[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1359 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1359

To require the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the cost 
 of any transportation provided by the Secretary to Members, officers, 
or employees of the House of Representatives or Senate who are carrying 
 out official duties outside the United States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

  Mr. Jones introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the cost 
 of any transportation provided by the Secretary to Members, officers, 
or employees of the House of Representatives or Senate who are carrying 
 out official duties outside the United States, 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 ``Congressional Foreign Travel Cost 
Disclosure Act''.

SEC. 2. 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;
            (2) not later than 10 days after completion of the trip 
        involved, provide a written statement of the cost--
                    (A) to the Member, officer, or employee involved, 
                and
                    (B) to the Committee on Armed Services of the House 
                of Representatives (in the case of a trip taken by a 
                Member, officer, or employee of the House) or the 
                Committee on Armed Services of the Senate (in the case 
                of a trip taken by a Member, officer, or employee of 
                the Senate); and
            (3) upon providing a written statement under paragraph (2), 
        make the statement available for viewing on the Secretary's 
        official public website until the expiration of the 4-year 
        period which begins on the final day of the trip involved.
    (b) 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).
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (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. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Section 2 shall apply with respect to trips taken on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, except that section 2 does not apply 
with respect to any trip which began prior to such date.
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