[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Non-statutory Standing Orders and Regulations Affecting the Business of the Senate]
[Pages 182-183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


       105    TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND TRAVEL EXPENESES INCURRED BY MEMBERS
                AND EMPLOYEES OF THE SENATE WHEN ENGAGED IN AUTHORIZED
                FOREIGN TRAVEL 
                

                Resolved, That until otherwise provided by law or 
            resolution of the Senate, the contingent fund of the Senate 
            is made available, as provided in this resolution, to defray 
            the costs of transportation and the ordinary and necessary 
            travel expenses of Members and employees of the Senate when 
            engaged in authorized foreign travel. The Secretary of the 
            Senate is authorized to advance funds, under authority of 
            this resolution, in the same manner provided for committees 
            of the Senate under the authority of Public Law 118, Eighty-
            first Congress, approved June 22, 1949.
                Sec. 2. (a) Transportation costs and ordinary and 
            necessary travel expenses incurred by a Member or employee 
            engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid upon 
            certification of such Member or employee, and upon vouchers 
            approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                (b) Transportation costs and ordinary and necessary 
            travel expenses which are incurred for a group of Members or 
            employees engaged in authorized foreign travel shall be paid 
            upon certification of the Member who is chairman of such 
            group (or, if no chairman has been designated, upon 
            certification of the ranking Member of such group) or, if 
            the group does not include a Member, upon certification of 
            the senior employee in such group, and upon vouchers 
            approved by the Senator who authorized such foreign travel.
                (c) The reports of the Secretary of the Senate setting 
            forth amounts paid from the contingent fund under authority 
            of this resolution shall, at the request of the chairman of 
            the Select Committee on Intelligence, omit any matter which 
            would identify the foreign countries in which Members and 
            employees of the Select Committee traveled on behalf of the 
            Select Committee.
                Sec. 3. Payment of transportation costs and ordinary and 
            necessary travel expenses may not be paid under this 
            resolution to the extent that appropriated funds or foreign 
            currencies under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act 
            of 1954 are utilized to defray such costs and expenses. Such 
            funds and currencies shall be used to the maximum extent 
            possible.
                Sec. 4. For purposes of this resolution--

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                        (1) The term ``foreign travel'' means travel 
                    outside the United States and includes travel within 
                    the United States which is the beginning or end of 
                    travel outside the United States.
                        (2) The term ``authorized foreign travel'' means 
                    foreign travel on official business on behalf of the 
                    Senate or a committee of the Senate which is 
                    authorized--
                                (A) in the case of foreign travel on 
                            behalf of the Senate, by the President pro 
                            tempore, Majority Leader, or Minority Leader 
                            of the Senate; and
                                (B) in the case of foreign travel on 
                            behalf of a committee of the Senate, by the 
                            chairman of that committee.
                        (3) The term ``committee of the Senate'' 
                    includes all standing, select, and special 
                    committees of the Senate and all joint committees of 
                    the Congress whose funds are disbursed by the 
                    Secretary of the Senate.
                        (4) The term ``employee of the Senate'' includes 
                    an individual (other than a Member) whose salary is 
                    disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or who is 
                    treated as an employee of the Senate for purposes of 
                    the Senate Code of Official Conduct.
                        (5) The term ``ordinary and necessary travel 
                    expenses'' includes, in the case of a group of 
                    Members engaged in authorized foreign travel, such 
                    special expenses as the chairman (or, if there is no 
                    chairman, the ranking Member) deems appropriate, 
                    including, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
                    reimbursements to any agency of the Government for 
                    (A) expenses incurred on behalf of the group, (B) 
                    compensation (including overtime) of employees of 
                    such agency officially detailed to the group, and 
                    (C) expenses incurred in connection with providing 
                    appropriate hospitality.

                                      [S. Res. 179, 95-1, May 25, 1977.]