text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Government Excess Prevention Act of 
  2011''.
  
  SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON GOVERNMENT PRINTING COSTS.
  
      Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
  the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall coordinate 
  with the heads of Federal departments and independent agencies to--
              (1) determine which Government publications could be 
          available on Government websites and no longer printed and to 
          devise a strategy to reduce overall Government printing costs 
          over the 10-year period beginning with fiscal year 2012, except 
          that the Director shall ensure that essential printed documents 
          prepared for Social Security recipients, Medicare 
          beneficiaries, and other populations in areas with limited 
          Internet access or use continue to remain available;
              (2) establish government-wide Federal guidelines on 
          employee printing;
              (3) issue on the Office of Management and Budget's public 
          website the results of a cost-benefit analysis on implementing 
          a digital signature system and on establishing employee 
          printing identification systems, such as the use of individual 
          employee cards or codes, to monitor the amount of printing done 
          by Federal employees; except that the Director of the Office of 
          Management and Budget shall ensure that Federal employee 
          printing costs unrelated to national defense, homeland 
          security, border security, national disasters, and other 
          emergencies do not exceed $860,000,000 annually; and
              (4) issue guidelines requiring every department, agency, 
          commission, or office to list at a prominent place near the 
          beginning of each publication distributed to the public and 
          issued or paid for by the Federal Government--
                      (A) the name of the issuing agency, department, 
                  commission, or office;
                      (B) the total number of copies of the document 
                  printed;
                      (C) the collective cost of producing and printing 
                  all of the copies of the document; and
                      (D) the name of the firm publishing the document.
  
  SEC. 3. LIMITATION OF GOVERNMENT TRAVEL COSTS.
  
      (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
  total amount which is paid or reimbursed by an agency under subchapter 
  I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code (relating to travel and 
  subsistence expenses; mileage allowances for official travel by Federal 
  employees) may not, for any of the 5 fiscal years beginning after the 
  date of enactment of this Act, exceed 50 percent of the total amount so 
  paid or reimbursed by such agency for the fiscal year in which such 
  date of enactment occurs.
      (b) Exceptions.--For purposes of carrying out subsection (a), there 
  shall not be taken into account the amounts paid or reimbursed for--
              (1) any subsistence or travel expenses for threatened law 
          enforcement personnel, as described in section 5706a of title 
          5, United States Code; or
              (2) any other expenses for which an exception is 
          established under subsection (c) for reasons relating to 
          national security or public safety.
      (c) Regulations.--Any regulations necessary to carry out this 
  section shall, in consultation with the Director of the Office of 
  Management and Budget, be prescribed by the same respective authorities 
  as are responsible for prescribing regulations under section 5707 of 
  title 5, United States Code.
  
  SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN FEDERAL VEHICLE COSTS.
  
      Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
              (1) of the amounts made available to the General Services 
          Administration for the acquisition of new vehicles for the 
          Federal fleet for fiscal year 2011 and remaining unobligated as 
          of the date of enactment of this Act, an amount equal to 20 
          percent of all such amounts is rescinded;
              (2) for fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter--
                      (A) the amount made available to the General 
                  Services Administration for the acquisition of new 
                  vehicles for the Federal fleet shall not exceed an 
                  amount equal to 80 percent of the amount made available 
                  for the acquisition of those vehicles for fiscal year 
                  2011 (before application of paragraph (1)); and
                      (B) the number of new vehicles acquired by the 
                  General Services Administration for the Federal fleet 
                  shall not exceed a number equal to 50 percent of the 
                  vehicles so acquired for fiscal year 2011; and
              (3) any amounts made available under the American Recovery 
          and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) for the 
          acquisition of new vehicles for the Federal fleet shall be 
          disregarded for purposes of determining the baseline.
target: Government Excess Prevention Act of 2011 - Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to coordinate with federal agencies to: (1) determine which government publications could be published on government websites and devise a strategy to reduce government printing costs over the 10-year period beginning with FY2012, (2) issue on OMB's public website the results of a cost-benefit analysis for monitoring government printing, and (3) establish guidelines on employee printing and for disclosing the cost of printing government publications.
  
  Imposes limitations on government travel and subsistence expenses, except for expenses incurred for threatened law enforcement personnel and for other expenses related to national security or public safety.
  
  Rescinds in FY2011 20% of the funding for the acquisition of new vehicles for the federal fleet by the General Services Administration (GSA). Imposes limitations on such funding in FY2012 and subsequent fiscal years.
feat_title: A bill to limit Government printing, Government travel costs, and Federal vehicle costs.