[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 793 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 793

  To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of 
Congress during any period in which a Government shutdown is in effect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 25, 2019

   Mr. Buck introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of 
Congress during any period in which a Government shutdown is in effect.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING MEMBER OFFICIAL TRAVEL DURING SHUTDOWN.

    (a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), no 
appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of 
Representatives, official funds of the Senate, or funds available under 
any Federal law, rule, or regulation, may be used to pay for the costs 
of travel by a Member of Congress during any period in which a 
Government shutdown is in effect.
    (b) Exception for Travel by Member to Washington Metropolitan 
Area.--Subsection (a) does not apply with respect to travel by a Member 
of Congress to the Washington Metropolitan Area.
    (c) Determination of Government Shutdown.--For purposes of 
subsection (a), a Government shutdown shall be considered to be in 
effect if there is a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or 
department as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations 
bill or continuing resolution.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``Member of Congress'' means a Senator or a 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress; and
            (2) the term ``Washington Metropolitan Area'' means the 
        District of Columbia, the Counties of Montgomery and Prince 
        Georges in Maryland, and the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, 
        Loudon, and Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria and 
        Falls Church in Virginia.
    (e) Sense of Congress Regarding Need of Members To Remain at Work 
During Government Shutdown.--It is the sense of Congress that, whenever 
a Government shutdown is in effect, Members of Congress should remain 
at work in Washington, DC until the shutdown is no longer in effect.
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