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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4962 

To limit the use of Department of Transportation aircraft for travel by 

the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary’s executive staff, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2023 

Mr. BERGMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To limit the use of Department of Transportation aircraft 

for travel by the Secretary of Transportation or the 

Secretary’s executive staff, 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 ‘‘Justification and Ex5 amination of Transportation Staff’s Executive Travel 

6 Costs Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘JETSET Costs Act of 2023’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXECUTIVE TRAVEL ON DEPARTMENT OF TRANS2 PORTATION AIRCRAFT. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Unless the Secretary determines 

4 that the cost of a flight to a destination on aircraft owned, 

5 operated, or maintained by the Department of Transpor6 tation is at least 5 percent less than the cost of a flight 

7 on a commercial airline to the destination, neither the Sec8 retary nor the Secretary’s executive staff shall travel to 

9 such destination on any aircraft owned, operated, or main10 tained by the Department of Transportation. 

11 (b) EXCEPTION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply in 

12 any case in which emergency travel is required and com13 mercial service is unavailable after notifying the Inspector 

14 General of the Department of Transportation and the ap15 propriate committees of Congress in writing not later than 

16 7 days after such emergency travel is completed. 

17 (c) COST COMPARISON.—Not later than 180 days 

18 after the date of enactment of this section, the Adminis19 trator shall revise Order 2500.36N to reflect the true cost 

20 of flight operations. When calculating per-seat costs of a 

21 flight, the Department of Transportation— 

22 (1) shall be prohibited from charging different 

23 rates to non-Department of Transportation officials; 

24 and 

25 (2) shall use the actual and full cost of a flight 

26 on aircraft owned, operated, or maintained by the 


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1 Department of Transportation when comparing such 

2 flight to any commercial alternative. 

3 (d) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31 of cal4 endar year 2023, and each calendar year thereafter, the 

5 Inspector General of the Department of Transportation 

6 shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of 

7 Congress that includes the following with respect to the 

8 calendar year: 

9 (1) An itemization of each trip and flight in 

10 which the Secretary or the Secretary’s executive 

11 staff traveled on aircraft owned, operated, or main12 tained by the Department of Transportation. 

13 (2) A justification for any trip and flight in14 cluded in the itemization required by paragraph (1), 

15 including, for each such trip and flight, documenta16 tion that the trip and flight was at least 5 percent 

17 less than the cost of a flight on a commercial airline 

18 to the destination involved. 

19 (e) PROHIBITION ON PERSONAL OR POLITICAL

20 USE.—Neither the Secretary nor the Secretary’s executive 

21 staff shall travel on aircraft owned, operated, or main22 tained by the Department of Transportation for any trip 

23 that involves personal or political activities. 

24 (f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the Federal 

3 Aviation Administration. 

4 (2) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CON5 GRESS.—The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con6 gress’’ means the Committee on Commerce, Science, 

7 and Transportation of the Senate and the Com8 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

10 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

11 the Secretary of Transportation. 

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