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31 U.S.C. § 3516 — Reports consolidation
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**(a)**
(1) With the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of an executive agency may adjust the frequency and due dates of, and consolidate into an annual report to the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress any statutorily required reports described in paragraph (2). Such a consolidated report shall be submitted to the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and to appropriate committees and subcommittees of Congress not later than 150 days after the end of the agency’s fiscal year.
(2) The following reports may be consolidated into the report referred to in paragraph (1):
(A) Any report by an agency to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, or the President under section 1116, this chapter, and chapters 9, 33, 37, 75, and 91.
(B) The following agency-specific reports:
(i) The biennial financial management improvement plan by the Secretary of Defense under section 2222 11 See References in Text note below. of title 10.
(ii) The annual report of the Attorney General under [section 522 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section522&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Any other statutorily required report pertaining to an agency’s financial or performance management if the head of the agency—
(i) determines that inclusion of that report will enhance the usefulness of the reported information to decision makers; and
(ii) consults in advance of inclusion of that report with the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and any other committee of Congress having jurisdiction with respect to the report proposed for inclusion.
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**(a)**
(1) With the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head of an executive agency may adjust the frequency and due dates of, and consolidate into an annual report to the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Congress any statutorily required reports described in paragraph (2). Such a consolidated report shall be submitted to the President, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and to appropriate committees and subcommittees of Congress not later than 150 days after the end of the agency’s fiscal year.
(2) The following reports may be consolidated into the report referred to in paragraph (1):
(A) Any report by an agency to Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, or the President under section 1116, this chapter, and chapters 9, 33, 37, 75, and 91.
(B) The following agency-specific reports:
(i) The biennial financial management improvement plan by the Secretary of Defense under section 2222 11 See References in Text note below. of title 10.
(ii) The annual report of the Attorney General under [section 522 of title 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title28-section522&num=0&edition=prelim).
(C) Any other statutorily required report pertaining to an agency’s financial or performance management if the head of the agency—
(i) determines that inclusion of that report will enhance the usefulness of the reported information to decision makers; and
(ii) consults in advance of inclusion of that report with the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and any other committee of Congress having jurisdiction with respect to the report proposed for inclusion.
**(b)** A report under subsection (a) that incorporates the agency’s program performance report under section 1116 shall be referred to as a performance and accountability report.
**(c)** A report under subsection (a) that does not incorporate the agency’s program performance report under section 1116 shall contain a summary of the most significant portions of the agency’s program performance report, including the agency’s success in achieving key performance goals for the applicable year.
**(d)** A report under subsection (a) shall include a statement prepared by the agency’s inspector general that summarizes what the inspector general considers to be the most serious management and performance challenges facing the agency and briefly assesses the agency’s progress in addressing those challenges. The inspector general shall provide such statement to the agency head at least 30 days before the due date of the report under subsection (a). The agency head may comment on the inspector general’s statement, but may not modify the statement.
**(e)** A report under subsection (a) shall include a transmittal letter from the agency head containing, in addition to any other content, an assessment by the agency head of the completeness and reliability of the performance and financial data used in the report. The assessment shall describe any material inadequacies in the completeness and reliability of the data, and the actions the agency can take and is taking to resolve such inadequacies.
**(f)** The Secretary of Homeland Security—
(1) shall for each fiscal year submit a performance and accountability report under subsection (a) that incorporates the program performance report under [section 1116 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1116&num=0&edition=prelim) for the Department of Homeland Security;
(2) shall include in each performance and accountability report an audit opinion of the Department’s internal controls over its financial reporting; and
(3) shall design and implement Department-wide management controls that—
(A) reflect the most recent homeland security strategy developed pursuant to section 874(b)(2) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002; and
(B) permit assessment, by the Congress and by managers within the Department, of the Department’s performance in executing such strategy.
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In this chapter, “executive agency” does not include (except in section 3513) a corporation, agency, or instrumentality subject to chapter 91 of this title.
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**(a)** The Attorney General, by April 1 of each year, shall report to Congress on the business of the Department of Justice for the last preceding fiscal year, and on any other matters pertaining to the Department that he considers proper, including—
(1) a statement of the several appropriations which are placed under the control of the Department and the amount appropriated;
(2) the statistics of crime under the laws of the United States; and
(3) a statement of the number of causes involving the United States, civil and criminal, pending during the preceding year in each of the several courts of the United States.
**(b)** With respect to any data, records, or other information acquired, collected, classified, preserved, or published by the Attorney General for any statistical, research, or other aggregate reporting purpose beginning not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by “the”. 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act and continuing thereafter, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the same criteria shall be used (and shall be required to be used, as applicable) to classify or categorize offenders and victims (in the criminal context), and to classify or categorize actors and acted upon (in the noncriminal context).
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**(a) Defense Business Processes Generally.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that defense business processes are reviewed, and as appropriate revised, through business process reengineering to match best commercial practices, to the maximum extent practicable, so as to minimize customization of commercial business systems.
**(b) Defense Business Systems Generally.—** The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each covered defense business system developed, deployed, and operated by the Department of Defense—
(1) supports efficient business processes that have been reviewed, and as appropriate revised, through business process reengineering;
(2) is integrated into a comprehensive defense business enterprise architecture;
(3) is managed in a manner that provides visibility into, and traceability of, expenditures for the system; and
(4) uses an acquisition and sustainment strategy that prioritizes the use of commercial software and business practices.
**(c) Issuance of Guidance.—**
(1) **Secretary of defense guidance.—** — The Secretary shall issue guidance to provide for the coordination of, and decision making for, the planning, programming, and control of investments in covered defense business systems.
(2) **Supporting guidance.—** — The Secretary shall direct the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Chief Information Officer of each of the military departments to issue and maintain supporting guidance, as appropriate and within their respective areas of responsibility, for the guidance of the Secretary issued under paragraph (1).
**(d) Guidance Elements.—** The guidance issued under subsection (c) shall include the following elements:
(1) Policy to ensure that
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**(a)**
(1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress and make available on a website described in section 1122 a financial management status report and a governmentwide 5-year financial management plan.
(2) A financial management status report under this subsection shall include—
(A) a description and analysis of the status of financial management in the executive branch;
(B) a summary of the most recently completed financial statements—
(i) of Federal agencies under [section 3515 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3515&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(ii) of Government corporations;
(C) a summary of the most recently completed financial statement audits and reports—
(i) of Federal agencies under section 3521(e) and (f) of this title; and
(ii) of Government corporations;
(D) a summary of reports on internal accounting and administrative control systems submitted to the President and the Congress under the amendments made by the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982 (Public Law 97–255);
(E) a listing of agencies whose financial management systems do not comply substantially with the requirements of Section 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. 3(a) 22 So in original. Probably should be followed by “of”. See References in Text note below. the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996, and a summary statement of the efforts underway to remedy the noncompliance; and
(F) any other information the Director considers appropriate to fully inform the Congress regarding the financial management of the Federal Government.
(3)
(A) A governmentwide 5-year financial mana
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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**(a)** The head of each agency shall make available on a public website of the agency and to the Office of Management and Budget an update on agency performance.
**(b)**
(1) Each update shall compare actual performance achieved with the performance goals established in the agency performance plan under section 1115(b) and shall occur not later than 150 days after the end of each fiscal year, with more frequent updates of actual performance on indicators that provide data of significant value to the Government, Congress, or program partners at a reasonable level of administrative burden.
(2) If performance goals are specified in an alternative form under section 1115(c), the results shall be described in relation to such specifications, including whether the performance failed to meet the criteria of a minimally effective or successful program.
**(c)** Each update shall—
(1) review the success of achieving the performance goals and include actual results for the 5 preceding fiscal years;
(2) evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscal year relative to the performance achieved toward the performance goals during the period covered by the update;
(3) explain and describe where a performance goal has not been met (including when a program activity’s performance is determined not to have met the criteria of a successful program activity under section 1115(c)(1)(A)(ii) or a corresponding level of achievement if another alternative form is used)—
(A) why the goal was not met;
(B) those plans and schedules for achieving the established performance goal; and
(C) if the performance goal is impractical or infeasible, why that is the case and what action is recommended;
(4) describe the use and assess the effectiveness in achieving performance goals of an
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Each year, at the same time that the Department of Energy submits its annual financial report under [section 3516 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section3516&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary of Energy shall make available to the public a statement of environmental liabilities, as calculated for the most recent audited financial statement of the Department under section 3515 of that title, for each defense nuclear facility at which defense environmental cleanup activities are occurring.
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TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE
§ 3516
1 See References in Text note below.
this title, as added by section 303(a)(1) of Pub. L.
101–576, would take effect on date on which a resolution
was passed by Congress and approved by the President,
provided that Director of Office of Management and
Budget could, for fiscal year 1991, waive application of
section 3515(a) of this title with respect to any revolv-
ing fund, trust fund, or account of an executive agency,
and described and specified procedures for passage of
the resolution.
WAIVER AUTHORITY
Pub. L. 107–289, § 2(b), Nov. 7, 2002, 116 Stat. 2050, pro-
vided that:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget may waive the application of all
or part of section 3515(a) of title 31, United States Code,
as amended by this section, for financial statements re-
quired for the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 7, 2002] for an
agency described in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
‘‘(2) AGENCIES DESCRIBED.—An agency referred to in
paragraph (1) is any covered executive agency (as that
term is defined by section 3515(f) of title 31, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a) of this sec-
tion) that is not an executive agency identified in sec-
tion 901(b) of title 31, United States Code.’’
REPORT ON SUBSTANTIAL COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONS
Pub. L. 101–576, title III, § 303(c), Nov. 15, 1990, 104
Stat. 2851, directed Director of Office of Management
and Budget, not later than 180 days after Nov. 15, 1990,
to determine and report to Congress on which executive
agencies or parts thereof perform substantial commer-
cial functions for which financial statements can be
prepared practicably under 31 U.S.C. 3515.
PILOT PROJECT FOR PREPAR
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