[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 148 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 148

     Amending clause 2(n) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

Mr. Carr submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Amending clause 2(n) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
                            Representatives.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 2(n) of rule XI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
    ``(6)(A) Committee funds shall not be used for--
            ``(i) foreign travel,
            ``(ii) travel by 3 or more of its members or employees, or
            ``(iii) travel using an aircraft owned or leased by the 
        United States,
unless its official nature is established by resolution approved by 
majority vote of the committee involved. Such vote shall be taken by a 
rollcall vote of the committee in public session. The official travel 
resolution shall set forth (I) the proposed itinerary, in detail; (II) 
the purpose of each destination and each intermediate stopping place; 
(III) the names of all persons who propose to take the trip at 
committee expense; (IV) the names of all persons who propose to take 
the trip at their own or private expense; (V) the provisions to recoup 
committee expenses incurred for those persons who travel at their own 
expense; (VI) the anticipated benefit to the taxpayers; and (VII) the 
estimated total expense. Under emergency, the committee chairman shall 
have the power to approve travel proposals.
    ``(B) A complete travel report shall be filed with the respective 
committee within 60 days of the completion of the travel. In the case 
of domestic travel, the travel report shall be a recapitulation of 
items (I) through (VII) of the travel resolution and shall address all 
variances from the resolution. In the case of foreign travel, the 
report shall be in compliance with subparagraph (2)(B).
    ``(C) Each committee shall keep on file and available for public 
inspection all approved travel resolutions and travel reports.''.
    (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to travel 
commencing after the thirtieth day beginning after the date of adoption 
of this resolution.

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