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‘‘(2) Each advance authorization to accept reimburse-
ment shall be signed by the Member or officer under whose
direct supervision the employee works and shall include—
‘‘(A) the name of the employee;
‘‘(B) the name of the person who will make the
reimbursement;
‘‘(C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel;
and
‘‘(D) a determination that the travel is in con-
nection with the duties of the employee as an office-
holder and would not create the appearance that the
employee is using public office for private gain.
‘‘(3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph
(1)(A) of expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall
be signed by the Member or officer (in the case of travel
by that Member or officer) or by the Member or officer
under whose direct supervision the employee works (in the
case of travel by an employee) and shall include—
‘‘(A) a good faith estimate of total transpor-
tation expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
‘‘(B) a good faith estimate of total lodging ex-
penses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
‘‘(C) a good faith estimate of total meal ex-
penses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
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‘‘(D) a good faith estimate of the total of other
expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
‘‘(E) a determination that all such expenses are
necessary transportation, lodging, and related ex-
penses as defined in this paragraph; and
‘‘(F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Mem-
ber or officer, a determination that the travel was in
connection with the duties of the Member or officer
as an officeholder and would not create the appear-
ance that the Member or officer is using public of-
fice for private gain.
‘‘(4) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
‘necessary transportation, lodging, and related ex-
penses’—
‘‘(A) includes reasonable expenses that are nec-
essary for travel—
‘‘(i) for a period not exceeding 4 days in-
cluding travel time within the United States or
7 days in addition to travel time outside the
United States; and
‘‘(ii) within 24 hours before or after par-
ticipation in an event in the United States or
within 48 hours before or after participation in
an event outside the United States,
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unless approved in advance by the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct;
‘‘(B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for
transportation, lodging, conference fees and mate-
rials, and food and refreshments, including reim-
bursement for necessary transportation, whether or
not such transportation occurs within the periods de-
scribed in clause (A);
‘‘(C) does not include expenditures for rec-
reational activities or entertainment other than that
provided to all attendees as an integral part of the
event; and
‘‘(D) may include travel expenses incurred on
behalf of either the spouse or a child of the Member,
officer, or employee, subject to a determination
signed by the Member or officer (or in the case of
an employee, the Member or officer under whose di-
rect supervision the officer or employee works) that
the attendance the spouse or child is appropriate to
assist in the representation of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
‘‘(5) The Clerk of the House of Representatives shall
make available to the public all advance authorizations
and disclosures of reimbursement filed pursuant to sub-
paragraph (1) as soon as possible after they are received.’’.
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SEC. 203. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO THE ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT
ACT.—Section 102(a)(2)(B) of the Ethics in Government
Act (5 U.S.C. 102, App. 6) is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following: ‘‘Reimbursements accepted by
a Federal agency pursuant to section 1353 of title 31,
United States Code, or deemed accepted by the Senate or
the House of Representatives pursuant to rule XXXV of
the Standing Rules of the Senate or clause 4 of rule XLIII
of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall be re-
ported as required by such statute or rule and need not
be reported under this section.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISION.—Section 901
of the Ethics Reform Act of 1989 (2 U.S.C. 31–2) is re-
pealed.
(c) SENATE PROVISIONS.—
(1) AUTHORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
AND ADMINISTRATION.—The Senate Committee on
Rules and Administration, on behalf of the Senate,
may accept gifts provided they do not involve any
duty, burden, or condition, or are not made depend-
ent upon some future performance by the United
States. The Committee on Rules and Administration
is authorized to promulgate regulations to carry out
this section.
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(2) FOOD, REFRESHMENTS, AND ENTERTAIN-
MENT.—The rules on acceptance of food, refresh-
ments, and entertainment provided to a Member of
the Senate or an employee of such a Member in the
Member’s home State before the adoption of reason-
able limitations by the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration shall be the rules in effect on the day
before the effective date of this title.
(d) HOUSE PROVISION.—The rules on acceptance of
food, refreshments, and entertainment provided to a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives or an employee of
such a Member in the Member’s home State before the
adoption of reasonable limitations by the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct shall be the rules in effect
on the day before the effective date of this title.
SEC. 204. EXERCISE OF CONGRESSIONAL RULEMAKING
POWERS.
Sections 201, 202, 203(c), and 203(d) of this title
are enacted by Congress—
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of
the Senate and the House of Representatives, re-
spectively, and pursuant to section 7353(b)(1) of
title 5, United States Code, and accordingly, they
shall be considered as part of the rules of each
House, respectively, or of the House to which they
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specifically apply, and such rules shall supersede
other rules only to the extent that they are inconsist-
ent therewith; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional
right of either House to change such rules (insofar
as they relate to that House) at any time and in the
same manner and to the same extent as in the case
of any other rule of that House.
SEC. 205. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This title and the amendments made by this title
shall take effect on January 1, 1995.
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