[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1369 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1369

     To provide that Federal employees may retain for personal use 
promotional items received as a result of travel taken in the course of 
                              employment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 3, 2001

  Mr. Warner introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
     To provide that Federal employees may retain for personal use 
promotional items received as a result of travel taken in the course of 
                              employment.

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

SECTION 1. RETENTION OF TRAVEL PROMOTIONAL ITEMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 5702 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d);
            (2) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
        by striking ``This section does'' and inserting ``Subsections 
        (a) and (b) do''; and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
    ``(c) Promotional items (including frequent flyer miles, upgrades, 
and access to carrier clubs or facilities) an employee receives as a 
result of using travel or transportation services procured by the 
United States or accepted pursuant to section 1353 of title 31 may be 
retained by the employee for personal use if such promotional items are 
obtained under the same terms as those offered to the general public 
and at no additional cost to the Government.''.
    (b) Repeal of Superceded Law.--Section 6008 of the Federal 
Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994 (5 U.S.C. 5702 note; Public Law 
103-355) is repealed.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to promotional items received before, on, or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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