IV 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 441 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require Members 
to post on their official public websites information on official travel 
taken by the Member for which reimbursement was provided by a private 
source. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 
Mr. PETERS submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Rules 
RESOLUTION 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to 
require Members to post on their official public websites 
information on official travel taken by the Member for 
which reimbursement was provided by a private source. 
Whereas the public deserves access to information on travel 
taken by Members of the House of Representatives when 
reimbursement for the travel is provided by an outside 
source; 
Whereas accessible information on public websites will pro-
mote transparency between Congress and the public; and 
Whereas improving the public’s ability to easily gather this 
information allows the public to better hold Members of 
Congress accountable: Now, therefore, be it 
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•HRES 441 IH 
Resolved, 
SECTION 1. REQUIRING MEMBERS TO POST INFORMATION 
ON REIMBURSED OFFICIAL TRAVEL ON MEM-
BER WEBSITES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Clause 5(b) of rule XXV of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(6) At the time the Clerk of the House makes 
information described in paragraph (5) with respect 
to travel available for public inspection on the 
website of the Office of the Clerk, the Clerk shall no-
tify the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner who took the travel (or, in the case of travel 
taken by an employee, the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner under whose direct super-
vision the employee works), who shall then post on 
the official public website of the Member, Delegate, 
or Resident Commissioner a brief description of the 
travel, including the names of the individuals who 
took the travel, the entity that paid for the travel, 
and the dates, places, and costs of the travel, to-
gether with a hyperlink to the information with re-
spect to the travel that the Clerk made available for 
public inspection on the website of the Office of the 
Clerk.’’. 
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(b) REGULATIONS; EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the House of Representa-
tives agrees to this resolution, the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives shall issue regulations to carry out the amend-
ment made by subsection (a). 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any 
travel taken on or after the date on which the Com-
mittee on House Administration issues the regula-
tions required under paragraph (1). 
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