105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4805

AN ACT

To require reports on travel of Executive branch ofand for other purposes. ficers and employees to international conferences,
105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4805

AN ACT

To require reports on travel of Executive branch officers

and employees to international conferences, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. REPORTS ON TRAVEL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH

2 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES.

3 (a) REPORTS TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—(1) Ex4 cept as provided in paragraph (2), each officer and em5 ployee of an Executive Branch agency who travels abroad

6 to attend an international conference shall submit to the

7 Director of the Office of International Conferences of the

8 Department of State a report with respect to such travel

9 under subsection (b) not later than 30 days after the com10 pletion of such travel.

11 (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of travel

12 by the following:

13 (A) The President.

14 (B) The Vice President.

15 (C) Any officer or employee who is—

16 (i) carrying out an intelligence or intel17 ligence-related activity;

18 (ii) performing a protective function; or

19 (iii) engaged in a sensitive diplomatic mis20 sion.

21 (b) REPORT.—Each report under subsection (a) shall

22 set forth the following:

23 (1) The name and agency of the officer or em24 ployee concerned.

25 (2) The duration and cost of the travel in26 volved.
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1 (3) The name of the official who authorized the

2 travel.

3 (c) BIANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—(1) Not

4 later than April 1, 1999, and every six months thereafter,

5 the Director shall submit to the Committees on Foreign

6 Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the Com7 mittees on International Relations and Appropriations of

8 the House of Representatives a report regarding the travel

9 covered by the reports submitted to the Director under

10 subsection (a) during the 6-month period ending on the

11 date of the report under this paragraph.

12 (2) Each report under paragraph (1) shall set forth

13 with respect to the period covered by such report the fol14 lowing:

15 (A) The names and agencies of the officers and

16 employees who traveled abroad to attend an inter17 national conference during such period.

18 (B) Each official who authorized the travel cov19 ered by subparagraph (A) and the total number of

20 officers and employees whose travel was authorized

21 by such official.

22 (C) The total cost of the travel covered by sub23 paragraph (A).

24 (d) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later

25 than six months after the date of enactment of this Act,
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1 and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the

2 committees referred to in subsection (c) a report setting

3 forth—

4 (1) the total expenditures by the Federal Gov5 ernment on all official travel abroad by each Execu6 tive Branch agency during the preceding fiscal year;

7 and

8 (2) the total number of officials, officers, and

9 employees of each such agency who engaged in such

10 travel during that fiscal year.

11 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

12 (1) The term ‘‘Executive Branch agency’’ has

13 the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ in

14 section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except

15 that the term also includes the Executive Office of

16 the President but does not include the General Ac17 counting Office.

18 (2) The term ‘‘international conference’’ means

19 any meeting held under the auspices of an inter20 national organization or foreign government at

21 which representatives of more than two foreign gov22 ernments are expected to be in attendance and to
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1 which one or more Executive Branch agencies will

2 send an aggregate of 10 or more representatives.

Passed the House of Representatives October 13,

1998.

Attest:

Clerk.