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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1981
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
to require executive agencies to procure property and services related
to motor vehicle pools or systems only under contracts awarded under
competitive procedures in accordance with rules issued by the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget and to report to the Director
regarding costs associated with agency operation of motor vehicle fleets.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 30, 1995
Mr. FRANKS of New Jersey (for himself, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr.
CANADY of Florida, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. FOLEY, Mr.
GILLMOR, Mr. KLUG, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. LUTHER, Mr. PAXON, Mr.
POSHARD, Mr. RIGGS, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. ZIM-
MER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Government Reform and Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 to require executive agencies to procure
property and services related to motor vehicle pools or
systems only under contracts awarded under competitive
procedures in accordance with rules issued by the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget and to
report to the Director regarding costs associated with
agency operation of motor vehicle fleets.
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 ‘‘Efficient Fleet Man-
agement Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO PROCURE PROPERTY AND SERV-
ICES RELATED TO MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS
AND SYSTEMS ONLY UNDER COMPETITIVE
PROCEDURES.
Section 211 of the Federal Property and Administra-
tive Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 491) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(m)(1) Not later than October 1, 1996, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue rules
which establish procedures and requirements for the
award by executive agencies of contracts for procurement
of property and services related to motor vehicle pools and
systems. Rules issued under this paragraph shall—
‘‘(A) cover all aspects of acquisition, service,
maintenance, operation, and disposal with respect to
those pools and systems;
‘‘(B) require compliance with competitive proce-
dures in the award of all such contracts; and
‘‘(C) establish requirements for determining
cost efficiencies under paragraph (3)(A).
‘‘(2) After the issuance of rules under paragraph (1),
an executive agency may not procure property and services
related to a motor vehicle pool or system except—
‘‘(A) under a contract awarded under competi-
tive procedures in accordance with those rules; and
‘‘(B) subject to the supervision of the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget.
‘‘(3)(A) The head of an executive agency may use
Federal Government personnel to operate a motor vehicle
fleet of the agency rather than contracting for the procure-
ment of motor vehicle fleet services from private sector
sources, only if there are demonstrated greater cost-effi-
ciencies achieved by agency operation of the fleet, by not
later than—
‘‘(i) 1 year after the date of the enactment of
the Efficient Fleet Management Act of 1995, in the
case of a motor vehicle fleet operated on that date
of enactment; or
‘‘(ii) 1 year after the date on which a motor ve-
hicle fleet is first operated by Federal Government
personnel, in the case of a fleet first operated after
that date of enactment.
‘‘(B) Each report under this paragraph shall in-
clude—
‘‘(i) all direct costs incurred by the Federal
Government related to inventory, repair facilities,
depreciation, and preventative maintenance for
motor vehicle fleet activities;
‘‘(ii) all overhead costs incurred by the Federal
Government related to those activities, including
travel, training, printing, telephones, and data proc-
essing activities;
‘‘(iii) a description of all actions that led to the
awarding of the contract and a review of all reforms
of agency fleet management, such as the establish-
ment of a revolving fund, the elimination of poten-
tially restrictive solicitations, or the conduct of ap-
propriate utilization assessments to determine the
right size of a fleet; and
‘‘(iv) such other costs and information regard-
ing those activities as the Director may require.
‘‘(4) In this subsection:
‘‘(A) The term ‘competitive procedures’ has the
meaning given that term in section 4 of the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act.
‘‘(B) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget.
‘‘(C) Notwithstanding section 3, the term ‘exec-
utive agency’ has the meaning given that term in
section 102 of title 31, United States Code, except
that term does not include—
‘‘(i) the Department of Defense (or any
agency in that department); and
‘‘(ii) the United States Postal Service.’’.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF EXPENDITURES BY EXECUTIVE
AGENCIES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE POOLS AND
SYSTEMS.
(a) REDUCTION.—Notwithstanding any other law,
the amount expended by all executive agencies in each of
fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000 for oper-
ation of motor vehicle pools and systems shall be reduced
by $200,000,000 (or approximately 10 percent) below the
amount expended by all executive agencies for that oper-
ation in fiscal year 1995.
(b) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section,
the term ‘‘executive agency’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 102 of title 31, United States Code, except
that term does not include—
(1) the Department of Defense (or any agency
in that department); and
(2) the United States Postal Service.
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