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HR 4224 108th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Commerce Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Consumer discounts Cost control Credit cards Economics and Public Finance Finance and Financial Sector Government contractors Government paperwork Government procurement Government spending reductions Law Office of Management and Budget Waste in government spending

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.

Introduced: April 27, 2004 Introduced by: Schakowsky, Janice D. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Apr 27, 2004
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Requires that the Federal Acquisition Regulation be revised to require the head of each executive agency to: (1) seek commercial, volume, or other discounts for purchases made with Government-wide commercial purchase card; (2) use procurement mechanisms other than purchase cards, including contracts, as appropriate to maximize cost savings; and (3) systematically collect and analyze data on use of the Government-wide commercial purchase card, including by vendor, in sufficient detail to identify opportunities to achieve savings.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to specified congressional committees regarding: (1) the status and content of revisions required by this Act and any resulting agency policies and procedures, including a determination of whether the information collected is sufficient to identify opportunities to achieve savings; and (2) executive branch progress in improving data collection on Government-wide commercial purchase card use and in seeking discounts or entering into agreements that provide for reduced prices, and savings achieved through the use of discounts or other procurement mechanisms.

Requires the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy to direct the head of each executive agency to provide to the Comptroller General such information as necessary to implement such requirements.

What's happening now April 27, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

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