S.Amdt. 1596

SA 1596. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 762 proposed by Mr. Nelson of Florida (for himself, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Smith, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Dayton, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Landrieu, Ms. Mikulski, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Johnson, and Mr. Salazar) to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. __. CURTAILMENT OF WASTE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE WEB-BASED TRAVEL SYSTEM.

(a) Prohibition on Use of Funds.--No funds available to the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended after October 1, 2005, for the further development, deployment, or operation of any web-based, end-to-end travel management system, or services under any contract for such travel services that provides for payment by the Department of Defense to the service provider above, or in addition to, a fixed price transaction fee for eTravel services under the General Services Administration eTravel contract.

(b) Construction of Prohibition.--Nothing in subsection (a) shall be construed as restricting the ability of the Department of Defense from obtaining eTravel services from any provider under the General Services Administration eTravel contract, provided that--

(1) such provider receives no payment for such services above, or in addition to, a fixed price transaction fee; and

(2) such provider provides to the Department of Defense a written guarantee that all commercial air travel is secured at the lowest available price, consistent with Federal Travel Regulations and the mission objective of the traveler.