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Union Calendar No. 288 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2142 
[Report No. 111–504] 
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 Improvement Council. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 28, 2009 
Mr. CUELLAR (for himself and Mr. MOORE of Kansas) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
JUNE 14, 2010 
Additional sponsors: Ms. HERSETH SANDLIN, Mr. WILSON of Ohio, Mr. 
BOREN, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. COSTA, Mr. BOYD, 
Mr. HILL, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Ms. KOSMAS, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. 
DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. SHULER, Mr. CHANDLER, Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. 
HOLDEN, Mrs. DAHLKEMPER, Mr. BACA, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. CHILDERS, 
Mr. DONNELLY of Indiana, Mr. ELLSWORTH, Ms. GIFFORDS, Mr. MAR-
SHALL, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. SALAZAR, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. SPACE, Mr. 
BRIGHT, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. ARCURI, Mr. TANNER, Mr. KRATOVIL, Mr. 
ROSS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. MURPHY 
of New York, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. SCHIFF, 
Mr. MINNICK, Mr. PATRICK J. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FOSTER, 
Mr. ALTMIRE, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. GORDON of Tennessee, 
Mr. BARROW, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. NYE, Mr. WELCH, and 
Mr. MITCHELL 
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JUNE 14, 2010 
Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 28, 2009] 
A BILL 
To require the review of Government programs at least once 
every 5 years for purposes of assessing their performance 
and improving their operations, and to establish the Per-
formance Improvement Council. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Performance 
Improvement Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 
Sec. 3. Agency defined. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding the need for increased consultation between 
Congress and Federal agencies on performance management 
issues. 
Sec. 5. Performance assessments. 
Sec. 6. Strategic planning amendments. 
Sec. 7. Improving Government performance. 
Sec. 8. Assessments and reports. 
Sec. 9. Additions to performance plan. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Weaknesses in established management proc-
esses pertaining to the use of information about the 
performance of Federal agencies undermine the con-
fidence of the American people in the Government 
and reduce the Federal Government’s ability to ade-
quately address public needs. 
(2) To restore the confidence of the American 
people in its Government and to increase the Federal 
Government’s ability to adequately address vital pub-
lic needs, the Federal Government must continually 
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