IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 113 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Member 

whose Members’ Representational Allowance is used to pay for a flight 

on a private aircraft to report information on the flight not later than 

30 days after the flight, and requiring any Senator whose official funds 

are used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft to report information 

on the flight not later than 30 days after the flight. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 

Mr. CASSIDY submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committee on 

House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 

Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 

the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 

require any Member whose Members’ Representational 

Allowance is used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft 

to report information on the flight not later than 30 

days after the flight, and requiring any Senator whose 

official funds are used to pay for a flight on a private 

aircraft to report information on the flight not later 

than 30 days after the flight. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
2 

•HCON 113 IH 

1 SECTION 1. SPECIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR USE 

2 OF MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW3 ANCE FOR FLIGHT ON PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. 

4 Clause 15 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House 

5 of Representatives is amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraph (d) as para7 graph (e); and 

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (c) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(d) If funds in a Members’ Representational Allow11 ance are used for a flight for which the owner or operator 

12 of the aircraft is paid a fare in accordance with paragraph 

13 (b)(5), not later than 30 days after the flight the Member 

14 involved shall file a report with the Clerk containing the 

15 following information: 

16 ‘‘(1) The amount paid for the flight from the 

17 Members’ Representational Allowance. 

18 ‘‘(2) The destinations covered by the flight. 

19 ‘‘(3) A statement describing the purpose of tak20 ing the flight, including any reasons why the pur21 pose could not be met by taking a flight on an air22 craft operated by an air carrier or commercial oper23 ator described in paragraph (b)(1).’’. 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
3 

•HCON 113 IH 

1 SEC. 2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR USE OF OFFICIAL 

2 SENATE FUNDS FOR FLIGHT ON PRIVATE 

3 AIRCRAFT. 

4 (a) REPORTS.—If funds in a Senators’ Official Per5 sonnel and Office Expense Account are used for a flight 

6 which is not a commercial aircraft flight or a government 

7 aircraft flight, not later than 30 days after the flight the 

8 Senator involved shall file a report with the Secretary of 

9 the Senate containing the following information: 

10 (1) The amount paid for the flight from official 

11 funds of the Senate. 

12 (2) The destinations covered by the flight. 

13 (3) A statement describing the purpose of the 

14 flight, including any reasons why the purpose could 

15 not be met by taking a commercial aircraft flight or 

16 a government aircraft flight. 

17 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘commercial aircraft flight’’ means 

19 a flight on an aircraft which is operated by an air 

20 carrier or commercial operator certificated by the 

21 Federal Aviation Administration and the flight is re22 quired to be conducted under air carrier safety rules, 

23 or, in the case of travel which is abroad, by an air 

24 carrier or commercial operator certificated by an ap25 propriate foreign civil aviation authority and the 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS
4 

•HCON 113 IH 

1 flight is required to be conducted under air carrier 

2 safety rules; and 

3 (2) the term ‘‘government aircraft flight’’ 

4 means a flight on an aircraft operated by an entity 

5 of the Federal Government or an entity of the Gov6 ernment of any State. 

Æ 


tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with BILLS