[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 363 Agreed to House (ATH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 363

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify certain 
                 matters relating to official conduct.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2007

 Mr. Peterson of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. Graves) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Standards 
                          of Official Conduct

                              May 2, 2007

 The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify certain 
                 matters relating to official conduct.

    Resolved,  That clause 15 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``15. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner may not use personal funds, official funds, or 
campaign funds for a flight on an aircraft.
    ``(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if--
            ``(1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier or 
        commercial operator certificated by the Federal Aviation 
        Administration and the flight is required to be conducted under 
        air carrier safety rules, or, in the case of travel which is 
        abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated 
        by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority and the 
        flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety 
        rules;
            ``(2) the aircraft is owned or leased by a Member, 
        Delegate, Resident Commissioner or his or her family member 
        (including an aircraft owned by an entity that is not a public 
        corporation in which the Member, Delegate, Resident 
        Commissioner or his or her family member has an ownership 
        interest, provided that such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner does not use the aircraft any more than the 
        Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or family member's 
        proportionate share of ownership allows);
            ``(3) the flight consists of the personal use of an 
        aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner that 
        is supplied by an individual on the basis of personal 
        friendship; or
            ``(4) the aircraft is operated by an entity of the Federal 
        government or an entity of the government of any State.
    ``(c) In this clause--
            ``(1) the term `campaign funds' includes funds of any 
        political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
        1971, without regard to whether the committee is an authorized 
        committee of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
        involved under such Act;
            ``(2) the term `family member' means an individual who is 
        related to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, as 
        father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, 
        father-in-law, or mother-in-law; and
            ``(3) the term `on the basis of personal friendship' has 
        the same meaning as in clause 5 of rule XXV and shall be 
        determined as under clause 5(a)(3)(D)(ii) of rule XXV.''.
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