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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 427 

To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased and leased by 

the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 10, 2015 

Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. KIRK, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased 

and leased by the Federal Government, 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 ‘‘Domestic Reduction 

5 In Vehicle Expenditure and Lowering Emissions from 

6 State Sources Act of 2015’’ or the ‘‘DRIVE LESS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF NONESSENTIAL 

2 VEHICLES PURCHASED AND LEASED BY THE 

3 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

4 (a) REVIEW OF NONESSENTIAL VEHICLE PUR5 CHASE.—The Director of the Office of Management and 

6 Budget, in consultation with the head of the relevant Ex7 ecutive agency, shall complete each of the following: 

8 (1) Determine the total dollar amount obligated 

9 by each Executive agency to purchase civilian vehi10 cles in fiscal year 2010. 

11 (2) Determine the total dollar amount obligated 

12 by each Executive agency to lease civilian vehicles in 

13 fiscal year 2010. 

14 (3) Determine the total number of civilian vehi15 cles purchased by each Executive agency in fiscal 

16 year 2010. 

17 (4) Determine the total number of civilian vehi18 cles leased by each Executive agency in fiscal year 

19 2010. 

20 (5) Determine the total dollar amount that 

21 would be 20 percent less than the dollar amount de22 termined under paragraphs (1) and (2) for each Ex23 ecutive agency. 

24 (b) REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL VEHICLE PUR25 CHASE.—For each of fiscal years 2016 through 2020, 

26 each Executive agency may not obligate more than the dolVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:46 Feb 17, 2015 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S427.IS S427

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1 lar amount determined under subsection (a)(5) for the Ex2 ecutive agency to purchase or lease civilian vehicles. 

3 (c) SHARING.—The Administrator of General Serv4 ices shall ensure that an Executive agency may share ex5 cess or unused vehicles with another Executive agency 

6 that may need temporary or long-term use of additional 

7 vehicles through the Federal Fleet Management System. 

8 (d) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.—The limits 

9 on the purchase and procurement of vehicles under this 

10 section shall not apply to the purchase or procurement of 

11 any vehicle that has been determined by the President to 

12 be essential for reasons of national security. 

13 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

14 (1) CIVILIAN VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘civilian ve15 hicle’’ means a vehicle that is not used for purposes 

16 of military combat, the training or deployment of 

17 members of the Armed Forces, or such other uses as 

18 determined by the Director of the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget, in consultation with the Adminis20 trator of General Services. 

21 (2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

22 agency’’ has the meaning given that term under sec23 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 

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