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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · May 19, 2006
Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidelines to assist executive agencies in improving the management of the use of the governmentwide commercial purchase card for making micropurchases.
Requires the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to continue efforts to improve reporting by financial institutions that issue such a card so that GSA has the data needed to: (1) identify opportunities for achieving savings; and (2) actively pursue point-of-sale discounts with major vendors accepting it so that any federal government purchaser using it can benefit from such discounts.
Requires the senior procurement executive for each executive agency, as directed by OMB, to report periodically to OMB on the actions taken in the agency pursuant to the guidelines.
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Requires OMB to report annually to specified congressional committees on the progress made in: (1) improving management of the use of the purchase card; and (2) achieving certain savings in micropurchases made with it.
Requires GSA, in conjunction with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Financial Management Service, to develop procedures to subject to the Federal Payment Levy program any purchase card payments to federal contractors.
Requires GSA to report annually to specified congressional committees on all first class and business class travel by executive agency employees undertaken at federal expense.
People & committees
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R–ME
Legislative record
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Held at the desk.
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Received in the House.
Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S5514)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S5514)
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5513-5514; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S5513-5514)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 438.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with amendments. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Collins with amendments. Without written report.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1718-1719)
Introduced in Senate
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