31 U.S.C. § 1120 — Federal Government and agency priority

Page 153 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 1120 ginning on the effective date of this Act [see Effective Date of 2012 Amendment note set out under section 1204 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] and ending at the end of the fiscal year in which such effective date occurs.’’ § 1117. Exemption The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may exempt from the requirements of sections 1115 and 1116 of this title and section 306 of title 5, any agency with annual outlays of $20,000,000 or less. (Added Pub. L. 103–62, § 4(b), Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 289.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CONSTRUCTION No provision or amendment made by Pub. L. 103–62 to be construed as 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 not an officer or employee of the United States acting in such capacity to have standing to file any civil action in any court of the United States to enforce any provision or amendment made by Pub. L. 103–62, or to be construed as superseding any statutory requirement, see section 10 of Pub. L. 103–62, set out as a Construction of 1993 Amendment note under section 1101 of this title. [§§ 1118, 1119. Repealed. Pub. L. 118–190, § 6(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2656] Section 1118, added Pub. L. 103–62, § 6(a), Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 290, designated agencies as pilot projects in performance measurement for fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996. Section 1119, added Pub. L. 103–62, § 6(c), Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 291, designated agencies as pilot projects in performance budgeting for fiscal years 1998 and 1999. § 1120. Federal Government and agency priority goals (a) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIORITY GOALS.— (1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate with agencies to develop priority goals to improve the perform- ance and management of the Federal Govern- ment. Such Federal Government priority goals shall include— (A) outcome-oriented goals covering a lim- ited number of crosscutting policy areas; and (B) goals for management improvements needed across the Federal Government, in- cluding— (i) financial management; (ii) human capital management; (iii) information technology manage- ment; (iv) procurement and acquisition man- agement; and (v) real property management; (2) The Federal Government priority goals shall be long-term in nature. Such goals shall— (A) be updated and revised not less fre- quently than during the first year of each Presidential term; (B) be made publicly available not less fre- quently than concurrently with the submis- sion of the budget of the United States Gov- ernment under section 1105(a) made during the first full fiscal year following any year during which a term of the President com- mences under section 101 of title 3; (C) include plans for the successful achievement of each goal within each single Presidential term; and (D) explicitly cite to any specific contents of the budget described in subparagraph (B) that support the achievement of each goal. As needed, the Director of the Office of Man- agement and Budget may make adjustments to the Federal Government priority goals to reflect significant changes in the environ- ment in which the Federal Government is operating, with appropriate notification of Congress. (3) When developing or making adjustments to Federal Government priority goals, the Di- rector of the Office of Management and Budget shall consult periodically with the Congress, including obtaining majority and minority views from— (A) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa- tives; (B) the Committees on the Budget of the Senate and the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; (D) the Committee on Oversight and Gov- ernment Reform of the House of Representa- tives; (E) the Committee on Finance of the Sen- ate; (F) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and (G) any other committees as determined appropriate; (4) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall consult with the appropriate committees of Congress at least once every 2 years. (5) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make information about the Federal Government priority goals available on a website described in section 1122 of this title. (6) The Federal Government performance plan required under section 1115(a) of this title shall be consistent with the Federal Govern- ment priority goals. (b) AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.— (1) Every 2 years, the head of each agency listed in section 901(b) of this title, or as oth- erwise determined by the Director of the Of- fice of Management and Budget, shall identify agency priority goals from among the per- formance goals of the agency. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall de- termine the total number of agency priority goals across the Government, and the number to be developed by each agency. The agency priority goals shall— (A) reflect the highest priorities of the agency, as determined by the head of the agency and informed by the Federal Govern- ment priority goals provided under sub- section (a) and the consultations with Con- gress and other interested parties required by section 306(d) of title 5; Page 154 TITLE 31—MONEY AND FINANCE § 1121 1 So in original. (B) have ambitious targets that can be achieved within a 2-year period; (C) have a clearly identified agency offi- cial, known as a goal leader, who is respon- sible for the achievement of each agency pri- ority goal; (D) have interim quarterly targets for per- formance indicators if more frequent up- dates of actual performance provides data of significant value to the Government, Con- gress, or program partners at a reasonable level of administrative burden; and (E) have clearly defined quarterly mile- stones. (2) If an agency priority goal includes any program activity or information that is spe- cifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and is properly classified pursuant to such Ex- ecutive order, the head of the agency shall make such information available in the classi- fied appendix provided under section 1115(e). (c) The functions and activities of this section shall be considered to be inherently govern- mental functions. The development of Federal Government and agency priority goals shall be performed only by Federal employees. (Added Pub. L. 111–352, § 5, Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3873; amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. H, title XCVI, § 9601(c)(2)(C), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4828; Pub. L. 118–190, § 4, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2655.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 118–190 substituted ‘‘Such goals shall—’’ and subpars. (A) to (D) for ‘‘At a min- imum, the Federal Government priority goals shall be updated or revised every 4 years and made publicly available concurrently with the submission of the budget of the United States Government made in the first full fiscal year following any year in which the term of the President commences under section 101 of title 3.’’ 2021—Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted ‘‘a website described in’’ for ‘‘the website described under’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Con- gress, Jan. 9, 2019. Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representa- tives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eight- eenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023. § 1121. Progress reviews and use of performance information (a) USE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION TO ACHIEVE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRIORITY GOALS.—Not less than quarterly, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with the support of the Performance Improvement Coun- cil, shall— (1) for each Federal Government priority goal required by section 1120(a) of this title, review with the appropriate lead Government official the progress achieved during the most recent quarter, overall trend data, and the likelihood of meeting the planned level of per- formance; (2) include in such reviews officials from the agencies, organizations, and program activi- ties that contribute to the accomplishment of each Federal Government priority goal; (3) assess whether agencies, organizations, program activities, regulations, tax expendi- tures, policies, and other activities are con- tributing as planned to each Federal Govern- ment priority goal; (4) categorize the Federal Government pri- ority goals by risk of not achieving the planned level of performance; and (5) for the Federal Government priority goals at greatest risk of not meeting the planned level of performance, identify pros- pects and strategies for performance improve- ment, including any needed changes to agen- cies, organizations, program activities, regula- tions, tax expenditures, policies or other ac- tivities. (b) AGENCY USE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION TO ACHIEVE AGENCY PRIORITY GOALS.—Not less than quarterly, at each agency required to de- velop agency priority goals required by section 1120(b) of this title, the head of the agency and Chief Operating Officer, with the support of the agency Performance Improvement Officer, shall— (1) for each agency priority goal, review with the appropriate goal leader the progress achieved during the most recent quarter, over- all trend data, and the likelihood of meeting the planned level of performance; (2) coordinate with relevant personnel with- in and outside the agency who contribute to the accomplishment of each agency priority goal; (3) assess whether relevant organizations, program activities, regulations, policies, and other activities are contributing as planned to the agency priority goals; (4) categorize agency priority goals by risk of not achieving the planned level of perform- ance; and (5) for agency priority goals at greatest risk of not meeting the planned level of perform- ance, identify prospects and strategies for per- formance improvement, including any needed changes to agency program activities, regula- tions, policies, or other activities. (c) AGENCY REVIEWS OF PROGRESS TOWARDS STRATEGIC GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.— (1) COVERED GOAL DEFINED.—In this sub- section, the term ‘‘covered goal’’ means a goal or objective established in the strategic plan of the agency under section 306(a) of title 5. (2) REVIEW.—Not less frequently than annu- ally and consistent with guidance issued by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the head and Chief Operating Officer of each agency,1 shall— (A) for each covered goal, review with the appropriate agency official responsible for the covered goal—