[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3662 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3662

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require that Members, 
officers, and employees of Congress required to file reports under this 
Act disclose in those reports additional information relating to travel 
    financed by persons with any interest in legislation before the 
                   Congress, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

Mr. Meehan introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to 
the Committees on the Judiciary, House Administration, and Post Office 
                           and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require that Members, 
officers, and employees of Congress required to file reports under this 
Act disclose in those reports additional information relating to travel 
    financed by persons with any interest in legislation before the 
                   Congress, 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. TRAVEL DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND COVERED 
              LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Additional Disclosures Relating to Travel.--Section 102 of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 102) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) In addition to any other information required to be contained 
in any report required to be filed under this title by a Member, 
officer, or employee of the Congress, any such report filed by any such 
individual shall include the following information regarding travel by 
that individual or a member of that individual's immediate family:
            ``(1) A list of travel by that individual or a member of 
        that individual's immediate family financed, in whole or in 
        part, by any person with any interest in legislation before the 
        Congress.
            ``(2) The name and address of each person with an interest 
        in legislation referred to in paragraph (1) and the travel that 
        person financed.
            ``(3) An itemization of expenses incurred or reimbursed 
        respecting that travel, including copies of all vouchers and 
        receipts.
            ``(4) The reason for that travel, including any specific 
        legislation or policy concerns.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to reports filed after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE BY LOBBYISTS OF TRAVEL PAYMENTS.

    (a) Disclosure Requirement.--Section 308 of the Federal Regulation 
of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 267) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Any person who is required to register with the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate under 
subsection (a) shall include in each report required to be filed under 
such subsection the following:
            ``(1) A list of all travel--
                    ``(A) by any individual who is a Member, officer, 
                or employee of the Congress required to file a report 
                under section 101 of the Ethics in Government Act of 
                1978, or
                    ``(B) by a member of that individual's immediate 
                family,
        that was financed, in whole or in part, by that person during 
        the preceding calendar quarter.
            ``(2) An itemization of expenses respecting that travel 
        that were paid by that person.
            ``(3) The reason for that travel, including any specific 
        legislation or policy concerns.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to reports filed after the date of enactment of this Act.

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