I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 407 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose the costs in-
curred in taking a Member, officer, or employee of Congress on a trip 
outside the United States so that such costs may be included in any 
report the Member, officer, or employee is required to file with respect 
to the trip under applicable law or rules of the House of Representatives 
or Senate. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 24, 2011 
Mr. JONES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Adminis-
tration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of Defense to determine and disclose 
the costs incurred in taking a Member, officer, or em-
ployee of Congress on a trip outside the United States 
so that such costs may be included in any report the 
Member, officer, or employee is required to file with 
respect to the trip under applicable law or rules of the 
House of Representatives or Senate. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF TRANS-
PORTATION 
COSTS 
INCURRED 
BY 
SEC-
RETARY OF DEFENSE FOR CONGRESSIONAL 
TRIPS OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF COSTS BY 
SECRETARY.—In the case of a trip taken by a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives or 
Senate in carrying out official duties outside the United 
States for which the Department of Defense provides 
transportation, the Secretary of Defense shall— 
(1) determine the cost of the transportation 
provided with respect to the Member, officer, or em-
ployee; and 
(2) provide the Member, officer, or employee 
with a written statement of the cost not later than 
10 days after completion of the trip involved. 
(b) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION IN TRAVEL RE-
PORTS.—Any Member, officer, or employee of the House 
of Representatives or Senate who takes a trip to which 
subsection (a) applies shall include the information con-
tained in the written statement provided to the Member, 
officer, or employee under subsection (a)(2) with respect 
to the trip in any report that the Member, officer, or em-
ployee is required to file with respect to the trip under 
any provision of law and under any provision of the Rules 
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of the House of Representatives or the Standing Rules of 
the Senate (as the case may be). 
(c) EXCEPTIONS.—This section does not apply with 
respect to any trip the sole purpose of which is to visit 
one or more United States military installations or to visit 
United States military personnel in a war zone (or both). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘Member’’, with re-
spect to the House of Representatives, includes a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
(2) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’ means the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and any 
other territory or possession of the United States. 
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to trips taken on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that 
this Act does not apply with respect to any trip which 
began prior to such date. 
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