42 U.S.C. § 12513 — Study of program effectiveness
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-13 to r/title-42-THE-PUBLIC-HEALTH-AND-WELFARE · 245 words · no verdicts yet
Within a year of April 21, 2009, the Comptroller General had to create performance measures for every program funded under the national service laws, covering cost, design, management, and oversight. The Comptroller General must then report to Congress and the Corporation's board every five years on how each program is doing, using those measures.
(a) By 12 months after April 21, 2009, the Comptroller General of the United States had to develop performance measures for every program that gets federal money under the national service laws.
(b) Those performance measures must: (1) rely on research-based, quantitative data as much as possible; (2) account for each program's purpose and design; (3) include ways to judge whether a program is cost-effective; (4) include ways to judge how well a program is administered and managed; and (5) include ways to judge oversight and accountability of the people or groups getting the funding.
(c) Report. Within 2 years after the performance measures were created, and every 5 years after that, the Comptroller General must send Congress's authorizing committees and the Corporation's Board of Directors a report assessing each program against those measures.
(d) Definitions. (1) The terms "authorizing committees," "Corporation," and "national service laws" mean the same as in section 12511. (2) "Program" means an entire program the Corporation runs under the national service laws — for example, the whole AmeriCorps program under subtitle C.
Not later than 12 months after April 21, 2009, the Comptroller General of the United States shall develop performance measures for each program receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws.
The performance measures developed under subsection (a) shall—
to the maximum extent practicable draw on research-based, quantitative data;
take into account program purpose and program design;
include criteria to evaluate the cost effectiveness of programs receiving assistance under the national service laws;
include criteria to evaluate the administration and management of programs receiving Federal assistance under the national service laws; and
include criteria to evaluate oversight and accountability of recipients of assistance through such programs under the national service laws.
Not later than 2 years after the development of the performance measures under subsection (a), and every 5 years thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall prepare and submit to the authorizing committees and the Corporation’s Board of Directors a report containing an assessment of each such program with respect to the performance measures developed under subsection (a).
In this section:
The terms “authorizing committees”, “Corporation”, and “national service laws” have the meanings given the terms in section 12511 of this title.
The term “program” means an entire program carried out by the Corporation under the national service laws, such as the entire AmeriCorps program carried out under subtitle C.1
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–13, title I, § 1712, Apr. 21, 2009, 123 Stat. 1551.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-13 · 123 Stat. 1551
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 111-13 on 2009-04-21.
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