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 ‘‘Getting Results through 
Enhanced Accountability and Transparency Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to increase the efficiency 
and effectiveness of the Federal Government in measuring 
and managing unnecessary duplication, fragmentation, 
and overlap in Government programs and in addressing 
recommendations from the Government Accountability Of-
fice. 
SEC. 3. IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMI-
NATION OF UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATIVE 
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 
Section 21 of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint Res-
olution increasing the statutory limit on the public debt’’ 
(Public Law 111–139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 21. IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMI-
NATION OF UNNECESSARILY DUPLICATIVE 
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall— 
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‘‘(1) conduct routine investigations to identify 
programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with un-
necessarily duplicative goals and activities within de-
partments and agencies and Governmentwide; and 
‘‘(2) submit to Congress an annual report on the 
findings of the investigations under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(b) CONTENTS
OF REPORTS.—Reports submitted 
under subsection (a)(2) shall, to the extent possible— 
‘‘(1) include— 
‘‘(A) information from available reports es-
timating the cost of unnecessary duplication 
identified under subsection (a)(1); and 
‘‘(B) recommendations for consolidation, co-
ordination, and elimination to reduce unneces-
sary duplication, which shall identify specific re-
scissions; and 
‘‘(2) aggregate separately— 
‘‘(A) estimates of related costs reported by 
the Comptroller General for instances of actual 
and potential unnecessary duplication; and 
‘‘(B) estimates of other potential cost sav-
ings and revenue collection reported by the 
Comptroller General during the period covered 
by the report.’’. 
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SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO ELIMINATION OF UNNECES-
SARY DUPLICATION. 
(a) SYSTEMATIC AGENCY REVIEW OF OPERATIONS.— 
Section 305(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and ways 
in which the agency might improve its performance 
toward its mission’’ before the semicolon; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) informing the processes of the agency for 
learning and decisionmaking; 
‘‘(3) assessing potential opportunities to improve 
coordination within the agency and with other agen-
cies, and to address actual and potential unnecessary 
duplication;’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘and performance toward achieving the mis-
sion of the agency’’ before the period. 
(b) CHIEF OPERATING OFFICERS.—Section 1123(b) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’ after ‘‘meas-
urement,’’; and 
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(B) by inserting ‘‘risk management,’’ after 
‘‘progress,’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) address crosscutting program and manage-
ment issues, including opportunities to improve co-
ordination and address unnecessary duplication, 
within and external to the agency using an enterprise 
risk management approach;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by in-
serting ‘‘of mission-oriented components and units 
and mission support’’ after ‘‘management’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘such as the Chief’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘such as— 
‘‘(A) the heads of mission-related compo-
nents and units at the agency and the major 
components of the agency; and 
‘‘(B) the Chief’’. 
(B) by striking ‘‘other line of business’’ and 
all that follows and inserting ‘‘heads of mission 
support functions at the agency and at the major 
components of the agency.’’. 
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(c) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PERFORM-
ANCE PLANS.—Section 1115 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing actual or potential unnecessary duplication,’’ 
after ‘‘crosscutting in nature’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(9), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, including actual or 
potential unnecessary duplication,’’ after ‘‘agency 
faces’’; and 
(3) in subsection (h)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(5) 
through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (13), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) ‘enterprise risk management’ means the 
processes that are used to address the full spectrum of 
risks across multiple programs and organizations that 
are located within a larger entity or initiative, plac-
ing the risks into an integrated and interrelated port-
folio, and prioritizing their mitigation;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(D) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) ‘risk’ means the possibility of— 
‘‘(A) an adverse event or phenomenon occur-
ring; or 
‘‘(B) a beneficial opportunity remaining 
unexploited; and 
‘‘(15) ‘risk management’ means the processes 
that are used to identify, assess, prioritize, monitor, 
mitigate, and report on risks to achieving the mis-
sions, goals, and objectives of a department, agency, 
or program, or group thereof, using resources and 
processes appropriate to the nature of the risks and 
resources available.’’. 
(d) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY PRIORITY 
GOALS.—Section 1120 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by inserting ‘‘and mission support’’ after 
‘‘management’’; and 
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(ii) in clause (v), by striking the semi-
colon and inserting a period; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
through (G) as clauses (i) through (vii) and 
adjusting the margin accordingly; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall consult’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘shall— 
‘‘(A) consider recommendations of the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office in— 
‘‘(i) the annual report submitted under 
section 21 of the Joint Resolution entitled 
‘Joint Resolution increasing the statutory 
limit on the public debt’ (Public Law 111– 
139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note); or 
‘‘(ii) the High Risk list; and 
‘‘(B) consult’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)(vii), as so 
redesignated, by striking the semicolon and 
inserting a period; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘bien-
nial’’ before ‘‘consultations’’. 
(e) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OFFICERS AND THE 
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT COUNCIL.—Section 1124 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with 
heads of agency components and mission support 
functions,’’ after ‘‘Officer’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’ after ‘‘meas-
urement,’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘risk management,’’ after 
‘‘progress,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ‘‘in-
cluding issues relating to coordination and un-
necessary duplication,’’ after ‘‘issues,’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ‘‘and 
with non-Federal stakeholders, including States 
and local governments,’’ after ‘‘exchange among 
agencies’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘and 
mission support’’ after ‘‘management’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(E) in subparagraph (J), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(F) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) establish a public website; and 
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‘‘(L) place annually and archive on the 
website a detailed annual report describing the 
Performance Improvement Council’s— 
‘‘(i) structure (including any commit-
tees or task forces); 
‘‘(ii) budget and relevant sources of 
funds; 
‘‘(iii) staffing, on a full-time equiva-
lent basis (including an accounting of de-
tails from agencies); and 
‘‘(iv) past, current, and planned ac-
tivities.’’. 
(f) ELIMINATION OF UNNECESSARY AGENCY REPORT-
ING.—Section 1125(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘reports;’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘reports, and place the list on a public website, 
which shall include, for each plan or report— 
‘‘(A) a citation to the relevant statutory re-
quirement or direction in a congressional report; 
and 
‘‘(B) an indication of whether and how the 
agency is complying with the requirement to 
produce the plan or report, including a citation 
to the means through which the agency submits 
the plan or report;’’. 
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(g) AGENCY REPORTS.—Section 720(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, including the annual report 
on unnecessarily duplicative goals and activities within de-
partments and governmentwide required under section 21 
of the joint resolution entitled ‘A joint resolution increasing 
the statutory limit on the public debt’ (Public Law 111– 
139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) and the High Risk list of the Gov-
ernment Accountability Office,’’ after ‘‘makes a report’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 666 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5033 
[Report No. 114–853] 
A BILL 
To improve the Governmentwide management of 
unnecessarily duplicative Government programs 
and for other purposes. 
DECEMBER 8, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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