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§17144 Omb Government Efficiency Reports and Scorecards

Title 42 › CHAPTER 152 — ENERGY INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY › SUBCHAPTER IV — ENERGY SAVINGS IN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS › Part B — Energy Efficiency in Federal Agencies › § 17144

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

By April 1 each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget must send a Government efficiency report to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs. The report must summarize agency reports under section 17143, evaluate how the Federal Government is doing toward the law’s goals and amendments, recommend actions to meet those goals, and include agency compliance information in any annual energy scorecard.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §17144

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(a)Reports
Not later than April 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit an annual Government efficiency report to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, which shall contain— (1)
(2)an evaluation of the overall progress of the Federal Government toward achieving the goals of this title and the amendments made by this title; and
(3)recommendations for additional actions necessary to meet the goals of this title 1 and the amendments made by this title.1
(b)Scorecards
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall include in any annual energy scorecard the Director is otherwise required to submit a description of the compliance of each agency with the requirements of this title 1 and the amendments made by this title.1

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, is title V of Pub. L. 110–140, which enacted this subchapter, part D (§ 8279) of subchapter III of chapter 91 of this title, and section 1824, 2162a, and 2169 of Title 2, The Congress, amended section 6325, 6834, 8256, 8258, 8259b, 8287, and 8287c of this title, section 2162 of Title 2, section 2913 of Title 10, Armed Forces, section 3203 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, and section 2621 of Title 16, Conservation, and enacted provisions set out as a note under section 8259b of this title. For complete classification of title V to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2019. Committee on Oversight and Reform of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Oversight and Accountability of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023.

Effective Date

Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110–140, set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.

Reference

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 17144

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110