I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6324 
To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased and leased by 
the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Mr. HANNA (for himself and Mr. BARROW) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased 
and leased by the Federal Government, and for other 
purposes. 
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 ‘‘Cutting Federal Un-
necessary and Expensive Leasing Act of 2012’’ or the 
‘‘Cutting FUEL Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF NONESSENTIAL 
VEHICLES PURCHASED AND LEASED BY THE 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
(a) REVIEW
OF
NONESSENTIAL
VEHICLE
PUR-
CHASE.—The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, in consultation with the head of the relevant Ex-
ecutive agency, shall complete each of the following: 
(1) Determine the total dollar amount obligated 
by each Executive agency to purchase civilian vehi-
cles in fiscal year 2010. 
(2) Determine the total dollar amount obligated 
by each Executive agency to lease civilian vehicles in 
fiscal year 2010. 
(3) Determine the total number of civilian vehi-
cles purchased by each Executive agency in fiscal 
year 2010. 
(4) Determine the total number of civilian vehi-
cles leased by each Executive agency in fiscal year 
2010. 
(5) Determine the total dollar amount that 
would be 20 percent less than the dollar amount de-
termined under paragraphs (1) and (2) for each Ex-
ecutive agency. 
(b) REDUCTION OF NONESSENTIAL VEHICLE PUR-
CHASE.—For each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017, 
each Executive agency may not obligate more than the dol-
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lar amount identified pursuant to subsection (a)(5) to pur-
chase and lease civilian vehicles. 
(c) SHARING.—The Administrator of General Serv-
ices shall ensure that an Executive agency may share ex-
cess or unused vehicles with another Executive agency 
that may need temporary or long-term use of additional 
vehicles through the Federal Fleet Management System. 
(d) NATIONAL SECURITY EXCEPTION.—The limits 
on the purchase and procurement of vehicles provided in 
this section shall not apply to the purchase or procurement 
of any vehicle that has been determined by the President 
to be essential for reasons of national security. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CIVILIAN VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘civilian ve-
hicle’’ means a vehicle that is not used for purposes 
of military combat, the training or deployment of 
uniformed military personnel, or such other uses as 
determined by the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget, in consultation with the Adminis-
trator of General Services. 
(2) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term under sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
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