[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5145]
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  SA 914. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REIMBURSEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY CERTAIN 
                   PERSONS FOR EXPENSES OF TRAVEL DURING WHICH 
                   SUCH PERSONS CONDUCT PRIVATE BUSINESS.

       (a) Reimbursement Required.--A covered person shall 
     reimburse the United States for any expenses of travel 
     provided the person at the expense of the Federal Government 
     if the person conducts any private business during such 
     travel or conducts any activity for personal financial gain 
     during such travel.
       (b) Covered Persons.--For purposes of this section, a 
     covered person is any person described by paragraph (1) or 
     (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
     regardless of whether the person was provided protection by 
     the United States Secret Service during the travel concerned.
       (c) Expenses Reimburseable.--The expenses of travel for 
     which a covered person shall make reimbursement under 
     subsection (a) are the actual costs with respect to the 
     person during travel for the following:
       (1) Travel.
       (2) Protection by the United States Secret Service or 
     another Federal entity.
       (3) Lodging and accommodations.
       (4) Meals.
       (5) Incidental expenses.
       (6) Any other expenses designated by the President in 
     regulations prescribed for purposes of this section.
       (d) Private Business.--For purposes of this section, 
     private business shall consist of the discussion of, planning 
     for, or carrying out of any commercial negotiation or 
     commercial transaction on behalf of a covered person, or any 
     entity in which a covered person holds a financial interest, 
     which financially benefits a covered person or entity in 
     which a covered person holds a financial interest.
       (e) Exception.--Reimbursement for expenses of travel shall 
     not be made by a covered person under subsection (a) for 
     expenses borne by the person during the travel concerned.
       (f) Treatment of Reimbursements.--Any reimbursements made 
     pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Treasury 
     as miscellaneous receipts.
       (g) Reports.--
       (1) Quarterly reports.--Not later than the first day of 
     each fiscal year quarter, each covered person shall submit to 
     the offices and committees of Congress referred to in 
     paragraph (3) a report on reimbursements required to be made 
     by such person under subsection (a) during the preceding 
     fiscal year quarter.
       (2) Elements.--Each report of a person under this paragraph 
     shall set forth, for the fiscal year quarter covered by such 
     report, the following:
       (A) The expenses of travel of the person for which 
     reimbursement was required to be made under subsection (a).
       (B) The amount of reimbursement made under subsection for 
     such expenses.
       (3) Offices and committees of congress.--The offices and 
     committees of Congress referred to in this paragraph are the 
     following:
       (A) The Office of Government Ethics.
       (B) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Reform and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate.
       (C) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and 
     the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives.
       (h) Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Goods and 
     Services.--No department, agency, or other entity of the 
     Federal Government may purchase, rent, or otherwise acquire 
     goods or services, including hotel rooms, office space, or 
     golf carts, from any entity that is owned or operated by the 
     President or any member of the immediate family of the 
     President.
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