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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 754 

To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by Department of 

Defense personnel. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 2, 2007 

Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. COBURN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by 

Department of Defense personnel. 

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 ‘‘Defense Travel Sim5 plification Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFENSE TRAVEL ACCOUNTING AND VOUCHER 

7 PROCESSING SYSTEM. 

8 (a) REDESIGNATION OF DEFENSE TRAVEL SYS9 TEM.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall redesigVerDate Aug 31 2005 00:03 Mar 04, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S754.IS S754

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1 nate the Defense Travel System as the Defense Travel Ac2 counting and Voucher Processing System. Any reference 

3 in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other 

4 paper of the United States to the Defense Travel System 

5 shall be considered to be a reference to the Defense Travel 

6 Accounting and Voucher Processing System. 

7 (b) IMPLEMENTATION OF DEFENSE TRAVEL AC8 COUNTING AND VOUCHER PROCESSING SYSTEM.—The 

9 Department of Defense shall implement the procedures 

10 described under subsection (c)— 

11 (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act, in the case of air travel; and 

13 (2) not later than 60 days after the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act, in the case of railroad and 

15 bus travel. 

16 (c) PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE DEFENSE TRAV17 EL ACCOUNTING AND VOUCHER PROCESSING SYSTEM.— 

18 The Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing 

19 System, as redesignated and implemented under sub20 section (a) (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sys21 tem’’), shall include the following procedures: 

22 (1) Use of the System to record and process all 

23 Department of Defense commercial travel. 


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1 (2) A prohibition on the use of the System for 

2 identifying and reserving travel, hotels or other ac3 commodations, and rental vehicles. 

4 SEC. 3. SUCCESSOR TRAVEL SYSTEM. 

5 (a) RECOMMENDATIONS.— 

6 (1) INTRA-AGENCY TASK FORCE.—The Sec7 retary of Defense shall establish an intra-agency 

8 task force to recommend measures to streamline and 

9 simplify the commercial travel system used by the 

10 Department of Defense through the establishment of 

11 a successor system to replace the Defense Travel Ac12 counting and Voucher Processing System, as redes13 ignated and implemented under section 2(a). 

14 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

15 the date of the enactment of this Act, the intra16 agency task force shall submit to the Secretary of 

17 Defense a report on the recommendations developed 

18 under (1). The report shall be made available upon 

19 request to Congress. 

20 (b) REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO INTERNET-BASED

21 TRAVEL SYSTEM.—Any proposed successor or modifica22 tion to the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Proc23 essing System that includes an Internet-based travel sys24 tem designed to identify modes of travel, hotels or other 

25 accommodations, or rental vehicles shall include— 


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1 (1) a searchable database of all air, rail, and 

2 bus travel options, including by cost; and 

3 (2) a searchable database of companies offering 

4 accommodations and rental vehicles at government 

5 rates. 

6 (c) OPERATIONAL TESTING AND CERTIFICATION.— 

7 (1) TESTING.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

8 operationally test any successor or modification de9 scribed under subsection (b) to ensure that it meets 

10 the requirements under such subsection. A successor 

11 or modification may not be deployed until 90 days 

12 after the successful completion of such testing. 

13 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 days 

14 after the successful completion of operational testing 

15 under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the 

16 United States shall submit to the Committee on 

17 Armed Forces, the Committee on Homeland Secu18 rity and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee 

19 on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 

20 on Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight and 

21 Government Reform, and the Committee on Appro22 priations of the House of Representatives a letter 

23 certifying that— 

24 (A) the successor or modification passed 

25 such testing; and 


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1 (B) the results of the test are reliable. 

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