[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 231 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 231

 To limit the acceptance of travel and related expenses by Members of 
                               Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 1993

Mr. Obey submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
               Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To limit the acceptance of travel and related expenses by Members of 
                               Congress.

    Resolved, That clause 4 of rule XLIII is amended by designating the 
first paragraph as paragraph (a) and adding the following new paragraph 
(b):
    ``(b)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), a Member of the 
House of Representatives shall not accept payment of travel and related 
expenses (food and beverage, lodging, entertainment, hospitality) with 
respect to attendance at any conference, meeting, or similar function, 
from--
            ``(A) any corporation, company, firm, partnership, or other 
        for-profit business enterprise, or any submit or affiliated 
        organization thereof;
            ``(B) any organization or corporation which maintains a 
        political action committee; or
            ``(C) any organization or corporation registered under the 
        Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act of 1946, or any successor 
        statute; or any organization or corporation which employs or 
        retains a registered lobbyist.
    ``(2) The foregoing paragraph shall not apply to--
            ``(A) travel expenses provided by any organization 
        described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code;
            ``(B) travel expenses provided in connection with a fact-
        finding event directly related to official duties in the home 
        state of the Member; or
            ``(C) travel expenses provided in connection with a 
        speaking engagement of an individual Member, at a meeting 
        organized for that purpose or at which that individual is a 
        principal speaker.''.

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