3.0.0 882 2022-03-02T05:33:29Z 2022-03-02T05:33:29Z House H HR 2011-03-02 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois:H.R. 882.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, 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 H1525]]]> hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2011-03-02T15:01:50Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2011-03-02T15:01:45Z Transparency and Accountability in Congressional Travel Act of 2012 112 4289 HR 2012-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS 2011-03-02 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2011-03-02 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2011-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-03-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress J000285 Rep. Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] TIMOTHY JOHNSON R IL V. 15 N Congress Congressional officers and employees Congressional operations and organization Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives House of Representatives International monetary system and foreign exchange Legislative rules and procedure Members of Congress Senate Transportation costs Travel and tourism Congress 00 2011-03-02 Introduced in House 2011-04-15T19:32:29Z Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2011 - Authorizes the House of Representatives and the Senate to obtain local currencies of foreign nations to provide a per diem allowance to a Member, officer, or employee of each chamber on official foreign travel, if the individual obtains an authorization to receive such an allowance from the appropriate specified congressional officer or committee chairman.

Limits such local currency to up to the equivalent of $75 per day per person, or the authorized maximum per diem allowance for federal employees while traveling in a foreign country, whichever is greater, exclusive of the actual cost of transportation.

Prohibits any Member or employee of the House from undertaking any official foreign travel unless, within 14 days before and within 14 days after such travel, the individual prepares and makes available for public inspection a specified statement containing certain travel-related information.

Prohibits a vacation stopover for annual leave at any point during official foreign travel.

Specifies restrictions on official foreign travel by Member and House committee employees, except travel to a military installation or to a theater of operations of the Armed Forces.

Requires Members of the House and employees who undertake official foreign travel to: (1) take necessary actions to reduce travel costs, and (2) return any per diem remaining unexpended at conclusion of the travel.

]]> Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2011 Display Title Congressional Foreign Travel Reform Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To require that any local currencies used to provide per diems to Members and employees of Congress for official foreign travel for a fiscal year be obtained by Congress and paid for using funds appropriated for salaries and expenses of Congress for the fiscal year, to enhance the disclosure of information on official foreign travel of Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2011-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr882ih/xml/BILLS-112hr882ih.xml 2011-03-02 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.