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114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5922 
To provide for the identification and prevention of improper payments and 
the identification of strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and 
analyzing the use of Federal agency charge cards. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2016 
Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself, Mr. CUMMINGS, and Mr. CARNEY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To provide for the identification and prevention of improper 
payments and the identification of strategic sourcing op-
portunities by reviewing and analyzing the use of Federal 
agency charge cards. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving Federal Dollars 
Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel 
Cards Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) IMPROPER PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘improper 
payment’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2 of the Improper Payments Information Act of 
2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note). 
(2) QUESTIONABLE TRANSACTION.—The term 
‘‘questionable transaction’’ means a charge card 
transaction that from initial card data appears to be 
high risk and may therefore be improper due to non- 
compliance with applicable law, regulation or policy. 
(3) STRATEGIC
SOURCING.—The term ‘‘stra-
tegic sourcing’’ means analyzing and modifying a 
Federal agency’s spending patterns to better lever-
age its purchasing power, reduce costs, and improve 
overall performance. 
SEC. 3. EXPANDED USE OF DATA ANALYTICS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
Administrator for General Services, shall develop a strat-
egy to expand the use of data analytics in managing gov-
ernment purchase and travel charge card programs. These 
analytics may employ existing General Services Adminis-
tration capabilities, and may be in conjunction with agen-
cies’ capabilities, for the purpose of— 
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(1) identifying examples or patterns of ques-
tionable transactions and developing enhanced tools 
and methods for agency use in— 
(A) identifying questionable purchase and 
travel card transactions; and 
(B) recovering improper payments made 
with purchase and travel cards; 
(2) identifying potential opportunities for agen-
cies to further leverage administrative process 
streamlining and cost reduction from purchase and 
travel card use, including additional agency opportu-
nities for card-based strategic sourcing; 
(3) developing a set of purchase and travel card 
metrics and benchmarks for high-risk activities, 
which shall assist agencies in identifying potential 
emphasis areas for their purchase and travel card 
management and oversight activities, including those 
required by the Government Charge Card Abuse 
Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–194); and 
(4) developing a plan, which may be based on 
existing capabilities, to create a library of analytics 
tools and data sources for use by Federal agencies 
(including inspectors general of those agencies). 
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SEC. 4. GUIDANCE ON IMPROVING INFORMATION SHARING 
TO CURB IMPROPER PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
Administrator of General Services and the interagency 
charge card data management group established under 
section 5, shall issue guidance on improving information 
sharing by government agencies (including inspectors gen-
eral) for the purposes of section 3(a)(1). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The guidance issued under sub-
section (a) shall— 
(1) require relevant officials at Federal agencies 
to identify high-risk activities and communicate that 
information to the appropriate management levels 
within the agencies; 
(2) require that appropriate officials at Federal 
agencies review the reports issued by charge card- 
issuing banks on questionable transaction activity 
(such as purchase and travel card pre-suspension 
and suspension reports, delinquency reports, and ex-
ception reports), including transactions that occur 
with high-risk activities, and suspicious timing or 
amounts of cash withdrawals or advances; 
(3) provide for the appropriate sharing of infor-
mation related to potential questionable transac-
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tions, fraud schemes, and high-risk activities with 
General Services Administration Office of Charge 
Card Management and the appropriate officials in 
Federal agencies; and 
(4) include other requirements determined ap-
propriate by the Director for the purposes of car-
rying out this Act. 
SEC. 5. INTERAGENCY CHARGE CARD DATA MANAGEMENT 
GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of General 
Services and the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall establish a purchase and travel charge 
card data management group to develop and share best 
practices for the purposes described in section 3(a). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The best practices developed under 
subsection (a) shall— 
(1) cover rules, edits, and task order or con-
tract modifications related to charge card-issuing 
banks; 
(2) include the review of accounts payable infor-
mation and purchase and travel card transaction 
data of agencies for the purpose of identifying po-
tential strategic sourcing and other additional oppor-
tunities (such as recurring payments, utility pay-
ments, and grant payments) for which the charge 
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cards or related payment products could be used as 
a payment method; and 
(3) include other best practices as determined 
by the Administrator and Director. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The purchase and travel charge 
card data management group shall meet regularly as de-
termined by the co-chairs, for a duration of three years, 
and include those agencies as described in section 2 of the 
Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 
(Public Law 112–194) and others identified by the Ad-
ministrator and Director. 
SEC. 6. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) GENERAL
SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION
RE-
PORT.—Not later than one year after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, the Administrator for General Serv-
ices shall submit a report to Congress on the implementa-
tion of this Act, including the metrics used in determining 
whether the analytic and benchmarking efforts have re-
duced, or contributed to the reduction of, questionable or 
improper payments as well as improved utilization of card- 
based payment products. 
(b) AGENCY REPORTS AND CONSOLIDATED REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the head of each Federal 
agency described in section 2 of the Government Charge 
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Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2012 (Public Law 112– 
194) shall submit a report to the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget on that agency’s activities to 
implement this Act. 
(c) OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORT 
TO CONGRESS.—The Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit to Congress a consolidated 
report of agency activities to implement this Act, which 
may be included as part of another report submitted to 
Congress by the Director. 
(d) REPORT ON ADDITIONAL SAVINGS OPPORTUNI-
TIES.—Not later than one year after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall submit a report to Congress identifying and explor-
ing further potential savings opportunities for government 
agencies under the Federal charge card programs. This 
report may be combined with the report required under 
subsection (a). 
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