[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4224 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4224

 To require revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require 
 executive agencies to seek commercial, volume, or other discounts for 
 purchases made with the Governmentwide commercial purchase card, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2004

 Ms. Schakowsky (for herself and Mr. Waxman) introduced the following 
     bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require revisions to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require 
 executive agencies to seek commercial, volume, or other discounts for 
 purchases made with the Governmentwide commercial purchase card, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF GOVERNMENTWIDE COMMERCIAL PURCHASE CARD.

    (a) Amendment of FAR.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be 
revised to require the head of each executive agency to--
            (1) seek commercial, volume, or other discounts for 
        purchases made with the Governmentwide commercial purchase 
        card;
            (2) use procurement mechanisms other than purchase cards, 
        including contracts, to the extent appropriate to maximize cost 
        savings; and
            (3) systematically collect and analyze data on use of the 
        Governmentwide commercial purchase card, including by vendor, 
        in sufficient detail to identify opportunities to achieve 
        savings.
    (b) GAO Reports.--Not later than 90 days after the end of each of 
the first 5 complete fiscal years following the revision of the Federal 
Acquisition Regulation under subsection (a), the Comptroller General 
shall submit to the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and 
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives a 
report that--
            (1) in the case of the first report--
                    (A) describes the status and content of the 
                revisions required under subsection (a), and any 
                resulting agency policies and procedures; and
                    (B) includes a determination of whether the 
                information collected under subsection (a)(3) is 
                sufficient to identify opportunities to achieve 
                savings; and
            (2) in the case of each subsequent report, describes--
                    (A) executive branch progress in improving data 
                collection on Governmentwide commercial purchase card 
                use;
                    (B) executive branch progress in seeking discounts 
                or entering into agreements that provide for reduced 
                prices; and
                    (C) savings achieved through the use of discounts 
                or other procurement mechanisms.
    (c) Provision of Information to GAO.--The Administrator for Federal 
Procurement Policy shall direct the head of each executive agency to 
provide to the Comptroller General such information as the Comptroller 
General considers necessary to implement the requirements of subsection 
(b).
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