Title 31, U.S. Code (Selected)

31 U.S.C § 1118

Subtitle II—The Budget Process

Chapter 11—The Budget and Fiscal, Budget, and Program Information

§1118. Pilot projects for performance goals

(a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after consultation with the head of each agency, shall designate not less than ten agencies as pilot projects in performance measurement for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996. The selected agencies shall reflect a representative range of Government functions and capabilities in measuring and reporting program performance.

(b) Pilot projects in the designated agencies shall undertake the preparation of performance plans under section 1115, and program performance reports under section 1116, other than section 1116(c), for one or more of the major functions and operations of the agency. A strategic plan shall be used when preparing agency performance plans during one or more years of the pilot period.

(c) No later than May 1, 1997, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the President and to the Congress which shall—

(1) assess the benefits, costs, and usefulness of the plans and reports prepared by the pilot agencies in meeting the purposes of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993;

(2) identify any significant difficulties experienced by the pilot agencies in preparing plans and reports; and

(3) set forth any recommended changes in the requirements of the provisions of Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, section 306 of title 5, sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 1119, and 9703 of this title, and this section.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES

PUBLIC LAWS

Pub. L. 103–62, §6(a), Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 290 (Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA)) established this section.

References in Text

The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), referred to in subsection (c)(1), (3), is Pub. L. 103–62, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 285. This Act enacted this section and also  sections 1115, 1116, 1117, 1119, 9703, and 9704 of the same title (title 31, Money and Finance). It also enacted section 306 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and sections 2801 to 2805 of Title 39, Postal Service.

GPRA also amended section 1105 of this title, and enacted provisions of law that were set out in the Notes for sections 1101 and 1115 of title 31 of the U.S. Code.

CONSTRUCTION

Law Revision Counsel included the following advisory as to the construction of this section, which indicates the law establishing it also provided that no legal cause of action was created by its enactment. Pub. L. 103–62, §10, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 295  (GPRA) provided that:

“No provision or amendment made by this Act [the “Government Performance and Results Act of 1993”] may be construed as—

“(1) creating any right, privilege, benefit, or entitlement for any person who is not an officer or employee of the United States acting in such capacity, and no person who is not an officer or employee of the United States acting in such capacity shall have standing to file any civil action in a court of the United States to enforce any provision or amendment made by this Act; or “(2) superseding any statutory requirement, including any requirement under section 553 of title 5, United States Code.”

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