3.0.0 2063 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z Senate S S 2023-06-21 118 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-06-21T15:02:30Z 2023-06-21 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2023-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2023-06-21 True C001075 Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] Bill Cassidy R LA 2023-06-21 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2023-06-21 True Armed Forces and National Security Armed Forces and National Security 2023-07-17T12:45:20Z 00 2023-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2024-09-16T17:06:58Z <p><strong>Banning Overspending On Non-Defense Objectives at Gratuitous Gatherings and Learning Events Act or the BOONDOGGLE Act</strong></p><p>This bill limits the authorization of travel or transportation allowances for members of the uniformed services in connection with professional development training. Specifically, the bill provides that such allowances may only be provided if the training (1) relates to the military occupational specialty of the member; and (2) does not include activities or events related to the sexual orientation of the member or that promote the sex, race, or religion of the member as superior or inferior to another sex, race, or religion.&nbsp;</p><!--tinycomments|2.1|data:application/json;base64,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--> BOONDOGGLE Act Display Title 45 BOONDOGGLE Act 2024-07-24T15:21:34Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 BOONDOGGLE Act 2024-05-24T13:38:42Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Banning Overspending On Non-Defense Objectives at Gratuitous Gatherings and Learning Events Act 2024-05-24T13:38:42Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to authorize the payment of a travel or transportation allowance for a member of the uniformed services to travel to obtain professional development training only if such training relates to the military occupational specialty of the member and not to the sex, sexual orientation, race, or religion of the member. 2023-07-15T02:44:08Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-118s2063is/xml/BILLS-118s2063is.xml 2023-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.