[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1144 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1144

   To prohibit the use of funds during a lapse in appropriations to 
       support congressional delegations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 11, 2019

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit the use of funds during a lapse in appropriations to 
       support congressional delegations, 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 ``No CODELs During Shutdowns Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    (a) Prohibition.--An executive agency may not expend any funds for 
the purpose of supporting official travel undertaken by more than one 
Member of Congress during any period in which there is a lapse in 
appropriations for any instrumentality of the Federal Government.
    (b) Exception.--An executive agency may expend funds for the 
purpose described under subsection (a) if the President, in 
consultation with the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 
Majority leader of the Senate, waives the prohibition under such 
subsection for such purpose.
    (c) Executive Agency Defined.--The term ``executive agency'' has 
the meaning given that term in section 133 of title 41, United States 
Code.
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