[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 407 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 407

To direct the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the costs 
incurred in taking a Member, officer, or employee of Congress on a trip 
  outside the United States so that such costs may be included in any 
   report the Member, officer, or employee is required to file with 
   respect to the trip under applicable law or rules of the House of 
                       Representatives or Senate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 24, 2011

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on House 
   Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the costs 
incurred in taking a Member, officer, or employee of Congress on a trip 
  outside the United States so that such costs may be included in any 
   report the Member, officer, or employee is required to file with 
   respect to the trip under applicable law or rules of the House of 
                       Representatives or Senate.

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

SECTION 1. DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF TRANSPORTATION COSTS 
              INCURRED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CONGRESSIONAL TRIPS 
              OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Determination and Disclosure of Costs by Secretary.--In the 
case of a trip taken by a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives or Senate in carrying out official duties outside the 
United States for which the Department of Defense provides 
transportation, the Secretary of Defense shall--
            (1) determine the cost of the transportation provided with 
        respect to the Member, officer, or employee; and
            (2) provide the Member, officer, or employee with a written 
        statement of the cost not later than 10 days after completion 
        of the trip involved.
    (b) Inclusion of Information in Travel Reports.--Any Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives or Senate who 
takes a trip to which subsection (a) applies shall include the 
information contained in the written statement provided to the Member, 
officer, or employee under subsection (a)(2) with respect to the trip 
in any report that the Member, officer, or employee is required to file 
with respect to the trip under any provision of law and under any 
provision of the Rules of the House of Representatives or the Standing 
Rules of the Senate (as the case may be).
    (c) Exceptions.--This section does not apply with respect to any 
trip the sole purpose of which is to visit one or more United States 
military installations or to visit United States military personnel in 
a war zone (or both).
    (d) Definitions.--In this Act:
            (1) Member.--The term ``Member'', with respect to the House 
        of Representatives, includes a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to the Congress.
            (2) United states.--The term ``United States'' means the 
        several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
        the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any other 
        territory or possession of the United States.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to trips taken on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, except that this Act does not apply 
with respect to any trip which began prior to such date.
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