[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4089 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4089

  To require Government credit card bills to be made available to the 
                    public, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 2005

Mr. Poe (for himself, Mr. Simmons, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Goode, Mr. Terry, 
Mr. Petri, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Feeney, 
 Mr. Chabot, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. 
Sodrel, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Akin, Mr. Fortuno, Mr. Flake, Mr. 
   Pence, Mr. Hensarling, and Mr. Weldon of Florida) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Government credit card bills to be made available to the 
                    public, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Credit Card Sunshine 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO MAKE GOVERNMENT CREDIT CARD BILLS AVAILABLE TO 
              PUBLIC.

    (a) Requirement.--With respect to each Government credit card, the 
Federal department or agency employing the Federal employee using the 
card shall make publicly available the information described in 
subsection (b) within 15 business days after receipt (by the Government 
or the employee, as the case may be) of any bill for purchases made 
with the card.
    (b) Information to Be Made Available.--
            (1) In general.--The information to be made available under 
        subsection (a) is the following, with respect to each 
        Government credit card bill:
                    (A) A list of each purchase made.
                    (B) The amount of each purchase made.
            (2) Removal of certain information.--In making the 
        information described in paragraph (1) available, the Federal 
        department or agency shall remove the account number of the 
        credit card and any information that personally identifies the 
        employee involved.
    (c) Method of Availability.--The information to be made available 
under subsection (a) shall be posted on the official website of the 
Inspector General of the Federal department or agency concerned.
    (d) Exception.--The Secretary of a department or head of an agency 
may omit information otherwise required to be made available under 
subsection (a) if the Secretary or head determines that it is necessary 
in the interests of national security.
    (e) Disciplinary Action.--In the case of a fraudulent use of a 
Government credit card that involves a purchase in an amount greater 
than $500, the employee making the purchase is subject to termination 
of employment with the Federal Government, a requirement to reimburse 
the Government for the item purchased, return of the item purchased (if 
appropriate). and such other disciplinary actions as the Secretary of 
the Department concerned or head of the agency concerned considers 
appropriate.
    (f) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Government credit 
card'' means either of the following:
            (1) A Governmentwide commercial purchase card.
            (2) A travel charge card established pursuant to the United 
        States Travel and Transportation Payment and Expense Control 
        System, or any Federal contractor-issued travel charge card, 
        for payments of expenses of official Government travel.
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