CHAPTER 20—FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE EXPENDITURE CONTROL

        

§901. Monitoring system

The head of each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, shall designate one office, officer, or employee of the agency to establish and operate a central monitoring system for, and provide oversight of, the motor vehicle operations of the agency, related activities, and related reporting requirements.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15301, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 335.)

§902. Data collection

(a) Cost identification and analysis

The head of each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, shall develop a system to identify, collect, and analyze data with respect to all costs, including obligations and outlays, incurred by the agency in the operation, maintenance, acquisition, and disposition of motor vehicles, including Government-owned vehicles, leased vehicles, and privately owned vehicles used for official purposes.

(b) Requirements for data systems

The Administrator, in cooperation with the Comptroller General and the Director, shall promulgate requirements governing the establishment and operation by executive agencies of the systems required by subsection (a) of this section, including requirements with respect to data concerning the costs and uses of motor vehicles and with respect to the uniform collection and submission of such data. Requirements promulgated under this section shall be in conformance with accounting principles and standards issued by the Comptroller General. Each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, shall comply with such requirements.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15302, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 335.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 903 of this title.

§903. Agency statements with respect to motor vehicle use

(a) Contents of statement

The head of each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, shall include with the appropriation request of such agency submitted under section 1108 of title 31 for fiscal year 1988 and each succeeding fiscal year, a statement—

(1) specifying—

(A) the total motor vehicle acquisition, maintenance, leasing, operation, and disposal costs, including obligations and outlays, incurred by such agency in the most recently completed fiscal year; and

(B) an estimate of such costs for the fiscal year in which such request is submitted and for the succeeding fiscal year; and

(2) justifying why the existing and any new motor vehicle acquisition, maintenance, leasing, operation, and disposal requirements of the agency cannot be met through the Interagency Fleet Management System operated by the Administrator, a qualified private fleet management firm, or any other method which is less costly to the Government.

(b) Compliance with requirements

The head of each executive agency shall comply with the requirements promulgated under section 902(b) of this title in preparing each statement required under subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15303, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 336.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 904 of this title.

§904. Presidential report

(a) Summary and analysis of agency statements

The President shall include with the budget transmitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31 for fiscal year 1988 and each succeeding fiscal year, or in a separate written report to the Congress for each such fiscal year, a summary and analysis of the statements most recently submitted by the heads of executive agencies pursuant to section 903(a) of this title. Each such summary and analysis shall include a review, for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the budget is submitted, the current fiscal year, and the fiscal year for which the budget is submitted, of the cost savings that have been achieved, that are estimated will be achieved, and that could be achieved, in the acquisition, maintenance, leasing, operation, and disposal of motor vehicles by executive agencies through—

(1) the use of a qualified private fleet management firm or another private contractor;

(2) increased reliance by executive agencies on the Interagency Fleet Management System operated by the Administrator; or

(3) other existing motor vehicle management systems.

(b) Applicability to fiscal year 1986

The summary and analysis submitted under subsection (a) of this section during fiscal year 1987 is not required to include a review, under the second sentence of such subsection, of the cost savings achieved for fiscal year 1986.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15304, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 336.)

Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which a report required under subsec. (a) of this section is listed on page 32), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, and section 1(a)(4) [div. A, §1402(1)] of Pub. L. 106–554, set out as notes under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 908 of this title.

§905. Study required

(a) Study of costs, benefits, and feasibility

(1) The head of each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, shall conduct a comprehensive and detailed study of the costs, benefits, and feasibility of—

(A) relying on the Interagency Management Fleet System operated by the Administrator;

(B) entering into a contract with a qualified fleet management firm or another private contractor; or

(C) using any other means less costly to the Government,

to meet its motor vehicle operation, maintenance, leasing, acquisition, and disposal requirements.

(2) Each study conducted under paragraph (1) shall compare the costs, benefits, and feasibility of the alternatives described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of such paragraph to the costs and benefits of the agency's current motor vehicle operations and, in the case of the alternatives described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of such paragraph, to the costs, benefits, and feasibility of the use of the Interagency Fleet Management System operated by the Administrator.

(b) Submission to Director and Comptroller General

Within 6 months after April 7, 1986, the head of each executive agency shall submit a report concerning the study required under subsection (a) of this section to the Administrator.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15305, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 336.)

§906. Interagency consolidation

(a) Identification of opportunities for consolidation

The Administrator shall review and identify interagency opportunities for the consolidation of motor vehicles, related equipment, and facilities, and of functions relating to the administration and management of such vehicles, equipment, and facilities, in order to reduce the size and cost of the Federal Government's motor vehicle fleet.

(b) Report and action on findings

Within one year after April 7, 1986, the Administrator shall—

(1) submit a report to the Congress specifying the findings and recommendations of the Administrator from the review conducted under subsection (a) of this section; and

(2) take such action as the Administrator considers appropriate based on such findings and recommendations and in accordance with section 491 of this title.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15306, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 337.)

§907. Reduction of storage and disposal costs

The Administrator shall take such actions as may be necessary to reduce motor vehicle storage and disposal costs and to improve the rate of return on motor vehicle sales through a program of vehicle reconditioning prior to sale.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15307, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 337.)

§908. Savings

(a) Actions by President required

The President shall establish, for each executive agency, including the Department of Defense, goals to reduce outlays for the operation, maintenance, leasing, acquisition, and disposal of motor vehicles in order to reduce, by fiscal year 1988, the total amount of outlays by all executive agencies for such operation, maintenance, leasing, acquisition, and disposal to an amount which is $150,000,000 less than the amount for such operation, maintenance, leasing, acquisition, and disposal requested by the President in the budget submitted under section 1105 of title 31 for fiscal year 1986.

(b) Monitoring of compliance and compliance report

The Director shall monitor compliance by executive agencies with the goals established by the President under subsection (a) of this section and shall include, in each summary and analysis required under section 904 of this title, a statement specifying the reductions in expenditures by executive agencies, including the Department of Defense, achieved under such goals.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15308, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 337.)

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 910 of this title.

§909. Compliance

(a) Administrator of General Services

The Administrator shall comply with and be subject to the provisions of this chapter with regard to all motor vehicles that are used within the General Services Administration for official purposes.

(b) Managers of other motor pools

The provisions of this chapter with respect to motor vehicles from the Interagency Fleet Management System shall be complied with by the executive agencies to which such motor vehicles are assigned.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15309, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 338.)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this part" and was translated as reading "this subtitle" as the probable intent of Congress because title XV of Pub. L. 99–272 does not contain part designations.

§910. Applicability

(a) Priority in reducing headquarters use

The heads of executive agencies shall give first priority to meeting the goals established by the President under section 908(a) of this title by reducing the costs of administrative motor vehicles used at the headquarters and regional headquarters of executive agencies, rather than by reducing the costs of motor vehicles used by line agency personnel working in agency field operations or activities.

(b) Regulations, standards, and definitions

The President shall require the Administrator, in cooperation with the Director, to promulgate appropriate regulations, standards, and definitions to assure that executive agencies meet the goals established under section 908(a) of this title in the manner prescribed by subsection (a) of this section.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15310, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 338.)

§911. Cooperation

The Director and the Administrator shall closely cooperate in the implementation of the provisions of this chapter.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15311, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 338.)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this part" and was translated as reading "this subtitle" as the probable intent of Congress because title XV of Pub. L. 99–272 does not contain part designations.

§912. Reports

The Comptroller General shall evaluate the extent to which the Director, the Administrator, and executive agencies have complied with this chapter. By January 31, 1988, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to the Congress describing the results of such evaluation.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15312, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 338.)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this part" and was translated as reading "this subtitle" as the probable intent of Congress because title XV of Pub. L. 99–272 does not contain part designations.

§913. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter—

(1) the term "executive agency" means an Executive agency (as such term is defined in section 105 of title 5), which operates at least three hundred motor vehicles, except that such term does not include the Tennessee Valley Authority;

(2) the term "Director" means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;

(3) the term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services;

(4) the term "Comptroller General" means the Comptroller General of the United States; and

(5) the term "motor vehicle" means any vehicle self-propelled or drawn by mechanical power, except that such term does not include any vehicle designed or used for military field training, combat, or tactical purposes, or any other special purpose vehicle exempted from the requirements of this chapter by the Administrator.

(Pub. L. 99–272, title XV, §15313, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 338.)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in introductory provision, was in the original "this title" meaning title XV (§§15101 to 15313) of Pub. L. 99–272, Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 332, which enacted this chapter, amended sections 5504, 8339, 8341, and 8906 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, former section 4109 of Title 38, Veterans Benefits, and section 3626 of Title 39, Postal Service, and enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 5303, 5343, 5504, 8339, and 8909 of Title 5 and sections 2401 and 3626 of Title 39. For complete classification of title XV to the Code, see Tables.

This chapter, referred to in par. (5), was in the original "this part" and was translated as reading "this subtitle" as the probable intent of Congress because title XV of Pub. L. 99–272 does not contain part designations.