[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2841 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 2841

To prohibit use of official funds for travel outside the United States 
by Members of Congress during any period of lapsed appropriations as a 
     result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or 
                         continuing resolution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 1996

   Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit use of official funds for travel outside the United States 
by Members of Congress during any period of lapsed appropriations as a 
     result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or 
                         continuing resolution.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS FOR TRAVEL OUTSIDE 
              UNITED STATES BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS DURING ANY PERIOD OF 
              LAPSED APPROPRIATIONS.

    No official funds may be used for travel by a Member of Congress 
outside the United States in any period during which there is a lapse 
in appropriations for any Federal department or agency as a result of a 
failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or a continuing 
resolution.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, the term ``Member of Congress'' means a 
Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress.
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