[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2276 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2276

To prohibit the use of Federal funds for official travel after Election 
  Day of members of Congress who will not serve as members during the 
                             next Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 1997

  Mr. Stupak introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the use of Federal funds for official travel after Election 
  Day of members of Congress who will not serve as members during the 
                             next Congress.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAVEL OF 
              DEFEATED OR RETIRING MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--No reimbursement or payment may be made from 
Federal funds for travel and related expenses incurred during the post-
election period of a Congress by any member of Congress who will not 
serve as a member in the succeeding Congress (as certified by the 
appropriate State official).
    (b) Exception for Travel Within District or Between District and 
Washington Metropolitan Area.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to travel 
of a member of Congress--
            (1) within the district or State the member represents (as 
        the case may be);
            (2) between the district or State the member represents (as 
        the case may be) and the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area; or
            (3) within the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area.
    (c) Definitions.--In this Act--
            (1) the term ``member of Congress'' means a Senator or a 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress;
            (2) the term ``post-election period'' means, with respect 
        to a Congress, the period beginning on the day after the date 
        of the regularly scheduled general election held during the 
        Congress and ending on the first day of the succeeding 
        Congress; and
            (3) the term ``Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area'' means 
        the District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince 
        Georges in Maryland, and the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, 
        and Loudon and the Cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in 
        Virginia.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Fifth Congress 
and each subsequent Congress.
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