[United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
[S. Doc. 112-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Pages 83-84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


        39                           RULE XXXIX

                                   FOREIGN TRAVEL

     39.1a      1. (a) Unless authorized by the Senate (or by the 
            President of the United States after an adjournment sine 
            die), no funds from the United States Government (including 
            foreign currencies made available under section 502(b) of 
            the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) shall be 
            received for the purpose of travel outside the United States 
            by any Member of the Senate whose term will expire at the 
            end of a Congress after--
                        (1) the date of the general election in which 
                    his successor is elected; or
                        (2) in the case of a Member who is not a 
                    candidate in such general election, the earlier of 
                    the date of such general election or the adjournment 
                    sine die of the second regular session of that 
                    Congress.

     39.1b      (b) \80\ The travel restrictions provided by 
            subparagraph (a) with respect to a Member of the Senate 
            whose term will expire at the end of a Congress shall apply 
            to travel by--
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                \80\ Pursuant to S. Res. 80, 100-1, Jan. 28, 1987, 
            paragraph 1 was renumbered as 1 (a) and subparagraph (b) was 
            added.
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                        (1) any employee of the Member;
                        (2) any elected officer of the Senate whose 
                    employment will terminate at the end of a Congress; 
                    and
                        (3) any employee of a committee whose employment 
                    will terminate at the end of a Congress.
      39.2      2. No Member, officer, or employee engaged in foreign 
            travel may claim payment or accept funds from the United 
            States Government (including foreign currencies made 
            available under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 
            1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) for any expense for which the 
            individual has received reimbursement from any other source; 
            nor may such Member, officer, or employee receive 
            reimbursement for the same expense more than once from the 
            United States Government. No Member, officer, or employee 
            shall use any funds furnished to him to defray ordi

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            nary and necessary expenses of foreign travel for any 
            purpose other than the purpose or purposes for which such 
            funds were furnished.
      39.3      3. A per diem allowance provided a Member, officer, or 
            employee in connection with foreign travel shall be used 
            solely for lodging, food, and related expenses and it is the 
            responsibility of the Member, officer, or employee receiving 
            such an allowance to return to the United States Government 
            that portion of the allowance received which is not actually 
            used for necessary lodging, food, and related expenses.