,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ecab  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ac1 
#bjbd,mr4 ,peters introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require agencies to      
create consistent organizational        
hierarchies1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,organizing and ,revealing the  
,government's ,construction1            
,hierarchies1 ,appointments1            
,responsibilities1 and ,tasks ,act or   
the ,,org ,,chart ,act4  #b4 ,agency    
organization hierarchies  7a7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,agency ,the term agency-- 7,a7 has the 
meaning given the term in section       
#cccj;f7a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code2 and  7,b7 does not include the   
,government ,accountability ,office4    
7#b7 ,director ,the term ,director means
 the ,director of the ,office of        

,management and ,budget4  7b7           
,organization hierarchy transparency    
guidance  7#a7 ,in general ,not later   
than #a year after the date of enactment
 of this ,act1 the ,director1 in        
consultation with the ,director of the  
,office of ,personnel ,management and   
the ,administrator of ,general          
,services1 shall issue guidance that    
requires the head of each agency to     
create1 maintain1 and periodically      
update an organizational hierarchy for  
the agency that includes-- 7,a7 a       
diagram and list that documents the     
hierarchical relationships between      
offices and functions within the agency 
and each component of the agency led    
by-- 7i7 an individual occupying a      
policy and supporting position 7as      
defined in section #cccj;f7a7 of title  
#e1 ,united ,states ,code72 and  7ii7   
any other relevant official1 as         
determined by the ,director2  7,b7 the  
name and title of each official who     
leads the agency or a component of the  

agency2  7,c7 whether any position to   
which subparagraph 7,b7 applies is      
vacant2  7,d7 whether any official      
described in subparagraph 7,b7 is       
serving in an acting capacity2  7,e7    
with respect to each official described 
in subparagraph 7,b71 a hyperlink to the
 relevant information for that official 
on the website established and          
maintained under section #cccj;f7b7 of  
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 if     
applicable2 and  7,f7 a unique          
organizational code that identifies each
 listed office and function4  7#b7      
,public posting of hierarchies ,the head
 of each agency shall include the       
up-to-date organizational hierarchy of  
the agency created pursuant to the      
guidance issued under paragraph 7#a7 and
 the date on which that hierarchy was   
most recently verified as accurate--    
7,a7 with respect to an agency required 
to submit budget justification materials
 described in section #aje of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code1 as a part of    

those budget justification materials2   
and  7,b7 on the website of the agency4 
7#c7 ,consistency ,to the maximum extent
 practicable1 publicly available human  
capital data produced by each agency    
shall have the same hierarchical        
structure and be consistent with-- 7,a7 
the organizational hierarchy of the     
agency created pursuant to the guidance 
issued under paragraph 7#a72 and  7,b7  
other datasets identified by the        
,director1 in consultation with the     
,director of the ,office of ,personnel  
,management1 in the guidance issued     
under paragraph 7#a74  7c7 ,,gao review 
and report  7#a7 ,in general ,not later 
than #a year after the issuance of      
guidance under subsection 7b77#a71 the  
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to the ,committee  
on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental
 ,affairs of the ,senate and the        
,committee on ,oversight and            
,accountability of the ,house of        
,representatives an evaluation of the   

implementation of this ,act4  7#b7      
,contents ,the report required under    
subparagraph 7,a7 shall include an      
evaluation of-- 7,a7 the quality of the 
information required to be posted under 
this ,act and whether the information is
 complete1 accurate1 timely1 and        
reliable2  7,b7 the consistency between 
datasets described in subsection        
7b77#c77;,b7 and the organizational     
hierarchies created by agencies pursuant
 to the guidance issued under subsection
 7b77#a72  7,c7 any challenges          
experienced by agencies in implementing 
this ,act2 and  7,d7 any suggestions or 
modifications to this ,act or section   
#cccj;f of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 to enhance the information       
provided by agencies pursuant to this   
,act1 including best practices for      
agencies to follow4