110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 754
To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by Department
of Defense personnel.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 2, 2007
Mr. COLEMAN (for himself and Mr. COBURN) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To streamline and simplify the travel procedures used by Department
of Defense personnel.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Defense Travel Simplification Act of 2007'.
SEC. 2. DEFENSE TRAVEL ACCOUNTING AND VOUCHER PROCESSING SYSTEM.
(a) Redesignation of Defense Travel System- Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall redesignate
the Defense Travel System as the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing
System. Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or
other paper of the United States to the Defense Travel System shall be considered
to be a reference to the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing
System.
(b) Implementation of Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System-
The Department of Defense shall implement the procedures described under
subsection (c)--
(1) not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
in the case of air travel; and
(2) not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
in the case of railroad and bus travel.
(c) Procedures Related to the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing
System- The Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing System, as
redesignated and implemented under subsection (a) (in this subsection referred
to as the `System'), shall include the following procedures:
(1) Use of the System to record and process all Department of Defense
commercial travel.
(2) A prohibition on the use of the System for identifying and reserving
travel, hotels or other accommodations, and rental vehicles.
SEC. 3. SUCCESSOR TRAVEL SYSTEM.
(1) INTRA-AGENCY TASK FORCE- The Secretary of Defense shall establish
an intra-agency task force to recommend measures to streamline and simplify
the commercial travel system used by the Department of Defense through
the establishment of a successor system to replace the Defense Travel
Accounting and Voucher Processing System, as redesignated and implemented
under section 2(a).
(2) REPORT- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the intra-agency task force shall submit to the Secretary of
Defense a report on the recommendations developed under (1). The report
shall be made available upon request to Congress.
(b) Requirements Related to Internet-Based Travel System- Any proposed successor
or modification to the Defense Travel Accounting and Voucher Processing
System that includes an Internet-based travel system designed to identify
modes of travel, hotels or other accommodations, or rental vehicles shall
include--
(1) a searchable database of all air, rail, and bus travel options, including
by cost; and
(2) a searchable database of companies offering accommodations and rental
vehicles at government rates.
(c) Operational Testing and Certification-
(1) TESTING- The Secretary of Defense shall operationally test any successor
or modification described under subsection (b) to ensure that it meets
the requirements under such subsection. A successor or modification may
not be deployed until 90 days after the successful completion of such
testing.
(2) CERTIFICATION- Not later than 90 days after the successful completion
of operational testing under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of
the United States shall submit to the Committee on Armed Forces, the Committee
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives a letter certifying that--
(A) the successor or modification passed such testing; and
(B) the results of the test are reliable.
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