation of 
such policy; 
‘‘(F) obtain information and advice, as ap-
propriate, in a manner that seeks individual ad-
vice and does not involve collective judgment or 
consensus advice or deliberation, from— 
‘‘(i) State, local, territorial, and tribal 
officials; 
‘‘(ii) representatives of entities or other 
individuals; and 
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‘‘(iii) members and committees of Con-
gress; 
‘‘(G) coordinate with other interagency 
management councils; and 
‘‘(H) make recommendations to Congress on 
duplicative, unused, or outdated performance 
policies or reporting requirements. 
‘‘(5)(A) The Administrator of General Services 
shall provide administrative and other support for the 
Council to implement this section. 
‘‘(B) The heads of agencies shall provide, as ap-
propriate and to the extent permitted by law, such in-
formation and assistance as the Chair may request to 
implement this section. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL DUTIES
OF
THE COUNCIL.—The 
Council— 
‘‘(1) shall develop a website for Federal agency 
performance information; 
‘‘(2) shall link program performance information 
to program spending information on the website 
www.USASpending.gov; and 
‘‘(3) shall submit a report to Congress on the fea-
sibility of creating a single web-based platform for all 
Government spending information and all program 
performance information.’’. 
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(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 6 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall prescribe guidance to imple-
ment the requirements of section 1120 and 1121 of title 31, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) CONFORMING AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1115(g) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1119’’ and inserting 
‘‘1121’’. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘1121. Improving Government performance.’’. 
SEC. 8. ASSESSMENTS AND REPORTS. 
(a) ASSESSMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No less frequently than the 
first, third, and fifth year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and thereafter every three years and 
at such other times as may be requested by Congress, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall as-
sess the implementation of this Act by the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget and the agen-
cies decribed in section 901(b) of title 31, United 
States Code, with emphasis on the matters specified 
in paragraph (2). 
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(J) The progress each agency has made in 
achieving the goals identified pursuant to section 
1120(a) of title 31, United States Code, as added 
by section 5, and established pursuant to section 
1115 of such title. 
(b) REPORTS.—The Comptroller General shall consult 
with the Inspectors General when evaluating program and 
agency performance and shall submit to Congress a report 
on the results of each assessment conducted under subsection 
(a). The report shall include a list of recommendations on 
ways to improve the performance assessment and commu-
nication process and the operations of agency performance 
improvement officers and the Performance Improvement 
Council. 
(c) EFFECTIVENESS ASSESSMENT.—With respect to 
the evaluation conducted under subsection (a) in the third 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General shall include in the report relating to such 
evaluation submitted to Congress under this section the fol-
lowing: 
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of this Act, 
and the amendments made by this Act; 
(2) the impact of this Act on sections 1115, 1116, 
1117, and the first 9703 of title 31, United States 
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Code, and section 306 of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
(3) any recommendations for improving the ef-
fectiveness of sections 1115, 1116, 1117, and the first 
9703 of title 31, United States Code, and section 306 
of title 5, United States Code and reducing duplica-
tion. 
SEC. 9. ADDITIONS TO PERFORMANCE PLAN. 
Section 1115(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(7) describe the existence and current scope of 
the problem that the program is intended to address, 
defined as an outcome that addresses the needs of the 
American people, not an input (such as staffing or re-
sources expended) or an intermediate goal (such as 
teachers or police hired); 
‘‘(8) to the extent practicable, take into account 
the other efforts (if any) being made in Federal, State 
or local governments or the private sector to address 
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the problem described under paragraph (7) and the 
relative cost-effectiveness of such efforts; 
‘‘(9) if the program is not new, describe the 
amount of funds expended in the previous year and 
state the progress made in the previous year toward 
solving the problem described under paragraph (7), 
including evidence of whether the problem is increas-
ing, decreasing, or staying the same; 
‘‘(10) describe the specific level of improvement 
expected to be made toward addressing the problem 
described under paragraph (7); and 
‘‘(11) state the long-term goal for the program 
and when that goal is expected to be achieved or the 
problem described under paragraph (7) reduced to an 
acceptable level.’’. 
Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to require 
quarterly performance assessments of Government pro-
grams for purposes of assessing agency performance and 
improvement, and to establish agency performance im-
provement officers and the Performance Improvement 
Council.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 288 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2142 
[Report No. 111–504] 
A BILL 
To require the review of Government programs at 
least once every 5 years for purposes of assessing 
their performance and improving their oper-
ations, and to establish the Performance Im-
provement Council. 
JUNE 14, 2010 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 
of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and or-
dered to be printed 
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