SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds the following:
(1) In May of 1993, the accounting firm Peat
Warwick prepared a study of the White House travel
office and found a lack of basic financial manage-
ment procedures, including—
(A) lack of formal guidelines and proce-
dures for procurement,
(B) poor accounting systems,
(C) inadequate documentation and billing
practices, and
(D) ineffective cash management controls.
(2) In May of 1994, the General Accounting
Office issued a report reviewing the White House
travel office and establishing 29 management cri-
teria that should be applied to operations of the
White House travel office.
(3) Peat Warwick has confirmed to the General
Accounting Office that its May 1993 study had ad-
dressed 25 out of the 29 criteria and that the White
House travel office operations at that time satisfied
only 6 of the 25 criteria addressed.
(4) The White House travel office has greatly
improved and professionalized its operations, and
the General Accounting Office has determined that
the office’s operations now satisfy 27 of the 29 cri-
teria.
(5) The functions of the White House travel of-
fice are unique within the Government and involve
arranging, facilitating, and coordinating complex
travel, transportation, communications, and other
logistical requirements.
(6) The travel, transportation, communication,
and other logistical support activities of the White
House travel office must carefully accommodate ex-
tensive and intensive Presidential security require-
ments.
(7) The employees of the White House travel
office are political appointees who serve at the pleas-
ure of the President and therefore do not have the
protections afforded Federal civil service employees.
SEC. 3. ABOLISHMENT OF WHITE HOUSE TRAVEL OFFICE.
(a) ABOLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The White House
travel office, located within the White House Office, is
abolished.
(b) REASSIGNMENT OF FUNCTIONS.—Subject to sub-
section (c), the President shall assign to the Director of
the Office of Administration the functions that imme-
diately before this section took effect were performed by
the White House travel office within the White House Of-
fice.
(c) ENSURING PROCUREMENT FROM PRIVATE SEC-
TOR SOURCES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to policies and di-
rectives of the President, the Director of the Office
of Administration shall ensure that travel manage-
ment and related services for the Executive Office of
the President are, to the extent feasible, procured
from private-sector sources.
(2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out
this subsection, the Director shall—
(A) take steps to improve economy, effi-
ciency, management, and accountability of trav-
el-related functions of the Executive Office of
the President;
(B) expand the range of travel-related
services obtained by the Executive Office of the
President from private-sector and Federal agen-
cy sources;
(C) encourage full use of innovative sys-
tems and technology in the performance of trav-
el-related functions; and
(D) obtain advice from the Administrator
of General Services, representatives of the trav-
el management industry, representatives of the
communications industry, and other appropriate
persons.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall report
to the Congress the results of actions taken under this
section.
(e) OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION DEFINED.—In this
section, the term ‘‘Office of Administration’’ means such
office in the Executive Office of the President, established
by Reorganization Plan Number 1 of 1977 (3 U.S.C.
chapter 2 note).
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