    [United States Senate Manual, 116th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 116-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 83-85]
    [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

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                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) \84\ 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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                    \84\ Paragraph 1 was renumbered as 1 (a) and
                subparagraph (b) was added by S. Res. 80, 100-1, Jan. 28,
                1987.
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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 ordinary 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.

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