SEC. 2. ENHANCED DISCLOSURE OF MEMBER AND STAFF 
TRAVEL. 
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICIAL FOR-
EIGN TRAVEL BY MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) STATEMENT REQUIRED PRIOR TO UNDER-
TAKING TRAVEL.—A Member or employee of Con-
gress may not undertake any official foreign travel 
unless, not later than 14 days prior to the date on 
which the travel begins, the Member or employee 
prepares and submits to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives (in the case of a Member or em-
ployee of the House) or the Secretary of the Senate 
(in the case of a Senator or employee of the Senate) 
a statement containing the following information: 
(A) The name and position of the Member 
or employee involved, and (in the case of an em-
ployee) the employing office. 
(B) The office authorizing the travel. 
(C) A statement of worthiness regarding 
the purpose of the travel, including a descrip-
tion of how the travel relates to the Member’s 
or employee’s official duties. 
(D) A tentative itinerary for each day of 
the travel, including a list of the foreign nations 
and the locations within each such nation the 
Member or employee intends to visit and any 
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individuals with whom the Member or employee 
intends to meet. 
(E) The names of any other individuals 
who are accompanying the Member or employee 
during the travel, without regard to whether 
such individuals are Members or employees of 
the House. 
(F) The amount of per diem the Member 
or employee requested to be provided for the 
travel, and whether the amount is greater than 
the standard per diem provided under chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code. 
(G) A statement as to whether the aircraft 
to be used for transportation for the travel is 
commercial, chartered, private, or military), and 
(in the case of commercial aircraft) whether the 
seating is coach, business class, or first class. 
(H) The Member’s or employee’s best esti-
mate of the costs of the travel, itemized by the 
costs of transportation, meals, and lodging. 
(I) If any portion of the cost of the travel 
will be paid using appropriated funds other 
than funds of the House of Representatives or 
Senate (including funds of the Department of 
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Defense or the Department of State), the name 
of the office which is the source of such funds. 
(2) STATEMENT REQUIRED AFTER COMPLETION 
OF
TRAVEL.—Not later than 14 days after com-
pleting any official foreign travel, the Member or 
employee who undertook the travel shall prepare and 
submit to the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
(in the case of a Member or employee of the House) 
or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a Sen-
ator or employee of the Senate) a statement con-
taining the following information: 
(A) The name and position of the Member 
or employee involved, and (in the case of an em-
ployee) the employing office. 
(B) The office authorizing the travel. 
(C) A statement detailing the value, wor-
thiness, and educational benefit to the Member 
or employee of the travel. 
(D) The actual itinerary for the travel, in-
cluding a comprehensive statement of travel 
times, foreign nations visited and the locations 
visited in each such nation, meetings, and other 
activities carried out during the travel. 
(E) The names of any other individuals 
who did accompany the Member or employee 
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during the travel, without regard to whether 
such individuals are Members or employees of 
the House. 
(F) How much (if any) per diem was pro-
vided for the travel and how much (if any) of 
such per diem was unspent. 
(G) A statement as to whether the aircraft 
used for transportation for the travel was com-
mercial, chartered, private, or military), and (in 
the case of commercial aircraft) whether the 
seating was coach, business class, or first class. 
(H) The actual cost of the travel, itemized 
by the costs of— 
(i) transportation (including the iden-
tification of the providers of the transpor-
tation); 
(ii) lodging (including the identifica-
tion of the providers of the lodging); and 
(iii) meals (including the identification 
of the providers of the meals). 
(I) If any portion of the cost of the travel 
was paid (or will be paid) using appropriated 
funds other than funds of the House of Rep-
resentatives or Senate (including funds of the 
Department of Defense or the Department of 
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State), the name of the office which is the 
source of such funds and the amount of the 
payment which is (or which will be) attributable 
to such office. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
CLASSIFIED
INFORMA-
TION.—A Member or employee may exclude from a 
statement prepared under this subsection any infor-
mation which is classified, so long as the Member in-
cludes documentation in support of the exclusion in 
the statement prepared under this subsection. 
(4) USE
OF
ELECTRONIC
FILING.—To the 
greatest extent practicable, a Member or employee 
shall submit the statements required under this sec-
tion in both paper and electronic form. 
(b) DETERMINATION AND DISCLOSURE OF COSTS IN-
CURRED BY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE OR SECRETARY OF 
STATE.—In the case of official foreign travel of a Member 
or employee of Congress for which any of the costs are 
to be paid by funds of the Department of Defense or the 
Department of State, the Secretary of Defense or the Sec-
retary of State (as the case may be) shall, not later than 
10 days after completion of the travel involved, provide 
the Member or employee with a written statement con-
taining the following information: 
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(1) The cost incurred with respect to the Mem-
ber or employee, itemized by the cost of transpor-
tation, lodging, and meals. 
(2) A statement as to whether the aircraft used 
for transportation for the travel was commercial, 
chartered, private, or military), and (in the case of 
commercial aircraft) whether the seating was coach, 
business class, or first class. 
(3) Such other information as the Member or 
employee may request in order to enable the Member 
or employee to prepare and submit the statement re-
quired under subsection (a)(2). 
(c) INTERNET POSTING OF REPORTS.—Upon receiv-
ing a statement under subsection (a) with respect to offi-
cial foreign travel of a Member or employee of Congress, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary 
of the Senate (as the case may be) shall post the statement 
on the Clerk’s or Secretary’s official public Internet site 
in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner. 
SEC. 3. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON OFFICIAL FOREIGN 
TRAVEL OF MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
(a) PROHIBITING VACATION STOPOVERS DURING 
TRAVEL.—A Member or employee of Congress may not 
undertake a vacation stopover for annual leave at any 
point during official foreign travel. 
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(b) RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) TRAVEL BY EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS.—An 
employee of Congress whose employing office is the 
office of a Member of Congress may not undertake 
any official foreign travel unless— 
(A) the authorizing office for the travel is 
the office of the Member; 
(B) the travel is undertaken by the em-
ployee to accompany the Member on the Mem-
ber’s own official foreign travel; and 
(C) no other employee of the office accom-
panies the Member on such travel. 
(2) TRAVEL BY EMPLOYEES OF COMMITTEES.— 
An employee of Congress whose employing office is 
the office of a committee of the House of Represent-
atives or Senate (including a joint committee) may 
not undertake any official foreign travel unless— 
(A) the authorizing office for the travel is 
the office of the committee; 
(B) the travel is undertaken by the em-
ployee to accompany a Member who serves on 
the committee on the Member’s own official for-
eign travel; and 
(C) the number of employees accom-
panying the Members of the committee on such 
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travel does not exceed the number of Members 
of the committee who are participating in such 
travel. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN TRAVEL.—This 
subsection does not apply with respect to travel to 
a military installation or travel to a theater of oper-
ations of the Armed Forces. 
(c) REQUIRING EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPENSES; 
RETURN OF UNSPENT PER DIEM.—Each Member and 
employee of Congress who undertakes official foreign trav-
el shall— 
(1) take such actions as may be necessary to re-
duce the costs incurred for such travel; and 
(2) return any per diem provided to the Mem-
ber or employee which remains unexpended as of the 
conclusion of the travel. 
(d) NO EFFECT ON OTHER AUTHORIZATION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this section shall be construed 
to affect any requirement under the Rules of the House 
of Representatives, the Standing Rules of the Senate, or 
any law that a Member, officer, or employee of Congress 
obtain authorization for official foreign travel prior to un-
dertaking such travel. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be carried out 
in accordance with regulations promulgated— 
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(1) by the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives, with respect to 
Members and employees of the House of Representa-
tives; or 
(2) by the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate, with respect to Senators and em-
ployees of the Senate. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act, the following definitions apply: 
(1) The term ‘‘authorizing office’’ means, with 
respect to a Member or employee of Congress, the 
office which is authorized under law or the Rules of 
the House of Representatives or the Standing Rules 
of the Senate to approve the use of appropriated 
funds, including official funds of the Senate or 
House of Representatives, for official travel outside 
of the United States by the Member or employee. 
(2) The term ‘‘employee of Congress’’ means an 
individual whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives 
or the Secretary of the Senate. 
(3) The term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 
Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress. 
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(4) The term ‘‘official foreign travel’’ means 
any travel outside of the United States for which the 
costs (including the costs of transportation, lodging, 
meals, and related expenses) may be covered by ap-
propriated funds, including official funds of the Sen-
ate or House of Representatives, under law or the 
Rules of the House of Representatives or the Stand-
ing Rules of the Senate, or by funds provided under 
section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 
(22 U.S.C. 1754(b)). 
SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to official foreign 
travel undertaken after the expiration of the 90-day period 
which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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