[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 477 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 477

   To limit Government printing costs, Government travel costs, and 
                         Federal vehicle costs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2011

   Mr. Pryor introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To limit Government printing costs, Government travel costs, and 
                         Federal vehicle costs.

    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 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.
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