3.0.0 1744 2023-01-15T08:03:19Z 2023-01-15T08:03:19Z Senate S S 2003-10-16 108 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-10-16T18:16:14Z Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2003 108 3329 HR 2003-11-03 Executive Comment Requested from DOD. Identical bill CRS 2003-10-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/17/2003 S12743-12744) IntroReferral 2003-10-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 10/17/2003 S12742-12743) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-10-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2003-10-16 True M001141 Sen. Miller, Zell [D-GA] ZELL MILLER D GA 2003-10-17 False N000102 Sen. Nickles, Don [R-OK] DONALD NICKLES R OK LEE 2003-10-21 False C000077 Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] BEN CAMPBELL R CO NIGHTHORSE 2003-10-21 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2003-11-11 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Armed Forces and National Security Auditing Checks Commerce Consumer credit Consumer discounts Credit cards Defense contracts Defense procurement Department of Defense Disciplining of employees Dismissal of employees Economics and Public Finance Employee training Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Fraud General Services Administration Government paperwork Government procurement Government travel Inspectors general Interest Labor and Employment Law Misconduct in office Negligence Rebates Transfer of employees Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Waste in government spending Government Operations and Politics 00 2003-10-16 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-12T16:38:20Z Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2003 - Directs the head of each executive agency that issues and uses purchase cards and convenience checks to establish and maintain specified safeguards and internal controls.

Requires the Inspector General of each executive agency to: (1) periodically conduct risk assessments of the agency's purchase card program and associated internal controls and analyze identified weaknesses and the frequency of improper activity; (2) perform periodic audits of purchase cardholders; (3) report to the agency head on the results of such audits; and (4) report to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Comptroller General on implementation of recommendations made to the agency head to address findings during audits.

Prohibits applying all such requirements above to the Department of Defense (DOD). Amends Federal law provisions relating to management of purchase cards issued to DOD personnel to require the Inspector General of DOD, Inspector General of the Army, Naval Inspector General, and Inspector General of the Air Force to perform risk assessments of DOD's purchase card program and associated internal controls and analyze identified weaknesses and the frequency of improper activity in order to develop a plan for using such risk assessments to determine the scope, frequency, and number of periodic audits of purchase cardholders.

Amends the Travel and Transportation Reform Act of 1998 to direct each executive agency head that has employees that use travel charge cards to establish and maintain specified safeguards and internal controls. Requires the Inspector General of each executive agency to: (1) periodically conduct risk assessments of the agency's travel card program and associated internal controls and analyze identified weaknesses and the frequency of improper activity; (2) perform periodic audits of travel cardholders; (3) report to the agency head the results of such audits; and (4) report to the OMB Director and the Comptroller General on implementation of recommendations made to the agency head to address findings during audits.

]]> Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2003 Display Title Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent abuse of Government credit cards. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Credit Card Abuse Prevention Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-10-16T04:00:00Z 2003-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 10/17/2003 S12743-12744) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.