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S. 457: Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006

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S. 457: Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006

109th Congress · introduced 2005-02-18 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Held at the desk.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2005-02-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Held at the desk. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006

Plain summary

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. 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.

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Official text

Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2006

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · 5 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 457, Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2005 (2005-08-12); CBO cost estimate: S. 457, Purchase Card Waste Elimination Act of 2005 (2005-08-12)

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] reported raising $22.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong109-s457 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong109 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong109