[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 754 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 754

To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by Department of 
                           Defense personnel.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 2, 2007

Mr. Coleman (for himself and Mr. Coburn) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by Department of 
                           Defense personnel.

    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 ``Defense Travel Simplification Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. DEFENSE TRAVEL ACCOUNTING AND VOUCHER PROCESSING SYSTEM.

    (a) Redesignation of Defense Travel System.--Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
shall redesignate the Defense Travel System as the Defense Travel 
Accounting and Voucher Processing System. Any reference in any law, 
regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States 
to the Defense Travel System shall be considered to be a reference to 
the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System.
    (b) Implementation of Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher 
Processing System.--The Department of Defense shall implement the 
procedures described under subsection (c)--
            (1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, in the case of air travel; and
            (2) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, in the case of railroad and bus travel.
    (c) Procedures Related to the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher 
Processing System.--The Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher 
Processing System, as redesignated and implemented under subsection (a) 
(in this subsection referred to as the ``System''), shall include the 
following procedures:
            (1) Use of the System to record and process all Department 
        of Defense commercial travel.
            (2) A prohibition on the use of the System for identifying 
        and reserving travel, hotels or other accommodations, and 
        rental vehicles.

SEC. 3. SUCCESSOR TRAVEL SYSTEM.

    (a) Recommendations.--
            (1) Intra-agency task force.--The Secretary of Defense 
        shall establish an intra-agency task force to recommend 
        measures to streamline and simplify the commercial travel 
        system used by the Department of Defense through the 
        establishment of a successor system to replace the Defense 
        Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System, as 
        redesignated and implemented under section 2(a).
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act, the intra-agency task force shall submit 
        to the Secretary of Defense a report on the recommendations 
        developed under (1). The report shall be made available upon 
        request to Congress.
    (b) Requirements Related to Internet-Based Travel System.--Any 
proposed successor or modification to the Defense Travel Accounting and 
Voucher Processing System that includes an Internet-based travel system 
designed to identify modes of travel, hotels or other accommodations, 
or rental vehicles shall include--
            (1) a searchable database of all air, rail, and bus travel 
        options, including by cost; and
            (2) a searchable database of companies offering 
        accommodations and rental vehicles at government rates.
    (c) Operational Testing and Certification.--
            (1) Testing.--The Secretary of Defense shall operationally 
        test any successor or modification described under subsection 
        (b) to ensure that it meets the requirements under such 
        subsection. A successor or modification may not be deployed 
        until 90 days after the successful completion of such testing.
            (2) Certification.--Not later than 90 days after the 
        successful completion of operational testing under paragraph 
        (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
        to the Committee on Armed Forces, the Committee on Homeland 
        Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed 
        Services, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and 
        the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
        a letter certifying that--
                    (A) the successor or modification passed such 
                testing; and
                    (B) the results of the test are reliable.
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