text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act 
  of 2006''.
  
  SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR GUIDANCE.
  
      (a) Office of Management and Budget Policy Guidance.--Not later 
  than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
  of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to assist 
  the heads of executive agencies in improving the management of the use 
  of the Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making 
  micropurchases. The Director shall include guidelines on the following 
  matters:
              (1) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify 
          opportunities for achieving savings through micropurchases made 
          in economical volumes.
              (2) Negotiation of discount agreements with major vendors 
          accepting the purchase card.
              (3) Establishment of communication programs to ensure that 
          purchase card holders receive information pertaining to the 
          availability of discounts, including programs for the training 
          of purchase card holders on the availability of discounts.
              (4) Assessment of cardholder purchasing practices, 
          including use of discount agreements.
              (5) Collection and dissemination of best practices and 
          successful strategies for achieving savings in micropurchases.
              (6) Analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify 
          opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring fair 
          participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases 
          consistent with the national policy on small business 
          participation in Federal procurements set forth in sections 
          2(a) and 15(g) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631(a) and 
          644(g)), and dissemination of best practices for participation 
          of small business concerns in micro-purchases.
      (b) General Services Administration.--The Administrator of General 
  Services shall--
              (1) continue efforts to improve reporting by financial 
          institutions that issue the Governmentwide commercial purchase 
          card so that the General Services Administration has the data 
          needed to identify opportunities for achieving savings; and
              (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major 
          vendors accepting the purchase card so that any Federal 
          Government purchaser using the purchase card can benefit from 
          such point-of-sale discounts.
      (c) Agency Reporting Requirement.--The senior procurement executive 
  for each executive agency shall, as directed by the Director of the 
  Office of Management and Budget, submit to the Director periodic 
  reports on the actions taken in such executive agency pursuant to the 
  guidelines issued under subsection (a).
      (d) Congressional Oversight.--Not later than December 31 of the 
  year following the year in which this Act is enacted, and December 31 
  of each of the ensuing three years, the Director of the Office of 
  Management and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 
  Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
  Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report summarizing 
  the progress made during the fiscal year ending in the year in which 
  such report is due--
              (1) in improving the management of the use of the 
          Governmentwide commercial purchase card for making 
          micropurchases; and
              (2) in achieving savings in micropurchases made with such 
          card, expressed in terms of average savings achieved by each 
          executive agency in the use of discount agreements identified 
          in subsection (a) and the total savings achieved 
          Governmentwide.
      (e) Definitions.--In this section:
              (1) The term ``executive agency'' has the meaning given 
          such term in section 4 of the Office of Federal Procurement 
          Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
              (2) The term ``micropurchase'' means a purchase in an 
          amount not in excess of the micropurchase threshold, as defined 
          in section 32 of such Act (41 U.S.C. 428).
  
  SEC. 3. PAYMENTS TO FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WITH FEDERAL TAX DEBT.
  
      The General Services Administration, in conjunction with the 
  Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Management Service, shall 
  develop procedures to subject purchase card payments to Federal 
  contractors to the Federal Payment Levy program.
  
  SEC. 4. REPORTING OF AIR TRAVEL BY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.
  
      (a) Annual Reports Required.--The Administrator of the General 
  Services shall submit annually to the Committee on Homeland Security 
  and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Government 
  Reform of the House of Representatives a report on all first class and 
  business class travel by employees of each executive agency undertaken 
  at the expense of the Federal Government.
      (b) Content.--The reports submitted pursuant to subsection (a) 
  shall include, at a minimum, with respect to each travel by first class 
  or business class--
              (1) the names of each traveler;
              (2) the date of travel;
              (3) the points of origination and destination;
              (4) the cost of the first class or business class travel; 
          and
              (5) the cost difference between such travel and travel by 
          coach class.
      (c) Executive Agency Defined.--In this section, the term 
  ``executive agency'' has the meaning given such term in section 4 of 
  the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403).
  
              Passed the Senate June 6, 2006.
  
              Attest:
  
                                                               Secretary.
  109th CONGRESS
  
    2d Session
  
                                   S. 457
  
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                                   AN ACT
  
  To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
         guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of 
  micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and 
                            for other purposes.
target: Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines to assist executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases.
  
  Requires such guidelines to cover an analysis of purchase card expenditures to identify opportunities for achieving and accurately measuring: (1) fair participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases, consistent with the national policy on small business participation in federal procurements set forth in the Small Business Act; and (2) dissemination of best practices for participation of small business concerns in micro-purchases.
  
  Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to continue efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue such a card so that GSA has the data needed to: (1) identify opportunities for achieving savings; and (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting it so that any federal government purchaser using it can benefit from such discounts.
  
  Requires the senior procurement executive for each executive agency, as directed by OMB, to report periodically to OMB on the actions taken in the agency pursuant to the guidelines.
  
  Requires OMB to report annually to specified congressional committees on the progress made in: (1) improving management of the use of the purchase card; and (2) achieving certain savings in micropurchases made with it.
  
  Requires GSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Financial Management Service, to develop procedures to subject to the Federal Payment Levy program any purchase card payments to federal contractors.
  
  Requires GSA to report annually to specified congressional committees on all first class and business class travel by executive agency employees undertaken at federal expense.
feat_title: A bill to require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the management of micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial purchase cards, and for other purposes.