PUBLIC LAW 103-62—AUG. 3, 1993 107 STAT. 291 range of Government functions and capabilities in measuring and reporting program performance. "(b) Pilot projects in the designated agencies shall include proposed waivers in accordance with section 9703 for one or more of the major functions and operations of the agency, "(c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall include in the report to the President and to the Congress required under section 1118(c)— "(1) an assessment of the benefits, costs, and usefulness of increasing managerial and organizational flexibility, discretion, and authority in exchange for improved performance through a waiver; and "(2) an identification of any significant difficulties experienced by the pilot agencies in preparing proposed waivers. "(d) For purposes of this section the definitions under section 1115(f) shall apply.". (c) PERFORMANCE BUDGETING.—Chapter 11 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 1118 (as added by section 6 of this Act) the following new section: "§ 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 (jovernment 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 Reports. 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, and 9703 of this title, 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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