3.0.0 638 2023-01-11T13:20:37Z 2023-01-11T13:20:37Z House H HR 2011-02-10 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:H.R. 638.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9: ``No Money shall be drawn from theTreasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts andExpenditures of all public Money shall be published from timeto time.''[Page H683]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2011-02-10T15:04:25Z Orphan Earmarks Act 112 282 S 2011-02-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Related bill CRS 2011-02-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2011-02-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-10 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000285 Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] TIMOTHY JOHNSON R IL V. 15 N J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2011-02-16 False Congress Appropriations Congressional officers and employees Congressional operations and organization Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations House of Representatives Members of Congress Transportation costs Travel and tourism Congress 00 2011-02-10 Introduced in House 2011-02-28T22:41:37Z Suspending Travel After Years of Pleasure Trips on Unwitting Taxpayers Act of 2011 or STAY PUT Act of 2011 - Prohibits the use of appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of Representatives or funds available under any federal law, rule, or regulation, to pay for official travel outside of the United States by any Member, officer, or employee of the House, until the Comptroller General studies and reports to the Speaker of the House and the Secretaries of Defense (DOD) and of State on the use of certain appropriated funds for such travel and recommendations for appropriate restrictions on, and reporting requirements applicable to, such travel which will promote transparency and cost savings.

Exempts from the prohibition and requirements of this Act any travel: (1) to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces; and (2) by Members and employees of the Committee on Foreign Affairs or the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, if the travel is for official committee business.

]]> STAY PUT Act of 2011 Display Title STAY PUT Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To impose a moratorium on the use of appropriated funds for official travel outside of the United States by Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives until the Comptroller General issues a report on the costs of such travel and makes recommendations regarding appropriate restrictions and reporting requirements on such travel. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced STAY PUT Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Suspending Travel After Years of Pleasure trips on Unwitting Taxpayers Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-02-10T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr638ih/xml/BILLS-112hr638ih.xml 2011-02-10 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.