IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 363 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to clarify certain matters 
relating to official conduct. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 2, 2007 
Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota (for himself and Mr. GRAVES) submitted the fol-
lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct 
MAY 2, 2007 
The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct discharged; considered and 
agreed to 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
clarify certain matters relating to official conduct. 
Resolved, That clause 15 of rule XXIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘15. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not use per-
sonal funds, official funds, or campaign funds for a flight 
on an aircraft. 
‘‘(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if— 
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‘‘(1) the aircraft is operated by an air carrier 
or commercial operator certificated by the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the flight is required to 
be conducted under air carrier safety rules, or, in 
the case of travel which is abroad, by an air carrier 
or commercial operator certificated by an appro-
priate foreign civil aviation authority and the flight 
is required to be conducted under air carrier safety 
rules; 
‘‘(2) the aircraft is owned or leased by a Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner or his or her 
family member (including an aircraft owned by an 
entity that is not a public corporation in which the 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner or his or 
her family member has an ownership interest, pro-
vided that such Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner does not use the aircraft any more than 
the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or 
family member’s proportionate share of ownership 
allows); 
‘‘(3) the flight consists of the personal use of an 
aircraft by a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner that is supplied by an individual on the 
basis of personal friendship; or 
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‘‘(4) the aircraft is operated by an entity of the 
Federal government or an entity of the government 
of any State. 
‘‘(c) In this clause— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘campaign funds’ includes funds 
of any political committee under the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971, without regard to 
whether the committee is an authorized committee 
of the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
involved under such Act; 
‘‘(2) the term ‘family member’ means an indi-
vidual who is related to the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner, as father, mother, son, 
daughter, brother, sister, husband, wife, father-in- 
law, or mother-in-law; and 
‘‘(3) the term ‘on the basis of personal friend-
ship’ has the same meaning as in clause 5 of rule 
XXV and shall be determined as under clause 
5(a)(3)(D)(ii) of rule XXV.’’. 
Æ 
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