I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5196 
To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue enhancement for 
the Federal Government. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 24, 2014 
Mr. COFFMAN (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Re-
form, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways 
and Means, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, House Administration, 
and Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To reduce waste and implement cost savings and revenue 
enhancement for the Federal Government. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Unified Savings and Accountability Act’’ or the ‘‘USA 
Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, 
FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
Subtitle A—Amendments and Other Provisions Relating to Federal Property, 
Federal Contracts, and Information Technology 
Sec. 101. Promotion of competition in Federal contracting. 
Sec. 102. Promotion of strategic sourcing in Federal contracting. 
Sec. 103. Avoiding duplicative information technology investments. 
Sec. 104. Strengthening oversight of information technology investments. 
Sec. 105. Strengthening oversight of information technology operations. 
Sec. 106. Promotion of reverse auctions in Federal contracting. 
Sec. 107. Creation of long-term strategy for targeted ownership investments to 
replace some high-value leases. 
Subtitle B—Data Center Consolidation 
Sec. 111. Purpose. 
Sec. 112. Definitions. 
Sec. 113. Federal Data Center Optimization Initiative. 
Sec. 114. Performance requirements related to data center consolidation. 
Sec. 115. Cost savings related to data center optimization. 
Sec. 116. Reporting requirements to Congress and the Federal Chief Informa-
tion Officer. 
Sec. 117. Reduction and consolidation of data centers. 
TITLE II—OTHER MATTERS 
Sec. 201. Report on implementation of certain Medicare and Medicaid fraud 
detection and program integrity provisions. 
Sec. 202. Revocation or denial of passport and passport card in case of certain 
tax delinquencies. 
Sec. 203. Prohibition on non-cost-effective minting and printing of coins and 
currency. 
Sec. 204. Restrictions on printing and distribution of paper copies of Congres-
sional documents. 
Sec. 205. Replacing the $1 note with the $1 coin. 
Sec. 206. Enhancing the Internal Revenue Service’s online services. 
Sec. 207. Improving foreclosure loss mitigation efforts for mortgages made, in-
sured, or guaranteed by Federal agencies. 
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TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING 
TO FEDERAL PROPERTY, FED-
ERAL CONTRACTS AND IN-
FORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
Subtitle 
A—Amendments 
and 
Other Provisions Relating to 
Federal Property, Federal Con-
tracts, and Information Tech-
nology 
SEC. 101. PROMOTION OF COMPETITION IN FEDERAL CON-
TRACTING. 
(a) OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY.— 
Not later than six months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol-
icy shall issue guidance to Federal agencies to reinvigorate 
the role of the competition advocate, consistent with the 
recommendations of the Government Accountability Office 
in its report GAO–10–833 (July 26, 2010). 
(b) ELEMENTS OF GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall include key factors agen-
cies should consider in appointing and utilizing competi-
tion advocates, such as placement within the organization, 
skill set, and potential methods to effectively carry out 
their duties, and shall direct agencies to require their com-
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petition advocates to actively involve program offices in 
highlighting opportunities to increase competition. 
SEC. 102. PROMOTION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING IN FED-
ERAL CONTRACTING. 
(a) SAVINGS GOALS.—Not later than six months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and for 4 years 
annually thereafter, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall issue Government-wide savings 
goals for the strategic sourcing of goods and services by 
executive agencies required to designate or appoint a Chief 
Financial Officer as set forth in section 901 of title 31, 
United States Code. The Director may issue goals re-
quired by this section that are customized to individual 
agencies or sourcing efforts. 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—In complying with sub-
section (a), the Director shall provide at a minimum— 
(1) guidance to executive agencies on calcu-
lating savings generated from strategic sourcing ef-
forts; and 
(2) standards to measure progress towards 
meeting savings goals established by subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 5 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the extent of savings realized through 
the strategic sourcing of goods and services by executive 
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