A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and for other purposes.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act 
of 2006''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR GUIDANCE.

    (a) Office of Management and Budget Policy Guidance.--Not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to assist 
the heads of executive agencies in improving the management of the use 
of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making 
micropurchases. The Director shall include guidelines on the following 
matters:
            (1) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify 
        opportunities for achieving savings through micropurchases made 
        in economical volumes.
            (2) Negotiation of discount agreements with major vendors 
        accepting the purchase card.
            (3) Establishment of communication programs to ensure that 
        purchase card holders receive information pertaining to the 
        availability of discounts, including programs for the training 
        of purchase card holders on the availability of discounts.
            (4) Assessment of cardholder purchasing practices, 
        including use of discount agreements.
            (5) Collection and dissemination of best practices and 
        successful strategies for achieving savings in micropurchases.
            (6) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify 
        opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring fair 
        participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases 
        consistent with the national policy on small business 
        participation in Federal procurements set forth in sections 
        2(a) and 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a) and 
        644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for participation 
        of small business concerns in micro-purchases.
    (b) General Services Administration.--The Administrator of General 
Services shall--
            (1) continue efforts to improve reporting by financial 
        institutions that issue the Governmentwide commercial purchase 
        card so that the General Services Administration has the data 
        needed to identify opportunities for achieving savings; and
            (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major 
        vendors accepting the purchase card so that any Federal 
        Government purchaser using the purchase card can benefit from 
        such point-of-sale discounts.
    (c) Agency Reporting Requirement.--The senior procurement executive 
for each executive agency shall, as directed by the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, submit to the Director periodic 
reports on the actions taken in such executive agency pursuant to the 
guidelines issued under subsection (a).
    (d) Congressional Oversight.--Not later than December 31 of the 
year following the year in which this Act is enacted, and December 31 
of each of the ensuing three years, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report summarizing 
the progress made during the fiscal year ending in the year in which 
such report is due--
            (1) in improving the management of the use of the 
        Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making 
        micropurchases; and
            (2) in achieving savings in micropurchases made with such 
        card, expressed in terms of average savings achieved by each 
        executive agency in the use of discount agreements identified 
        in subsection (a) and the total savings achieved 
        Governmentwide.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement 
        Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
            (2) The term ``micropurchase'' means a purchase in an 
        amount not in excess of the micropurchase threshold, as defined 
        in section 32 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 428).

SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH FEDERAL TAX DEBT.

    The General Services Administration, in conjunction with the 
Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Management Service, shall 
develop procedures to subject purchase card payments to Federal 
contractors to the Federal Payment Levy program.

SEC. 4. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Annual Reports Required.--The Administrator of the General 
Services shall submit annually to the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives a report on all first class and 
business class travel by employees of each executive agency undertaken 
at the expense of the Federal Government.
    (b) Content.--The reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum, with respect to each travel by first class 
or business class--
            (1) the names of each traveler;
            (2) the date of travel;
            (3) the points of origination and destination;
            (4) the cost of the first class or business class travel; 
        and
            (5) the cost difference between such travel and travel by 
        coach class.
    (c) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
``executive agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 4 of 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).

            Passed the Senate June 6, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
109th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 457

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                                 AN ACT

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
       guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of 
micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and 
                          for other purposes.

Summary: Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines to assist executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases. Requires such guidelines to cover an analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring: (1) fair participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases, consistent with the national policy on small business participation in federal procurements set forth in the Small Business Act. And (2) dissemination of best practices for participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases. Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to continue efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue such a card so that GSA has the data needed to: (1) identify opportunities for achieving savings. And (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting it so that any federal government purchaser using it can benefit from such discounts. Requires the senior procurement executive for each executive agency, as directed by OMB, to report periodically to OMB on the actions taken in the agency pursuant to the guidelines. Requires OMB to report annually to specified congressional committees on the progress made in: (1) improving management of the use of the purchase card. And (2) achieving certain savings in micropurchases made with it. Requires GSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Financial Management Service, to develop procedures to subject to the Federal Payment Levy program any purchase card payments to federal contractors. Requires GSA to report annually to specified congressional committees on all first class and business class travel by executive agency employees undertaken at federal expense.