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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5232 

To prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel expenses of 

Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the legislative 

branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2018 

Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JONES, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 

Mr. PEARCE, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel 

expenses of Members of Congress and other officers and 

employees of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations, 

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 ‘‘Coach-Only Airfare 

5 for Capitol Hill Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV2 EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 

3 AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 

4 AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 

5 COACH-CLASS. 

6 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 

7 (b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 

8 the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 

9 other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 

10 branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 

11 not coach-class accommodations. 

12 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 

13 may be used for airline accommodations which are not 

14 coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 

15 subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda16 tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 

17 through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 

18 Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen19 cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 

20 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 

21 may be construed to affect any officer or employee of an 

22 office of the legislative branch which, as of the date of 

23 the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 of 

24 title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

25 (d) DEFINITIONS.— 


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1 (1) COACH-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS.—In this 

2 Act, the term ‘‘coach-class accommodations’’ means 

3 the basic class of accommodation by airlines that is 

4 normally the lowest fare offered regardless of airline 

5 terminology used, and (as referred to by airlines) 

6 may include tourist class or economy class, as well 

7 as single class when the airline offers only one class 

8 of accommodations to all travelers. 

9 (2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this Act, the 

10 term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator or a 

11 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis12 sioner to, the Congress. 

13 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

14 This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

15 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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