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Government Performance and Results Act of 1993

Public Law 103-62 · S. 20 · 103rd Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Bill Clinton (D) on Aug 3, 1993 · Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor: Sen. William Roth (R-DE)

Cosponsors (20): Sen. John Glenn,

Passage votes

  • HouseUnanimous consent
  • SenateVoice vote
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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 - Requires executive agency heads to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Congress 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 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.

Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 14 actions.

  1. Aug 3, 1993Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 103-62.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Jul 22, 1993PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. Jul 15, 1993FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. FloorFloor · On passage Passed without objection.
  6. FloorFloor · Mr. English (OK) asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
  7. FloorFloor · Considered by unanimous consent.
  8. Jun 23, 1993FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
  9. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
  10. Jun 16, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  11. Mar 24, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  12. Mar 11, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Hearings by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  13. Jan 21, 1993CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
  14. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the Senate
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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.