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S 3287 — CFO Vision Act of 2020

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The amendment adds a requirement to evaluate whether controls are operating effectively, including conducting sufficient tests to support a low level of assessed control risk. This change focuses on ensuring that there is a thorough assessment of financial controls in place.

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3287 Reported in Senate (RS)] <DOC> Calendar No.
3287 Engrossed in Senate (ES)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
572 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
3287 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To modify the governmentwide financial management plan, and for other purposes.
3287 [Report No.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1.
116-278] To modify the governmentwide financial management plan, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 12, 2020 Mr.
Enzi (for himself, Mr.
Warner, Mr.
Grassley, Mr.
Johnson, Mr.
Perdue, Mr.
Lankford, Ms.
Hassan, Mrs.
Loeffler, Mr.
Braun, Mr.
Peters, and Ms.
Sinema) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs October 19, 2020 Reported by Mr.
Johnson, with an amendment [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To modify the governmentwide financial management plan, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <DELETED>SECTION 1.
SHORT TITLE.</DELETED> <DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``CFO Vision Act of 2020''.</DELETED> <DELETED>SEC.
2.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS;
GOVERNMENTWIDE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN.</DELETED> <DELETED> (a) Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Financial Officer.--Chapter 9 of title 31, United States Code, is amended-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in section 902(a)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``An'' and inserting ``It shall be the duty and responsibility of each agency Chief Financial Officer to oversee and provide leadership in the areas of budget formulation and execution, planning and performance, risk management, internal controls, financial systems, and accounting.
In carrying out the preceding sentence, each'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) in paragraph (3)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``areas and'' before ``systems'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (D)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) in clause (iii), by striking ``and'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) in clause (iv), by striking ``performance;'' and inserting ``performance and integration of performance and cost information;
and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (III) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(v) annual agency financial statements prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles;''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (C) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph (10);</DELETED> <DELETED> (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (7) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively;</DELETED> <DELETED> (E) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(5) prepare, in consultation with financial management and other appropriate experts, an agency plan to implement the 4-year financial management plan prepared by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 3512(a)(2) of this title and to achieve and sustain effective financial management in the agency, which shall--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(A) be completed within 90 days of the issuance of a governmentwide plan under section 3512(a)(2) of this title;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(B) be revised as determined necessary by the Chief Financial Officer;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) include performance-based financial management metrics against which the financial management performance of the agency shall be assessed;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(D) be submitted upon completion or revision to the head of the agency, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General, and appropriate committees of Congress, and be made publicly available;'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (F) in paragraph (6), as so redesignated-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (i) by striking subparagraph (A);</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (iii) in subparagraph (C), as so redesignated, by adding ``and'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (G) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget,'' and inserting ``, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General, and appropriate committees of Congress, which shall be made publicly available and'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``agency;'' and inserting ``agency, including--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) the progress of the agency in implementing the agency plan described in paragraph (5);</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) the progress of the agency in implementing the governmentwide 4-year financial management plan prepared by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 3512(a)(2) of this title;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(iii) the performance of the agency against financial management metrics established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (iii) in subparagraph (D)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) by striking ``of the reports'' and inserting ``of-- </DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) the reports'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) in clause (i), as so designated, by striking ``the amendments made by the Federal Managers' Financial Integrity Act of (Public law 97-255);
and'' and inserting ``section 3512(d) of this title;'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (III) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) agency spending data published under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.
6101 note);
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(iii) the reporting of the agency under the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of (31 U.S.C.
3512 note);
and'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (H) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (i) by striking ``monitor the'' and insert ``manage the formulation and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) by striking ``, and prepare and submit to the head of the agency timely performance reports;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;</DELETED> <DELETED> (I) by inserting after paragraph (8), as so redesignated, the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(9) be responsible for linking performance and cost information, including the preparation and submission to the head of the agency of timely performance reports that incorporate cost information;'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (J) in paragraph (10), as so redesignated--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) by inserting ``inflation and'' before ``costs'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
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and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (K) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(11) coordinate with senior agency personnel, including the Chief Data Officer, Chief Information Officer, Chief Performance Officer, Chief Acquisition Officer, Chief Risk Officer, and Chief Evaluation Officer of the agency on-- </DELETED> <DELETED> ``(A) the exercise of authorities under this subsection;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(B) the strategic planning, performance measurement and reporting, and risk management functions of the agency.'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) in section 903--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in subsection (a), by inserting ``and who shall assist the agency Chief Financial Officer in the performance of each of the duties of the agency Chief Financial Officer under this chapter'' after ``matters'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(c) Notwithstanding subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, in the event of a vacancy in the position of Chief Financial Officer of an agency, only the Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the agency shall serve as the acting Chief Financial Officer.''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (b) Governmentwide Financial Management Plan.--Section of title 31, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in subsection (a)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``a financial management status report and a governmentwide 5-year financial management plan'' and inserting ``a governmentwide 4-year financial management plan and a financial management status report'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) by striking paragraph (2);</DELETED> <DELETED> (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</DELETED> <DELETED> (D) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (A)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) by striking ``5-year'' and inserting ``4-year'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) by striking ``shall describe'' and inserting the following:
``shall--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) describe'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (III) in clause (i), as so designated, by striking ``5 fiscal years to improve the financial management of the Federal Government.'' and inserting ``4 fiscal years to improve the financial management of the Federal Government in a manner that is strategic, comprehensive, and cost- effective;
and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (IV) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) be developed in consultation with the Chief Financial Officers Council, the Chief Information Officers Council, the Chief Data Officer Council, the Chief Acquisition Officers Council, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, the Government Accountability Office, and other appropriate financial management experts.'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ``5- year'' and inserting ``4- year'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) in clause (iii)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (aa) by striking ``for developing'' and inserting ``for improving financial management systems, including--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(I) developing'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (bb) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(II) linking performance and cost information to facilitate effective and efficient decision making;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(III) eliminating duplicative and unnecessary systems;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(IV) identifying opportunities for agencies to share systems and encouraging agencies to do so where practicable;'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (III) by striking clause (iv);</DELETED> <DELETED> (IV) by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv);</DELETED> <DELETED> (V) by inserting after clause (iv), as so redesignated, the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(v) provide a strategy for reporting performance and cost information;'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (VI) in clause (vi), by striking ``5-year'' and inserting ``4- year'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (VII) in clause (vii), by striking ``identify'' and inserting ``provide a strategy for strengthening the Federal financial management workforce, including identification of'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (VIII) in clause (viii), by striking ``and'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (IX) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x);</DELETED> <DELETED> (X) by inserting after clause (viii) the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ix) include comprehensive financial management performance-based metrics against which the financial management performance of executive agencies can be assessed;
and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (XI) in clause (x), as so redesignated, by striking ``5-year'' and inserting ``4-year'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(3) A financial management status report under this subsection shall include--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(A) a description and analysis of the status of financial management in the executive branch, including the progress made towards implementing the governmentwide 4-year financial management plan, the status of remaining challenges, and cost estimates of improvements to Federal financial management;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(B) a summary of the performance of agencies against the metrics developed and identified by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the governmentwide 4- year financial management plan;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) a summary of the most recently completed financial statements--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) of Federal agencies under section of this title;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) of Government corporations;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(D) a summary of the most recently completed financial statement audits and reports--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(i) of Federal agencies under subsections (e) and (f) of section 3521 of this title;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(ii) of Government corporations;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(E) a summary of reports on internal accounting and administrative control systems submitted to the President and Congress under subsection (d);</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(F) a listing of agencies whose financial management systems do not comply substantially with the requirements of section 803(a) of the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (31 U.S.C.
3512 note), and a summary statement of the efforts underway to remedy the noncompliance;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(G) any other information the Director considers appropriate to fully inform Congress regarding the financial management of the Federal Government.'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (F) in paragraph (4)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (i) in subparagraph (A)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) by striking ``15 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection'' and inserting ``January 31 after the date of enactment of the CFO Vision Act of 2020'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) by striking ``5- year'' and inserting ``4-year'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (ii) in subparagraph (B)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (I) in clause (i)-- </DELETED> <DELETED> (aa) by striking ``Not later than January 31 of each year thereafter'' and inserting ``At a minimum, concurrently with the submission of the budget of the United States Government under section 1105(a) of this title made in the first full fiscal year following any year in which the term of the President commences under section 101 of title 3'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (bb) by striking ``financial management status report and a revised governmentwide 5-year'' and inserting ``governmentwide 4- year'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (cc) by striking ``5 fiscal years'' and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``4 fiscal years.'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (II) in clause (ii), by striking ``revised governmentwide 5- year'' and inserting ``governmentwide 4-year'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (iii) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) Each year, concurrently with the submission of the budget of the United States Government under section 1105(a) of this title, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress and the Comptroller General a financial management status report.'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (G) by striking paragraph (5);</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) in subsection (d)(2)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``;
and'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (C) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) a separate report on the results of the assessment required under subsection (e)(2).'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (f), (g), and (h), respectively;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (4) by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(e) The head of each executive agency shall--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(1) in establishing the internal accounting and administrative controls under subsection (c), identify the key financial management information needed for effective financial management decision making;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(2) annually assess the effectiveness of the internal controls of the executive agency over financial reporting and key financial management information identified under paragraph (1).''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (c) Audits by Agencies.--Section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in subsection (e)--</DELETED> <DELETED> (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly;</DELETED> <DELETED> (B) by striking ``(e) Each financial'' and inserting ``(e)(1) Each financial'';</DELETED> <DELETED> (C) in paragraph (1), as so designated, by striking ``standards--'' and inserting ``standards.'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (D) by inserting after paragraph (1), as so designated, the following:</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(2) As part of each audit under this subsection, the auditor shall--</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(A) evaluate the design of the internal control of the agency over financial reporting and key financial information, as assessed and reported on by the head of the agency under section 3512(d)(2)(C) of this title;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(B) determine whether those controls have been implemented;</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(C) for controls that are properly designed and implemented, perform sufficient tests of those controls to conclude whether the controls are operating effectively and to support a low level of assessed control risk;
and</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(D) communicate controls that the auditor concludes are not suitably designed and implemented or are not operating effectively, as appropriate under applicable generally accepted government auditing standards.</DELETED> <DELETED> ``(3) Audits under this subsection shall be conducted--'';
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``section 3512(a)(3)(B)(viii)'' and inserting ``section 3512(a)(2)(B)(viii)''.</DELETED> <DELETED> (d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 3348(e) of title 5, United States Code, is amended--</DELETED> <DELETED> (1) in paragraph (3), by adding ``or'' at the end;</DELETED> <DELETED> (2) by striking paragraph (4);
and</DELETED> <DELETED> (3) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).</DELETED> SECTION 1.
``(C) for controls that are properly designed and implemented, perform sufficient tests of those controls to conclude whether the controls are operating effectively and to support a low level of assessed control risk;
``(C) for controls that are properly designed and implemented, perform sufficient tests of those controls to conclude whether the controls are operating effectively, including sufficient tests to support a low level of assessed control risk;
Calendar No.
Passed the Senate December 16, 2020.
572 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
Attest:
3287 [Report No.
Secretary.
116-278] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To modify the governmentwide financial management plan, and for other purposes.
116th CONGRESS 2d Session S.
_______________________________________________________________________ October 19, 2020 Reported with an amendment
3287 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To modify the governmentwide financial management plan, and for other purposes.
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Action History

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1043-1044)

  3. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

  4. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-278.

  5. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-278.

  6. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 572.

  7. Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7558-7561)

  8. The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7558-7560)

  9. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S7560-7561)

  10. Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7560-7561)

  11. Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  12. Received in the House.

  13. Held at the desk.

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