(B) STATUS.—An alternate member shall 
be the deputy or principal assistant to the 
member or another senior official of the organi-
zation of the member. 
(d) OFFICERS AND ORGANIZATION.— 
(1) BYLAWS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal Execu-
tive Board shall adopt bylaws or other rules for 
the internal governance of the Board, subject to 
the approval of the Director. 
(B) CONTENTS.—The bylaws described in 
subparagraph (A), and other rules of a Federal 
Executive Board, may reflect the particular 
needs, resources, and customs of the Board, if 
those bylaws and rules are not inconsistent with 
this section or the directives of the President or 
the Director. 
(C) CONFLICTS.—If bylaws or rules de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) conflict with this 
section or the directives of the President or the 
Director, those bylaws or rules, as applicable, 
shall have no force or effect. 
(2) CHAIR.—Each Federal Executive Board 
shall have a Chair, who shall be elected by the mem-
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bers of the Board and who shall serve for a term of 
office of not more than 1 year. 
(3) STAFF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—As the members of a 
Federal Executive Board determine necessary 
and proper, those members shall designate per-
sonnel from the respective organizations of the 
members to serve as the staff, or otherwise to 
participate in, the activities of the Board. 
(B) OTHER STAFF.—Additional personnel 
beyond the personnel described in subparagraph 
(A) may be engaged, by appointment, contract, 
or otherwise, only with the approval of the Di-
rector. 
(4) TERMINATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Unless otherwise ex-
pressly provided by law, by directive of the 
President or the Director, or by the bylaws of 
the applicable Federal Executive Board, each 
committee, subcommittee, council, and other 
subunit of the Board, and each affiliation of the 
Board with external organizations, shall termi-
nate upon expiration of the term of office of the 
Chair of the Board. 
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(B) REESTABLISHMENT.—A committee, 
subcommittee, council, other subunit, or affili-
ation of a Federal Executive Board may be re-
established or renewed by affirmative action of 
the Board. 
(5) BOARD ACTIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A Federal Executive 
Board may take an action only with the ap-
proval of a majority of the members of the 
Board. 
(B) NO
DELEGATION
PERMITTED.—The 
authority under subparagraph (A) may not be 
delegated. 
(C) CONFORMANCE WITH LAW.—Each ac-
tivity of a Federal Executive Board shall con-
form to applicable laws and reflect prudent uses 
of official time and funds. 
(e) OPM LEADERSHIP.— 
(1) ROLE OF DIRECTOR.—The Director— 
(A) shall be responsible to the President 
for the organizational and programmatic activi-
ties of the Federal Executive Boards; 
(B) direct and oversee the activities of the 
Federal Executive Boards consistent with law 
and the directives of the President; and 
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(C) may consult with, and require the ad-
vice of, the Chair, members, or staff of a Fed-
eral Executive Board. 
(2) ROLE OF REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES.— 
The Chair of each Federal Executive Board shall re-
port to the Director through the regional representa-
tive of the Director and the regional representative 
of the Director shall oversee the activities of, and pe-
riodically visit and meet with, the Federal Executive 
Boards. 
(3) COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Director shall 
maintain channels of communication— 
(i) from the Director through the re-
gional representatives of the Director to 
the Chairs of the Federal Executive 
Boards; and 
(ii) between and among the Federal 
Executive Boards through the Director 
and the regional representatives of the Di-
rector. 
(B) USE OF CHANNELS.—Any agency may 
use the channels described in subparagraph (A) 
to communicate with the Director and with the 
Federal Executive Boards. 
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(C) COMMUNICATIONS
BY
CHAIRS.—The 
Chair of a Federal Executive Board may com-
municate with the Director on recommendations 
for action at the national level, on significant 
management problems that cannot be addressed 
at the local level, and on other matters of inter-
est to the executive branch. 
(4) REPORTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Each Federal Execu-
tive Board shall transmit to the Director, over 
the signature of the Chair of the Board, an an-
nual work plan and an annual report to the Di-
rector on the significant programs and activities 
of the Board in each fiscal year, which shall— 
(i) with respect to each such work 
plan— 
(I) set forth the proposed general 
agenda for the succeeding fiscal year; 
(II) be submitted on or before 
July 1; and 
(III) be subject to the approval 
of the Director; and 
(ii) with respect to each such annual 
report— 
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(I) describe and evaluate the ac-
tivities of the preceding fiscal year; 
and 
(II) be submitted on or before 
January 1. 
(B) OTHER REPORTS.—In addition to the 
requirements under subparagraph (A), members 
of each Federal Executive Board shall keep the 
headquarters of the respective agency informed 
of the activities of the Board by timely reports 
through appropriate agency channels. 
(5) CONFERENCES.—The Director may convene 
regional and national conferences of the Chairs and 
other representatives of Federal Executive Boards. 
(f) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each Federal Executive 
Board shall— 
(A) serve as an instrument of outreach for 
the national headquarters of the executive 
branch to executive branch activities in the ap-
plicable metropolitan area; 
(B) consider common management and 
program problems and develop cooperative 
agreements that will promote the general objec-
tives of the Federal Government and of the sev-
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eral agencies in the applicable metropolitan 
area, which shall be made with the guidance 
and approval of the Director, within the range 
of the delegated authority and discretion held 
by members, alternates, and staff in that area, 
consistent with the missions of the agencies in-
volved; 
(C) provide a forum for the exchange of in-
formation between Washington, DC and the 
field, and among field elements in the applica-
ble metropolitan area, about programs, manage-
ment methods, and problems; 
(D) develop local coordinated approaches 
to the development and operation of programs 
that have common characteristics; 
(E) communicate management initiatives 
and other concerns from Washington, DC to 
the field to achieve better mutual understanding 
and support; 
(F) refer problems that cannot be solved 
locally to the national level; and 
(G) subject to the guidance of the Direc-
tor, be responsible for— 
(i) presidential initiatives on manage-
ment reforms; 
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(ii) personnel initiatives of the Office 
of Personnel Management; 
(iii) programs led by the Office of 
Management and Budget; 
(iv) facilities planning led by the Gen-
eral Services Administration; 
(v) the local Combined Federal Cam-
paign, under the direction of the Director; 
(vi) the sharing of technical knowl-
edge and resources in finance, internal au-
diting, personnel management, automated 
data processing applications, interagency 
use of computer installations, and similar 
commonly beneficial activities; 
(vii) the pooling of resources to pro-
vide, as efficiently as possible, and at the 
least possible cost to the taxpayers of the 
United States, common services, such as 
employee first-aid, cardiopulmonary resus-
citation (referred to in this clause as 
‘‘CPR’’), CPR training, preventative health 
programs, assistance to the aging, blood 
donor programs, and savings bond drives; 
(viii) the encouragement of employee 
initiative and better performance through 
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special recognition and other incentive pro-
grams; 
(ix) the provision of assistance in the 
implementation and upgrading of perform-
ance management systems; 
(x) emergency operations, such as 
under hazardous weather conditions, re-
sponding to blood donation needs, and 
communicating related leave policies; 
(xi) the recognition of the service of 
veterans and the dissemination of informa-
tion relating to programs and benefits 
available to veterans in the Federal service; 
and 
(xii) such other programs, projects, 
and operations as may be set forth in the 
annual work plan approved by the Direc-
tor. 
(2) ADVISORY ROLE.—The Director— 
(A) shall advise the Federal Executive 
Boards on activities in the areas of performance 
appraisal and incentives, interagency training 
programs, the educational development of em-
ployees of agencies, improvement of labor-man-
agement relations, equal employment oppor-
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tunity (including related programs of the Fed-
eral Government), and selective placement pro-
grams for handicapped individuals; and 
(B) may direct a Federal Executive Board 
to address such specific programs, or undertake 
such cooperative activities, as the Director de-
termines necessary or proper. 
(g) ADDITIONAL RULES AND DIRECTIVES.—The Di-
rector may issue further rules and guidance for, and direc-
tives to, the Federal Executive Boards. 
SEC. 12. REPORTS. 
Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and not less frequently than once every 3 years 
thereafter, the Director shall submit to the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-
ate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form of the House of Representatives a report that ad-
dresses the Program, which shall include an analysis of 
any structural challenges facing the Program and rec-
ommendations on measures to strengthen the Program. 
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