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Calendar No. 101 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 565 

[Report No. 114–59] 

To reduce the operation and maintenance costs associated with the Federal 

fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 25, 2015 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. ERNST, and Ms. STABENOW) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

MAY 22, 2015 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, without amendment 

A BILL 

To reduce the operation and maintenance costs associated 

with the Federal fleet by encouraging the use of remanufactured parts, 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 ‘‘Federal Vehicle Repair 

5 Cost Savings Act of 2015’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds that, in March 2013, the Government 

3 Accountability Office issued a report that confirmed 

4 that— 

5 (1) there are approximately 588,000 vehicles in 

6 the civilian Federal fleet; 

7 (2) Federal agencies spent approximately 

8 $975,000,000 on repair and maintenance of the 

9 Federal fleet in 2011; 

10 (3) remanufactured vehicle components, such as 

11 engines, starters, alternators, steering racks, and 

12 clutches, tend to be less expensive than comparable 

13 new replacement parts; and 

14 (4) the United States Postal Service and the 

15 Department of the Interior both informed the Gov16 ernment Accountability Office that the respective 

17 agencies rely on the use of remanufactured vehicle 

18 components to reduce costs. 

19 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

20 In this Act— 

21 (1) the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning 

22 given that term in section 102 of title 40, United 

23 States Code; and 

24 (2) the term ‘‘remanufactured vehicle compo25 nent’’ means a vehicle component (including an en26 gine, transmission, alternator, starter, turbocharger, 


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1 steering, or suspension component) that has been re2 turned to same-as-new, or better, condition and per3 formance by a standardized industrial process that 

4 incorporates technical specifications (including engi5 neering, quality, and testing standards) to yield fully 

6 warranted products. 

7 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT TO USE REMANUFACTURED VEHI8 CLE COMPONENTS. 

9 The head of each Federal agency— 

10 (1) shall encourage the use of remanufactured 

11 vehicle components to maintain Federal vehicles, if 

12 using such components reduces the cost of maintain13 ing the Federal vehicles while maintaining quality; 

14 and 

15 (2) shall not encourage the use of remanufac16 tured vehicle components to maintain Federal vehi17 cles, if using such components— 

18 (A) does not reduce the cost of maintain19 ing Federal vehicles; 

20 (B) lowers the quality of vehicle perform21 ance, as determined by the employee of the 

22 Federal agency responsible for the repair deci23 sion; or 

24 (C) delays the return to service of a vehi25 cle. 


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Calendar No. 101 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 565 

[Report No. 114–59] 

A BILL 

To reduce the operation and maintenance costs aspurposes. the use of remanufactured parts, and for other sociated with the Federal fleet by encouraging 

MAY 22, 2015 

Reported without amendment 


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