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[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 1425.
