Title 31, U.S. Code (Selected)

31 U.S.C § 1119

Subtitle II—The Budget Process

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

§1119. Pilot projects for performance budgeting

(a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after consultation with the head of each agency shall designate not less than five agencies as pilot projects in performance budgeting for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. At least three of the agencies shall be selected from those designated as pilot projects under section 1118, and shall also reflect a representative range of Government functions and capabilities in measuring and reporting program performance.

(b) Pilot projects in the designated agencies shall cover the preparation of performance budgets. Such budgets shall present, for one or more of the major functions and operations of the agency, the varying levels of performance, including outcome-related performance, that would result from different budgeted amounts.

(c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall include, as an alternative budget presentation in the budget submitted under section 1105 for fiscal year 1999, the performance budgets of the designated agencies for this fiscal year.

(d) No later than March 31, 2001, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall transmit a report to the President and to the Congress on the performance budgeting pilot projects which shall-

(1) assess the feasibility and advisability of including a performance budget as part of the annual budget submitted under section 1105;

(2) describe any difficulties encountered by the pilot agencies in preparing a performance budget;

(3) recommend whether legislation requiring performance budgets should be proposed and the general provisions of any legislation; and

(4) set forth any recommended changes in the other requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, section 306 of title 5, sections 1105, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, and 9703 of this title 31, and this section.

(e) After receipt of the report required under subsection (d), the Congress may specify that a performance budget be submitted as part of the annual budget submitted under section 1105.

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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY NOTES

PUBLIC LAWS

Pub. L. 103–62, §6(c), Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 291 (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, 1118, 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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