I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5033 
To improve the Governmentwide management of unnecessarily duplicative 
Government programs and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2016 
Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Mr. RUSSELL) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To improve the Governmentwide management of unneces-
sarily duplicative Government programs and for other 
purposes. 
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, 
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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 
Resolution 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— 
‘‘(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.—Each report sub-
mitted under subsection (a)(2) shall, to the extent pos-
sible— 
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‘‘(1) include— 
‘‘(A) information from available reports es-
timating the cost of unnecessary duplication 
identified under subsection (a)(1); and 
‘‘(B) recommendations for consolidation, 
coordination, and elimination to reduce unnec-
essary duplication, which shall identify specific 
rescissions; 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.’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO ELIMINATION OF UNNECES-
SARY DUPLICATION. 
(a) SYSTEMATIC
AGENCY
REVIEW
OF
OPER-
ATIONS.—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; 
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(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 decision making; 
‘‘(3) assessing potential opportunities to im-
prove coordination within the agency and with other 
agencies, and to address actual and potential unnec-
essary 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 
(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: 
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‘‘(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 enter-
prise 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’’; and 
(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.’’. 
(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’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b)(9), in the matter pre-
ceding 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), 
respectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(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, 
placing the risks into an integrated and interrelated 
portfolio, and prioritizing their mitigation;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (12), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(D) in paragraph (13), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(14) ‘risk’ means the possibility of— 
‘‘(A) an adverse event or phenomenon oc-
curring; or 
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‘‘(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 
(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— 
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‘‘(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— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, in collaboration with 
heads of agency components and mission sup-
port functions,’’ after ‘‘Officer’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘evaluation,’’ after ‘‘meas-
urement,’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘risk management,’’ after 
‘‘progress,’’; and 
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(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 
‘‘(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; 
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‘‘(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 RE-
PORTING.—Section 1125(a)(1) of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘reports;’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘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 re-
port; 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;’’. 
(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 increas-
ing the statutory limit on the public debt’ (Public Law 
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111–139; 31 U.S.C. 712 note) and the High Risk list of 
the Government Accountability Office,’’ after ‘‘makes a re-
port’’. 
(h) EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER 
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND PLANS.—Sec-
tion 3512 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
the following: 
‘‘(C) high-priority enterprise risks are ad-
dressed; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding systems and processes for coordination to 
provide enterprise risk management (as defined in 
section 1115) for high-priority enterprise risks,’’ 
after ‘‘systems of the agency’’. 
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