(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
submit to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report with rec-
ommendations for executive agencies (other than the 
Office of Management and Budget) to more fairly, 
effectively, expeditiously, transparently, and apoliti-
cally oversee studies conducted under the Office of 
Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any 
other related administrative regulation, directive, or 
policy, and enforce the rules that govern those stud-
ies. 
(2) CLARIFICATION OF SCOPE OF REPORT.— 
This subsection does not require the Government 
Accountability Office to examine the rule-making au-
thority of the Office of Management and Budget 
with regard to OMB Circular A–76 or any other re-
lated administrative regulation, directive, or policy. 
(3) 
CONSULTATION
WITH
AGENCIES
AND 
STAKEHOLDERS.—In preparing the report under 
this subsection, the Comptroller General of the 
United States should consult with personnel of the 
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Office of Management and Budget, staffing and 
manpower personnel of other executive agencies, per-
sonnel in the offices of other agencies’ inspectors 
general, and representatives from Federal employee 
unions and contractor associations. 
SEC. 13. ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPORARY SUSPENSION ON 
USE OF OMB CIRCULAR A–76 PROCESS UNTIL 
REFORMS REQUIRED IN THIS ACT HAVE 
BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY IMPLEMENTED. 
No study or public-private competition regarding the 
conversion to contractor performance of any function per-
formed by Federal employees pursuant to Office of Man-
agement and Budget Circular A–76 or any other adminis-
trative regulation, directive, or policy, may be prepared 
for, announced, undertaken, continued, or finished until 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in 
consultation with the inspectors general of the 5 largest 
Federal departments in terms of annual budgets as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act, determines that— 
(1) at least three-fourths of all executive agen-
cies have made substantial progress in the imple-
mentation of all the reforms— 
(A) required in sections 6, 7, 8, and 9 of 
this Act; and 
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(B) enacted pursuant to section 739 of the 
Financial Services and General Government Ap-
propriations Act, 2008 (division D of Public 
Law 110–161; 31 U.S.C. 501 note), under 
which each covered executive agency is required 
to devise and implement guidelines and proce-
dures to ensure that consideration is given to 
using, on a regular basis, Federal employees to 
perform new functions as well as functions that 
are currently performed by contractors; and 
(2) the Office of Management and Budget has 
implemented the reforms to the OMB Circular A–76 
described under section 12. 
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