§2953 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

When an executive agency sends an official report or recommendation to Congress about pending or proposed legislation that would cost more than $1,000,000 a year in appropriated funds, and the report asks for new or expanded agency duties beyond what the agency already does, the agency must include estimates of the maximum additional work and costs. That means extra man‑years of civilian jobs (by job type), extra spending for salaries and wages, extra spending for everything else, and any other explanation Congress or the agency wants. This rule does not apply to the Central Intelligence Agency, a government‑controlled corporation, or the Government Accountability Office.

Title 5, §2953

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(a)Each report, recommendation, or other communication, of an official nature, of an Executive agency which—

(1)relates to pending or proposed legislation which, if enacted, will entail an estimated annual expenditure of appropriated funds in excess of $1,000,000;

(2)is submitted or transmitted to Congress or a committee thereof in compliance with law or on the initiative of the appropriate authority of the executive branch; and

(3)officially proposes or recommends the creation or expansion, either by action of Congress or by administrative action, of a function, activity, or authority of the Executive agency to be in addition to those functions, activities, and authorities thereof existing when the report, recommendation, or other communication is so submitted or transmitted;

(A)the estimated maximum additional—

(i)man-years of civilian employment, by general categories of positions;

(ii)expenditures for personal services; and

(iii)expenditures for all purposes other than personal services;

(B)such other statement, discussion, explanation, or other information as is considered advisable by the appropriate authority of the executive branch or that is required by Congress or a committee thereof.

(b)Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to—

(1)the Central Intelligence Agency;

(2)a Government controlled corporation; or

(3)the Government Accountability Office.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 642a.Jan. 16, 1883, ch. 27, § 11; added July 25, 1956, ch. 730, § 1, 70 Stat. 652. In subsection (a), the words, “Executive agency” are substituted for “department, agency, or independent establishment of the executive branch of the Federal Government (including any corporation wholly owned by the United States)” in view of the definition of “Executive agency” in section 105. The exception of “a Government controlled corporation” is subsection (b) (2) is added to preserve the application to corporations wholly owned by the United States. The exception of “the General Accounting Office” in subsection (b)(3) is added to preserve application to the executive branch. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”.

§2953 Reports to Congress on additional employee requirements