109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 457

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.

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 Waste

5 Elimination Act of 2006’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR GUIDANCE.

2 (a) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET POLICY

3 GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the date of

4 the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of

5 Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to assist

6 the heads of executive agencies in improving the manage7 ment of the use of the Governmentwide commercial pur8 chase card for making micropurchases. The Director shall

9 include guidelines on the following matters:

10 (1) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to

11 identify opportunities for achieving savings through

12 micropurchases made in economical volumes.

13 (2) Negotiation of discount agreements with

14 major vendors accepting the purchase card.

15 (3) Establishment of communication programs

16 to ensure that purchase card holders receive infor17 mation pertaining to the availability of discounts, in18 cluding programs for the training of purchase card

19 holders on the availability of discounts.

20 (4) Assessment of cardholder purchasing prac21 tices, including use of discount agreements.

22 (5) Collection and dissemination of best prac23 tices and successful strategies for achieving savings

24 in micropurchases.

25 (6) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to

26 identify opportunities for achieving and accurately
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1 measuring fair participation of small business con2 cerns in micro-purchases consistent with the na3 tional policy on small business participation in Fed4 eral procurements set forth in sections 2(a) and

5 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a)

6 and 644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for

7 participation of small business concerns in micro8 purchases.

9 (b) GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION.—The Ad10 ministrator of General Services shall—

11 (1) continue efforts to improve reporting by fi12 nancial institutions that issue the Governmentwide

13 commercial purchase card so that the General Serv14 ices Administration has the data needed to identify

15 opportunities for achieving savings; and

16 (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with

17 major vendors accepting the purchase card so that

18 any Federal Government purchaser using the pur19 chase card can benefit from such point-of-sale dis20 counts.

21 (c) AGENCY REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—The senior

22 procurement executive for each executive agency shall, as

23 directed by the Director of the Office of Management and

24 Budget, submit to the Director periodic reports on the ac-
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1 tions taken in such executive agency pursuant to the

2 guidelines issued under subsection (a).

3 (d) CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT.—Not later than

4 December 31 of the year following the year in which this

5 Act is enacted, and December 31 of each of the ensuing

6 three years, the Director of the Office of Management and

7 Budget shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Secu8 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Com9 mittee on Government Reform of the House of Represent10 atives a report summarizing the progress made during the

11 fiscal year ending in the year in which such report is

12 due—

13 (1) in improving the management of the use of

14 the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for

15 making micropurchases; and

16 (2) in achieving savings in micropurchases

17 made with such card, expressed in terms of average

18 savings achieved by each executive agency in the use

19 of discount agreements identified in subsection (a)

20 and the total savings achieved Governmentwide.

21 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

22 (1) The term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the mean23 ing given such term in section 4 of the Office of

24 Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
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1 (2) The term ‘‘micropurchase’’ means a pur2 chase in an amount not in excess of the micropur3 chase threshold, as defined in section 32 of such Act

4 (41 U.S.C. 428).

5 SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH FED6 ERAL TAX DEBT.

7 The General Services Administration, in conjunction

8 with the Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Man9 agement Service, shall develop procedures to subject pur10 chase card payments to Federal contractors to the Federal

11 Payment Levy program.

12 SEC. 4. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL GOVERN13 MENT EMPLOYEES.

14 (a) ANNUAL REPORTS REQUIRED.—The Adminis15 trator of the General Services shall submit annually to the

16 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af17 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government Re18 form of the House of Representatives a report on all first

19 class and business class travel by employees of each execu20 tive agency undertaken at the expense of the Federal Gov21 ernment.

22 (b) CONTENT.—The reports submitted pursuant to

23 subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, with respect

24 to each travel by first class or business class—

25 (1) the names of each traveler;
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1 (2) the date of travel;

2 (3) the points of origination and destination;

3 (4) the cost of the first class or business class

4 travel; and

5 (5) the cost difference between such travel and

6 travel by coach class.

7 (c) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section,

8 the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given such

9 term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement

10 Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).

Passed the Senate June 6, 2006.

Attest:

Secretary.
109TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 457

AN ACT

To require the Director of the Office of Managepurchase cards, and for other purposes. chases made with Governmentwide commercial vide oversight of, the management of micropur- ment and Budget to issue guidance for, and pro-