[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 423 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
H. RES. 423

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each 
  Member of the House of Representatives to submit annual reports for 
  publication in the Congressional Record on certain federally-funded 
              travel taken by the Member during the year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 1996

 Mr. Ganske (for himself, Mr. Klug, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Coburn, 
    Mr. Deal of Georgia, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Poshard, and Ms. Rivers) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                                on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each 
  Member of the House of Representatives to submit annual reports for 
  publication in the Congressional Record on certain federally-funded 
              travel taken by the Member during the year.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Congressional Travel 
Accountability Resolution''.

SEC. 2. MEMBER REPORTS ON CERTAIN FEDERALLY-FUNDED TRAVEL.

    The Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by adding at 
the end the following new rule:

                              ``Rule LIII.

             ``reports on certain federally-funded travel.

    ``1. (a) Not later than 60 days after the expiration of each 
reporting period, each Member shall submit to the Clerk an itemized 
report detailing all covered Federal travel by the Member (as a Member) 
during the period and the costs associated with such travel.
    ``(b) Each Member shall make reasonable efforts to ascertain the 
costs associated with covered Federal travel by the Member during each 
reporting period.
    ``2. Not later than the first day of session occurring after March 
31 of each year and the first day of session occurring after September 
30 of each year, the Clerk shall submit for publication in the 
Congressional Record the information received for the previous 
reporting period.
    ``3. As used in this rule--
            ``(a) the term `covered Federal travel' means any travel 
        for which reimbursement or payment is made (in whole or in 
        part) from Federal funds, except that such term does not 
        include travel by the Member--
                    ``(1) between the district the Member represents 
                and the Washington metropolitan area,
                    ``(2) within the district the Member represents, or
                    ``(3) within the Washington metropolitan area;
            ``(b) the term `Member' means a Representative in, or a 
        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress; and
            ``(c) the term `reporting period' means the 6-month period 
        ending with June 30 of each year and the 6-month period ending 
        with December 31 of each year.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall take effect immediately prior 
to noon January 3, 1997.
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