[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 441 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 441

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require Members 
   to post on their official public websites information on official 
 travel taken by the Member for which reimbursement was provided by a 
                            private source.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 25, 2015

 Mr. Peters submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require Members 
   to post on their official public websites information on official 
 travel taken by the Member for which reimbursement was provided by a 
                            private source.

Whereas the public deserves access to information on travel taken by Members of 
        the House of Representatives when reimbursement for the travel is 
        provided by an outside source;
Whereas accessible information on public websites will promote transparency 
        between Congress and the public; and
Whereas improving the public's ability to easily gather this information allows 
        the public to better hold Members of Congress accountable: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved,

SECTION 1. REQUIRING MEMBERS TO POST INFORMATION ON REIMBURSED OFFICIAL 
              TRAVEL ON MEMBER WEBSITES.

    (a) Requirement.--Clause 5(b) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(6) At the time the Clerk of the House makes information 
        described in paragraph (5) with respect to travel available for 
        public inspection on the website of the Office of the Clerk, 
        the Clerk shall notify the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner who took the travel (or, in the case of travel 
        taken by an employee, the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
        Commissioner under whose direct supervision the employee 
        works), who shall then post on the official public website of 
        the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner a brief 
        description of the travel, including the names of the 
        individuals who took the travel, the entity that paid for the 
        travel, and the dates, places, and costs of the travel, 
        together with a hyperlink to the information with respect to 
        the travel that the Clerk made available for public inspection 
        on the website of the Office of the Clerk.''.
    (b) Regulations; Effective Date.--
            (1) Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date on 
        which the House of Representatives agrees to this resolution, 
        the Committee on House Administration of the House of 
        Representatives shall issue regulations to carry out the 
        amendment made by subsection (a).
            (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
        shall apply with respect to any travel taken on or after the 
        date on which the Committee on House Administration issues the 
        regulations required under paragraph (1).
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