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Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

Introduced: January 21, 1993 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 3, 1993
Signed by President.
Aug 3, 1993
Became Public Law No: 103-62.
Jul 22, 1993
Presented to President.
Jul 15, 1993
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.
Jul 15, 1993
Mr. English (OK) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Jul 15, 1993
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H4734-4737)
Jul 15, 1993
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 15, 1993
On passage Passed without objection.
Jun 24, 1993
Received in the House.
Jun 24, 1993
Held at the desk.
Jun 24, 1993
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 23, 1993
Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Jun 23, 1993
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Jun 23, 1993
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7739-7748)
Jun 16, 1993
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 96.
Jun 16, 1993
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Reported to Senate by Senator Glenn with amendments and an amendment to the title. With written report No. 103-58. Additional views filed.
Mar 24, 1993
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Mar 11, 1993
Committee on Governmental Affairs. Hearings held.
Jan 21, 1993
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Jan 21, 1993
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S406)
Jan 21, 1993
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

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AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 509 To provide that certain portions of performance plans may be in an appendix, to clarify the application of th… Agreed to Jun 23, 1993
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 - Requires executive agency heads to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a strategic plan for performance goals of their agency's program activities. Requires such plan to cover at least a five-year period and to be updated at least every three years.

Requires the inclusion of performance plans in the President's budget.

Directs the Director to require each agency to prepare annual performance plans covering each program activity in the agency's budget.

Requires executive agency heads to report annually to the President and the Congress on program performance for the previous fiscal year, setting forth performance indicators, actual program performance, and a comparison with plan goals for that fiscal year. Specifies the contents of such reports.

Authorizes the Director to exempt any agency with annual outlays of $20 million or less from strategic and performance plan reporting requirements.

Allows performance plans to include proposals to waive administrative procedural requirements and controls in return for specific individual or organization accountability to achieve a performance goal.

Requires the Director of OMB to designate: (1) no fewer than ten agencies (representing a range of Government functions) as pilot projects in performance measurement; (2) no fewer than five agencies (selected from agencies in performance measurement pilot projects) as pilot projects in managerial accountability and flexibility; and (3) no fewer than five agencies (selected from agencies in performance measurement pilot projects) as pilot projects in performance budgeting.

Sets forth provisions with respect to strategic and performance planning at the U.S. Postal Service.

Directs the Office of Personnel Management to develop a strategic planning and performance measurement training component for its management training.

What's happening now August 3, 1993

Became Public Law No: 103-62.

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