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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3165

To require the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to prescribe 

a policy regarding purchase card and travel card programs to provide 

a government-wide system of accountability for such cards. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 24, 2003

Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida (for himself, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE

of Florida, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. CHOCOLA, Mr. HENSARLING, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. SCHROCK, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BARTON of Texas, and 

Mr. PUTNAM) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Government Reform 

A BILL

To require the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy 

to prescribe a policy regarding purchase card and travel 

card programs to provide a government-wide system of 

accountability for such cards.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Purchase Card and 

5 Travel Card Accountability Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. GOVERNMENT-WIDE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY 

2 FOR PURCHASE CARDS AND TRAVEL CARDS. 

3 (a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—The Office of Fed4 eral Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.) is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 41. GOVERNMENT-WIDE SYSTEM OF ACCOUNT7 ABILITY FOR PURCHASE CARDS AND TRAVEL 

8 CARDS. 

9 ‘‘(a) POLICY FOR PURCHASE CARDS AND TRAVEL

10 CARDS.—The Administrator for Federal Procurement 

11 Policy, pursuant to the authority provided in section 6(a), 

12 shall prescribe a Government-wide policy regarding the 

13 use of purchase cards and travel cards by Federal employ14 ees. 

15 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS OF POLICY.—

16 ‘‘(1) APPROPRIATE AND INAPPROPRIATE

17 USES.—The policy shall include definitions of appro18 priate and inappropriate uses of purchase cards and 

19 travel cards. 

20 ‘‘(2) SYSTEM OFACCOUNTABILITY.—The policy 

21 shall include a system of accountability for employ22 ees using such cards, with disciplinary actions that 

23 include reimbursement to the Federal Government 

24 and termination of employment for employees that 

25 violate the terms of the agreements for the use of 

26 such cards. 
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1 ‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH GOVERNMENT2 WIDE FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION.—The policy 

3 prescribed under subsection (a) shall be implemented 

4 through the Federal Acquisition Regulation and shall be 

5 followed by executive agencies in their respective purchase 

6 card and travel card programs. 

7 ‘‘(d) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.—The Inspec8 tor General of each executive agency with a purchase card 

9 or travel card program shall periodically submit reports 

10 to the Administrator on disciplinary actions taken with re11 spect to employees of the agency found in violation of the 

12 purchase card or travel card program.’’. 

13 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

14 in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the 

15 end the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 41. Government-wide system of accountability for purchase cards and 

travel cards.’’.

16 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The policy required by sec17 tion 41 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act, 

18 as added by subsection (a), shall be implemented not later 

19 than six months after the date of the enactment of this 

20 Act.

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