§ 306. — Strategic plans.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 5USC306]
TITLE 5--GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES
PART I--THE AGENCIES GENERALLY
CHAPTER 3--POWERS
Sec. 306. Strategic plans
(a) No later than September 30, 1997, the head of each agency shall
submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and to the
Congress a strategic plan for program activities. Such plan shall
contain--
(1) a comprehensive mission statement covering the major
functions and operations of the agency;
(2) general goals and objectives, including outcome-related
goals and objectives, for the major functions and operations of the
agency;
(3) a description of how the goals and objectives are to be
achieved, including a description of the operational processes,
skills and technology, and the human, capital, information, and
other resources required to meet those goals and objectives;
(4) a description of how the performance goals included in the
plan required by section 1115(a) of title 31 shall be related to the
general goals and objectives in the strategic plan;
(5) an identification of those key factors external to the
agency and beyond its control that could significantly affect the
achievement of the general goals and objectives; and
(6) a description of the program evaluations used in
establishing or revising general goals and objectives, with a
schedule for future program evaluations.
(b) The strategic plan shall cover a period of not less than five
years forward from the fiscal year in which it is submitted. The
strategic plan shall be updated and revised at least every three years,
except that the strategic plan for the Department of Defense shall be
updated and revised at least every four years.
(c) The performance plan required by section 1115 of title 31 shall
be consistent with the agency's strategic plan. A performance plan may
not be submitted for a fiscal year not covered by a current strategic
plan under this section.
(d) When developing a strategic plan, the agency shall consult with
the Congress, and shall solicit and consider the views and suggestions
of those entities potentially affected by or interested in such a plan.
(e) The functions and activities of this section shall be considered
to be inherently Governmental functions. The drafting of strategic plans
under this section shall be performed only by Federal employees.
(f) For purposes of this section the term ``agency'' means an
Executive agency defined under section 105, but does not include the
Central Intelligence Agency, the General Accounting Office, the Panama
Canal Commission, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Rate
Commission.
(Added Pub. L. 103-62, Sec. 3, Aug. 3, 1993, 107 Stat. 286; amended Pub.
L. 106-65, div. A, title IX, Sec. 902, Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 717.)
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``. The strategic plan
shall be updated and revised at least every three years, except that the
strategic plan for the Department of Defense shall be updated and
revised at least every four years.'' for ``, and shall be updated and
revised at least every three years.''
Construction
No provision or amendment made by Pub. L. 103-62 to be construed as
creating any right, privilege, benefit, or entitlement for any person
who is not an officer or employee of the United States acting in such
capacity, and no person not an officer or employee of the United States
acting in such capacity to have standing to file any civil action in any
court of the United States to enforce any provision or amendment made by
Pub. L. 103-62, or to be construed as superseding any statutory
requirement, see section 10 of Pub. L. 103-62, set out as a note under
section 1115 of Title 31, Money and Finance.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 7 section 3123; title 15
section 638; title 23 section 508; title 31 sections 1115, 1117, 1118,
1119; title 40 section 11315.
