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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1359 

To require the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the cost 

of any transportation provided by the Secretary to Members, officers, 

or employees of the House of Representatives or Senate who are carrying 

out official duties outside the United States, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2013 

Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the cost of any transportation provided by the 

Secretary to Members, officers, or employees of the 

House of Representatives or Senate who are carrying 

out official duties outside the United States, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Foreign 

5 Travel Cost Disclosure Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF TRANSPOR2 TATION COSTS INCURRED BY SECRETARY OF 

3 DEFENSE FOR CONGRESSIONAL TRIPS OUT4 SIDE THE UNITED STATES. 

5 (a) DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF COSTS BY

6 SECRETARY.—In the case of a trip taken by a Member, 

7 officer, or employee of the House of Representatives or 

8 Senate in carrying out official duties outside the United 

9 States for which the Department of Defense provides 

10 transportation, the Secretary of Defense shall— 

11 (1) determine the cost of the transportation 

12 provided with respect to the Member, officer, or em13 ployee; 

14 (2) not later than 10 days after completion of 

15 the trip involved, provide a written statement of the 

16 cost— 

17 (A) to the Member, officer, or employee in18 volved, and 

19 (B) to the Committee on Armed Services 

20 of the House of Representatives (in the case of 

21 a trip taken by a Member, officer, or employee 

22 of the House) or the Committee on Armed 

23 Services of the Senate (in the case of a trip 

24 taken by a Member, officer, or employee of the 

25 Senate); and 


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1 (3) upon providing a written statement under 

2 paragraph (2), make the statement available for 

3 viewing on the Secretary’s official public website 

4 until the expiration of the 4-year period which be5 gins on the final day of the trip involved. 

6 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply with 

7 respect to any trip the sole purpose of which is to visit 

8 one or more United States military installations or to visit 

9 United States military personnel in a war zone (or both). 

10 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

11 (1) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’, with re12 spect to the House of Representatives, includes a 

13 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 

14 (2) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United 

15 States’’ means the several States, the District of Co16 lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com17 monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 

18 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any 

19 other territory or possession of the United States. 

20 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

21 Section 2 shall apply with respect to trips taken on 

22 or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 

23 section 2 does not apply with respect to any trip which 

24 began prior to such date. 

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