[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H4411-H4412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




AMENDING THE RULES OF THE HOUSE TO CLARIFY CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO 
                            OFFICIAL CONDUCT

  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct be discharged from further 
consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 363) amending the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to clarify certain matters relating to 
official conduct, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cohen). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentlewoman from Ohio?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the resolution, as follows:

                              H. Res. 363

       Resolved,  That clause 15 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the 
     House of Representatives is amended to read as follows:
       ``15. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a Member, 
     Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not use personal 
     funds, official funds, or campaign funds for a flight on an 
     aircraft.
       ``(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if--
       ``(1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier or 
     commercial operator certificated by the Federal Aviation 
     Administration and the flight is required to be conducted 
     under air carrier safety rules, or, in the case of travel 
     which is abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator 
     certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation 
     authority and the flight is required to be conducted under 
     air carrier safety rules;
       ``(2) the aircraft is owned or leased by a Member, 
     Delegate, Resident Commissioner or his or her family member 
     (including an aircraft owned by an entity that is not a 
     public corporation in which the Member, Delegate, Resident 
     Commissioner or his or her family member has an ownership 
     interest, provided that such Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner does not use the aircraft any more than the 
     Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or family member's 
     proportionate share of ownership allows);
       ``(3) the flight consists of the personal use of an 
     aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner that 
     is supplied by an individual on the basis of personal 
     friendship; or

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       ``(4) the aircraft is operated by an entity of the Federal 
     government or an entity of the government of any State.
       ``(c) In this clause--
       ``(1) the term `campaign funds' includes funds of any 
     political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971, without regard to whether the committee is an 
     authorized committee of the Member, Delegate, or Resident 
     Commissioner involved under such Act;
       ``(2) the term `family member' means an individual who is 
     related to the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, as 
     father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband, 
     wife, father-in-law, or mother-in-law; and
       ``(3) the term `on the basis of personal friendship' has 
     the same meaning as in clause 5 of rule XXV and shall be 
     determined as under clause 5(a)(3)(D)(ii) of rule XXV.''.

  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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