31 U.S.C. § 501 Office of Management and Budget

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 31 U.S.C. § 501

The Office of Management and Budget is an office in the Executive Office of the President.

Cite as 31 U.S.C. § 501

Source: Pub. L. 97-258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 886.

current through 8/1/2023

<TABLE> <TR><TD colspan="3">HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>Revised Section</TD> <TD>Source (U.S. Code</TD> <TD>Source (Statutes at Large)</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD>501</TD> <TD>31:16(1st sentence).</TD> <TD>June 10, 1921, ch. 18, §207(1st sentence), 42 Stat. 22; Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1939, eff. July 1, 1939, §1, 53 Stat. 1423; Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff. July 1, 1970, §102(a), 84 Stat. 2085; restated Mar. 2, 1974, Pub. L. 93-250, §1, 88 Stat. 11.</TD> </TR> </TABLE>

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

SHORT TITLE OF 2016 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 114-264, §1, Dec. 14, 2016, 130 Stat. 1371, provided that: "This Act [enacting section 1126 of this title, amending section 503 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 503 and 1126 of this title] may be cited as the 'Program Management Improvement Accountability Act'."

SHORT TITLE OF 1990 AMENDMENT

Pub. L. 101-576, title I, §101, Nov. 15, 1990, 104 Stat. 2838, provided that: "This Act [enacting sections 503, 504, 901 to 903, and 3515 of this title, amending sections 502, 1105, 3512, 3521, 9105, and 9106 of this title, sections 5313 to 5315 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, and section 3533 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, renumbering sections 503 and 504 of this title as 505 and 506 of this title, respectively, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 901, 3511, 3515, and 3521 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note under section 301 of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits] may be cited as the 'Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990'."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Pub. L. 104-53, title II, §211, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 535, as amended by Pub. L. 104-316, title II, §203, Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3845, provided that: "Personnel transferred pursuant to this section, as in effect immediately before the effective date of section 303 [203] of the General Accounting Office Act of 1996 [ Pub. L. 104-316], shall not be separated or reduced in classification or compensation for one year after any such transfer, except for cause."

DISASTER RESILIENCY PLANNING

Pub. L. 117-221, 136 Stat. 2277, provided that:

"SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

"This Act may be cited as the 'Disaster Resiliency Planning Act'.

"SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

"In this Act:

"(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.-The term 'appropriate congressional committees' means-

"(A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and

"(B) the Committee on Oversight and Reform [now Committee on Oversight and Accountability] of the House of Representatives.

"(2) AGENCY.-The term 'agency' has the meaning given the term in section 306 of title 5, United States Code.

"(3) DIRECTOR.-The term 'Director' means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

"(4) REAL PROPERTY.-The term 'real property' has the meaning given the term in section 1.856-10 of title 26, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto.

"SEC. 3. GUIDANCE.

"(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 5, 2022], the Director shall establish guidance requiring the head of each agency to incorporate natural disaster resilience into real property asset management and investment decisions made by the agency.

"(b) CONTENTS.-The guidance required under subsection (a) shall direct each head of an agency to incorporate assessments of natural disaster risk information conducted by the agency, such as from vulnerability and other risk assessments, into real property asset management investment decisions made by the agency.

"(c) MODIFICATION.-The Director may periodically update the guidance required under subsection (a) as the Director may determine necessary for the purpose of further enhancing natural disaster resilience.

"(d) CONSULTATION.-In developing the guidance required under subsection (a), the Director may consult with appropriate entities, including-

"(1) the Comptroller General of the United States;

"(2) the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; and

"(3) any other relevant entities, as determined by the Director.

"(e) REPORT.-

"(1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that describes the guidance required under subsection (a).

"(2) BRIEFING.-Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall brief the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of the guidance required under subsection (a) across agencies."

DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING GUIDANCE

Pub. L. 115-123, div. B, title XII, §21206(c), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 108, provided that: "In order to proactively prepare for oversight of future disaster relief funding, not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act [Feb. 9, 2018], the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue standard guidance for Federal agencies to use in designing internal control plans for disaster relief funding. This guidance shall leverage existing internal control review processes and shall include, at a minimum, the following elements:

"(1) Robust criteria for identifying and documenting incremental risks and mitigating controls related to the funding.

"(2) Guidance for documenting the linkage between the incremental risks related to disaster funding and efforts to address known internal control risks."

PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS

Pub. L. 112-239, div. A, title XVI, §16551655,, 126 Stat. 2083, provided that: "Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this part [Jan. 2, 2013], the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish procedures and methodologies to be used by Federal agencies with respect to decisions to convert a function being performed by a small business concern to performance by a Federal employee, including procedures and methodologies for determining which contracts will be studied for potential conversion; procedures and methodologies by which a contract is evaluated as inherently governmental or as a critical agency function; and procedures and methodologies for estimating and comparing costs. Should a Federal agency develop any agency-specific methodologies for identifying critical agency functions or supplemental implementation guidance, such methodologies and guidance shall be published upon implementation."

SERVICE CONTRACT INVENTORY

Pub. L. 111-117, div. C, title VII, §743, Dec. 16, 2009, 123 Stat. 3216, as amended by Pub. L. 112-74, div. C, title VII, §740, Dec. 23, 2011, 125 Stat. 939, provided that:

"(a) SERVICE CONTRACT INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.-

"(1) GUIDANCE.-Not later than March 1, 2010, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall develop and disseminate guidance to aid executive agencies in establishing systems for the collection of information required to meet the requirements of this section and to ensure consistency of inventories across agencies.

"(2) REPORT.-Not later than July 31, 2010, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to Congress on the status of efforts to enable executive agencies to prepare the inventories required under paragraph (3), including the development, as appropriate, of guidance, methodologies, and technical tools.

"(3) INVENTORY CONTENTS.-Not later than December 31, 2010, and annually thereafter, the head of each executive agency required to submit an inventory in accordance with the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act of 1998 ( Public Law 105-270; 31 U.S.C. 501 note), other than the Department of Defense, shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget an annual inventory of service contracts awarded or extended through the exercise of an option, and task orders issued under any such contract, on or after April 1, 2010, for or on behalf of such agency. For each service contract, the entry for an inventory under this section shall include, for the preceding fiscal year, the following:

"(A) A description of the services purchased by the executive agency and the role the services played in achieving agency objectives, regardless of whether such a purchase was made through a contract or task order.

"(B) The organizational component of the executive agency administering the contract, and the organizational component of the agency whose requirements are being met through contractor performance of the service.

"(C) The total dollar amount obligated for services under the contract and the funding source for the contract.

"(D) The total dollar amount invoiced for services under the contract.

"(E) The contract type and date of award.

"(F) The name of the contractor and place of performance.

"(G) The number and work location of contractor and subcontractor employees, expressed as full-time equivalents for direct labor, compensated under the contract.

"(H) Whether the contract is a personal services contract.

"(I) Whether the contract was awarded on a noncompetitive basis, regardless of date of award.

"(b) FORM.-Reports required under this section shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

"(c) PUBLICATION.-Not later than 30 days after the date on which the inventory under subsection (a)(3) is required to be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, the head of each executive agency shall-

"(1) make the inventory available to the public; and

"(2) publish in the Federal Register a notice that the inventory is available to the public.

"(d) GOVERNMENT-WIDE INVENTORY REPORT.-Not later than 90 days after the deadline for submitting inventories under subsection (a)(3), and annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the Office of Management and Budget website a report on the inventories submitted. The report shall identify whether each agency required to submit an inventory under subsection (a)(3) has met such requirement and summarize the information submitted by each executive agency required to have a Chief Financial Officer pursuant to section 901 of title 31, United States Code.