,,ii #aaeth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #ajii ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #aa1 #bjag,mr4 ,carper 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,grassley1 and ,mrs4 ,mc,caskill7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to provide for the identification and prevention of improper payments and the identification of strategic sourcing opportunities by reviewing and analyzing the use of ,federal agency charge cards4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,saving ,federal ,dollars ,through ,better ,use of ,government ,purchase and ,travel ,cards ,act of #bjag4 #b4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3 7#a7 ,improper payment ,the term improper payment has the meaning given the term in section #b of the ,improper ,payments ,information ,act of #bjjb 7#ca ,u4,s4,c4 #ccba note74 7#b7 ,questionable transaction ,the term questionable transaction means a charge card transaction that from initial card data appears to be high risk and may therefore be improper due to non-compliance with applicable law1 regulation or policy4 7#c7 ,strategic sourcing ,the term strategic sourcing means analyzing and modifying a ,federal agency's spending patterns to better leverage its purchasing power1 reduce costs1 and improve overall performance4 #c4 ,expanded use of data analytics 7a7 ,strategy ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget1 in consultation with the ,administrator for ,general ,services1 shall develop a strategy to expand the use of data analytics in managing government purchase and travel charge card programs4 ,these analytics may employ existing ,general ,services ,administration capabilities1 and may be in conjunction with agencies' capabilities1 for the purpose of-- 7#a7 identifying examples or patterns of questionable transactions and developing enhanced tools and methods for agency use in-- 7,a7 identifying questionable purchase and travel card transactions2 and 7,b7 recovering improper payments made with purchase and travel cards2 7#b7 identifying potential opportunities for agencies to further leverage administrative process streamlining and cost reduction from purchase and travel card use1 including additional agency opportunities for card-based strategic sourcing2 7#c7 developing a set of purchase and travel card metrics and benchmarks for high-risk activities1 which shall assist agencies in identifying potential emphasis areas for their purchase and travel card management and oversight activities1 including those required by the ,government ,charge ,card ,abuse ,prevention ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-aid72 and 7#d7 developing a plan1 which may be based on existing capabilities1 to create a library of analytics tools and data sources for use by ,federal agencies 7including inspectors general of those agencies74 #d4 ,guidance on improving information sharing to curb improper payments 7a7 ,in general ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget1 in consultation with the ,administrator of ,general ,services and the interagency charge card data management group established under section #e1 shall issue guidance on improving information sharing by government agencies for the purposes of section #c7;a77#a74 7b7 ,elements ,the guidance issued under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 require relevant officials at ,federal agencies to identify high-risk activities and communicate that information to the appropriate management levels within the agencies2 7#b7 require that appropriate officials at ,federal agencies review the reports issued by charge card-issuing banks on questionable transaction activity 7such as purchase and travel card pre-suspension and suspension reports1 delinquency reports1 and exception reports71 including transactions that occur with high-risk activities1 and suspicious timing or amounts of cash withdrawals or advances2 7#c7 provide for the appropriate sharing of information related to potential questionable transactions1 fraud schemes1 and high-risk activities with ,general ,services ,administration ,office of ,charge ,card ,management and the appropriate officials in ,federal agencies2 7#d7 consider the recommendations made by ,inspectors ,general or the best practices ,inspectors ,general have identified2 and 7#e7 include other requirements determined appropriate by the ,director for the purposes of carrying out this ,act4 #e4 ,interagency ,charge ,card ,data ,management ,group 7a7 ,establishment ,the ,administrator of ,general ,services and the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget shall establish a purchase and travel charge card data management group to develop and share best practices for the purposes described in section #c7;a74 7b7 ,elements ,the best practices developed under subsection 7a7 shall-- 7#a7 cover rules1 edits1 and task order or contract modifications related to charge card-issuing banks2 7#b7 include the review of accounts payable information and purchase and travel card transaction data of agencies for the purpose of identifying potential strategic sourcing and other additional opportunities 7such as recurring payments1 utility payments1 and grant payments7 for which the charge cards or related payment products could be used as a payment method2 and 7#c7 include other best practices as determined by the ,administrator and ,director4 7c7 ,membership ,the purchase and travel charge card data management group shall meet regularly as determined by the co-chairs1 for a duration of three years1 and include those agencies as described in section #b of the ,government ,charge ,card ,abuse ,prevention ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-aid7 and others identified by the ,administrator and ,director4 #f4 ,reporting requirements 7a7 ,general ,services ,administration report ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator for ,general ,services shall submit a report to ,congress on the implementation of this ,act1 including the metrics used in determining whether the analytic and benchmarking efforts have reduced1 or contributed to the reduction of1 questionable or improper payments as well as improved utilization of card-based payment products4 7b7 ,agency reports and consolidated report to ,congress ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the head of each ,federal agency described in section #b of the ,government ,charge ,card ,abuse ,prevention ,act of #bjab 7,public ,law #aab-aid7 shall submit a report to the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget on that agency's activities to implement this ,act4 7c7 ,office of ,management and ,budget report to ,congress ,the ,director of the ,office of ,management and ,budget shall submit to ,congress a consolidated report of agency activities to implement this ,act1 which may be included as part of another report submitted to ,congress by the ,director4 7d7 ,report on additional savings opportunities ,not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,administrator of ,general ,services shall submit a report to ,congress identifying and exploring further potential savings opportunities for government agencies under the ,federal charge card programs4 ,this report may be combined with the report required under subsection 7a74