I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 61 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employees to 
use coach-class air travel in the United States except in limited cir-
cumstances, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 5, 2011 
Mr. SCALISE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal 
employees to use coach-class air travel in the United 
States except in limited circumstances, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Controlling Our Air- 
travel Costs at Home Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘Coach Act 
of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TRAVEL RESTRICTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘§ 5711. Domestic air travel restriction 
‘‘(a) An employee may only be reimbursed for the ac-
tual and necessary expenses of official air travel within 
the United States if such travel is coach-class, unless such 
travel is necessary to accommodate a disability or other 
special need. 
‘‘(b) If an employee is reimbursed in contravention 
of this section, the employee shall pay to the agency 75 
percent of the amount reimbursed for such travel. 
‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term ‘United 
States’ means the several States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Vir-
gin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any other territory 
or possession of the United States, but does not include 
the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—The analysis for 
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after the item relating to section 5710 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘5711. Domestic air travel restriction.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) applies with respect to travel taken after 
the date regulations are issued pursuant to section 3(b). 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF DOMESTIC 
TRAVEL RULES. 
(a) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF RULES.—The 
Congress disapproves the following provisions of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions apply to 
air travel within the United States (as defined in section 
5711 of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 
2 of this Act), submitted by the General Services Adminis-
tration relating to Airline Accommodations, and such pro-
visions shall have no force or effect: 
(1) Section 301–10.122. 
(2) Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of sections 
301–10.123. 
(3) Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (f), (h), and (j) of 
section 301–10.124. 
(b) REVISION OF REGULATIONS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall issue regulations to 
revise sections 301–10.121 through 301–10.124 of title 
41, Code of Federal Regulations, in accordance with this 
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Act and section 5711 of title 5, United States Code, as 
added by section 2 of this Act. 
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