[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 61 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 61

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employees to 
   use coach-class air travel in the United States except in limited 
                 circumstances, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2011

 Mr. Scalise introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employees to 
   use coach-class air travel in the United States except in limited 
                 circumstances, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Controlling Our Air-travel Costs at 
Home Act of 2011'' or the ``Coach Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. TRAVEL RESTRICTION.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 5711. Domestic air travel restriction
    ``(a) An employee may only be reimbursed for the actual and 
necessary expenses of official air travel within the United States if 
such travel is coach-class, unless such travel is necessary to 
accommodate a disability or other special need.
    ``(b) If an employee is reimbursed in contravention of this 
section, the employee shall pay to the agency 75 percent of the amount 
reimbursed for such travel.
    ``(c) For purposes of this section, the term `United States' means 
the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other 
territory or possession of the United States, but does not include the 
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.''.
    (b) Technical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to 
section 5710 the following:

``5711. Domestic air travel restriction.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
with respect to travel taken after the date regulations are issued 
pursuant to section 3(b).

SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF DOMESTIC TRAVEL RULES.

    (a) Congressional Disapproval of Rules.--The Congress disapproves 
the following provisions of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, as 
such provisions apply to air travel within the United States (as 
defined in section 5711 of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
section 2 of this Act), submitted by the General Services 
Administration relating to Airline Accommodations, and such provisions 
shall have no force or effect:
            (1) Section 301-10.122.
            (2) Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of sections 301-10.123.
            (3) Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (f), (h), and (j) of section 
        301-10.124.
    (b) Revision of Regulations.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall issue regulations to revise sections 301-10.121 through 301-
10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, in accordance with 
this Act and section 5711 of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
section 2 of this Act.
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