I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 470 
To improve the efficiency of Federal Executive Boards to enhance the coordi-
nation, economy, and effectiveness of Federal agency activities, including 
emergency preparedness and continuity of operations, in geographic areas 
outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 
Mr. CONNOLLY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To improve the efficiency of Federal Executive Boards to 
enhance the coordination, economy, and effectiveness of 
Federal agency activities, including emergency prepared-
ness and continuity of operations, in geographic areas 
outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Executive 
Board Efficiency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BOARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1106. Federal executive boards 
‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are 
to— 
‘‘(1) strengthen the coordination of Government 
activities; 
‘‘(2) facilitate interagency collaboration to im-
prove the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal pro-
grams; 
‘‘(3) facilitate communication and collaboration 
on Federal emergency preparedness and continuity 
of operations for the Federal workforce in applicable 
geographic areas; and 
‘‘(4) provide stable funding for Federal Execu-
tive Boards. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’— 
‘‘(A) means an Executive agency as de-
fined under section 105; and 
‘‘(B) shall not include the Government Ac-
countability Office. 
‘‘(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management. 
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‘‘(3) FEDERAL EXECUTIVE BOARD.—The term 
‘Federal Executive Board’ means an interagency en-
tity established by the Director, in consultation with 
the headquarters of appropriate agencies, in a geo-
graphic area with a high concentration of Federal 
employees outside the Washington, DC, metropolitan 
area to strengthen the management and administra-
tion of agency activities and coordination among 
local Federal officers to implement national initia-
tives in that geographic area. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall establish 
Federal Executive Boards in geographic areas out-
side the Washington, DC, metropolitan area. Before 
establishing Federal Executive Boards that are not 
in existence on the date of enactment of this section, 
the Director shall consult with the headquarters of 
appropriate agencies to determine the number and 
location of the Federal Executive Boards. 
‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—Each Federal Executive 
Board for a geographic area shall consist of an ap-
propriate senior officer for each agency in that geo-
graphic area. The appropriate senior officer may 
designate, by title of office, an alternate representa-
tive who shall attend meetings and otherwise rep-
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resent the agency on the Federal Executive Board in 
the absence of the appropriate senior officer. An al-
ternate representative shall be a senior officer in the 
agency. 
‘‘(3) 
LOCATION
OF
FEDERAL
EXECUTIVE 
BOARDS.—In determining the location for the estab-
lishment of Federal Executive Boards, the Director 
shall consider— 
‘‘(A) whether a Federal Executive Board 
exists in a geographic area on the date of enact-
ment of this section; 
‘‘(B) whether a geographic area has a 
strong, viable, and active Federal Executive As-
sociation; 
‘‘(C) whether the Federal Executive Asso-
ciation of a geographic area petitions the Direc-
tor to become a Federal Executive Board; and 
‘‘(D) such other factors as the Director 
and the headquarters of appropriate agencies 
consider relevant. 
‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide 
for the administration and oversight of Federal Ex-
ecutive Boards, including— 
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‘‘(A) establishing staffing policies in con-
sultation with the headquarters of agencies par-
ticipating in Federal Executive Boards; 
‘‘(B) designating an agency to staff each 
Federal 
Executive 
Board 
based 
on 
rec-
ommendations from that Federal Executive 
Board; 
‘‘(C) establishing communications policies 
for the dissemination of information to agen-
cies; 
‘‘(D) in consultation with the headquarters 
of appropriate agencies, establishing perform-
ance standards for the Federal Executive Board 
staff; 
‘‘(E) developing accountability initiatives 
to ensure Federal Executive Boards are meet-
ing performance standards; and 
‘‘(F) 
administering 
Federal 
Executive 
Board funding through the fund established in 
subsection (f). 
‘‘(2) STAFFING.—In making designations under 
paragraph (1)(B), the Director shall give preference 
to agencies staffing Federal Executive Boards. 
‘‘(e) GOVERNANCE AND ACTIVITIES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Federal Executive 
Board shall— 
‘‘(A) subject to the approval of the Direc-
tor, adopt by-laws or other rules for the inter-
nal governance of the Federal Executive Board; 
‘‘(B) elect a Chairperson from among the 
members of the Federal Executive Board, who 
shall serve for a set term; 
‘‘(C) serve as an instrument of outreach 
for the national headquarters of agencies relat-
ing to agency activities in the geographic area; 
‘‘(D) provide a forum for the exchange of 
information relating to programs and manage-
ment methods and problems— 
‘‘(i) 
between 
the 
national 
head-
quarters of agencies and the field; and 
‘‘(ii) among field elements in the geo-
graphic area; 
‘‘(E) develop local coordinated approaches 
to the development and operation of programs 
that have common characteristics; 
‘‘(F) communicate management initiatives 
and other concerns from Federal officers and 
employees in the Washington, DC, area to Fed-
eral officers and employees in the geographic 
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area to achieve better mutual understanding 
and support; 
‘‘(G) develop relationships with State and 
local governments and nongovernmental organi-
zations to help fulfill the roles and responsibil-
ities of that Board; 
‘‘(H) in coordination with appropriate 
agencies and consistent with any relevant 
memoranda of understanding between the Of-
fice of Personnel Management and such agen-
cies, facilitate communication, collaboration, 
and training to prepare the Federal workforce 
for emergencies and continuity of operations; 
and 
‘‘(I) take other actions as agreed to by the 
Federal Executive Board and the Director. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATION OF CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.— 
The facilitation of communication, collaboration, and 
training described under paragraph (1)(H) shall, 
when appropriate, be coordinated and defined 
through memoranda of understanding entered into 
between the Director and headquarters of appro-
priate agencies. 
‘‘(f) FUNDING.— 
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