Cutting FUEL Act

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Cutting Federal Unnecessary and Expensive Leasing Act of 2012 or the Cutting FUEL Act - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to determine: (1) the number of civilian vehicles purchased and leased by each executive agency in FY2010, (2) the total dollar amounts obligated by each agency to purchase and to lease civilian vehicles in FY2010, and (3) the amount that would be 20% less than those combined totals. Prohibits each agency from obligating more than such amount to purchase and lease civilian vehicles in each of FY2013-FY2017. Exempts the purchase or procurement of any vehicle determined by the President to be essential for reasons of national security.

Directs the Administrator of General Services (GSA) to ensure that agencies may share excess or unused vehicles for temporary or long-term use through the Federal Fleet Management System.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6324 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6324

 To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased and leased by 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2012

 Mr. Hanna (for himself and Mr. Barrow) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reduce the number of nonessential vehicles purchased and leased by 
            the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Cutting Federal Unnecessary and 
Expensive Leasing Act of 2012'' or the ``Cutting FUEL Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF THE NUMBER OF NONESSENTIAL VEHICLES PURCHASED AND 
              LEASED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    (a) Review of Nonessential Vehicle Purchase.--The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the head of the 
relevant Executive agency, shall complete each of the following:
            (1) Determine the total dollar amount obligated by each 
        Executive agency to purchase civilian vehicles in fiscal year 
        2010.
            (2) Determine the total dollar amount obligated by each 
        Executive agency to lease civilian vehicles in fiscal year 
        2010.
            (3) Determine the total number of civilian vehicles 
        purchased by each Executive agency in fiscal year 2010.
            (4) Determine the total number of civilian vehicles leased 
        by each Executive agency in fiscal year 2010.
            (5) Determine the total dollar amount that would be 20 
        percent less than the dollar amount determined under paragraphs 
        (1) and (2) for each Executive agency.
    (b) Reduction of Nonessential Vehicle Purchase.--For each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017, each Executive agency may not obligate more 
than the dollar amount identified pursuant to subsection (a)(5) to 
purchase and lease civilian vehicles.
    (c) Sharing.--The Administrator of General Services shall ensure 
that an Executive agency may share excess or unused vehicles with 
another Executive agency that may need temporary or long-term use of 
additional vehicles through the Federal Fleet Management System.
    (d) National Security Exception.--The limits on the purchase and 
procurement of vehicles provided in this section shall not apply to the 
purchase or procurement of any vehicle that has been determined by the 
President to be essential for reasons of national security.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Civilian vehicle.--The term ``civilian vehicle'' means 
        a vehicle that is not used for purposes of military combat, the 
        training or deployment of uniformed military personnel, or such 
        other uses as determined by the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget, in consultation with the Administrator 
        of General Services.
            (2) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive agency'' has 
        the meaning given that term under section 105 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
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