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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5232 
To prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel expenses of 
Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the legislative 
branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommoda-
tions, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 8, 2018 
Mr. RUIZ (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. JONES, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, 
Mr. PEARCE, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, and Mr. TIPTON) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of funds provided for the official travel 
expenses of Members of Congress and other officers and 
employees of the legislative branch for airline accom-
modations which are not coach-class accommodations, 
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 ‘‘Coach-Only Airfare 
for Capitol Hill Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV-
EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 
AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 
COACH-CLASS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 
the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 
other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 
branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 
not coach-class accommodations. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 
may be used for airline accommodations which are not 
coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 
subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda-
tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 
through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen-
cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed to affect any officer or employee of an 
office of the legislative branch which, as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 of 
title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.— 
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(1) COACH-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘coach-class accommodations’’ means 
the basic class of accommodation by airlines that is 
normally the lowest fare offered regardless of airline 
terminology used, and (as referred to by airlines) 
may include tourist class or economy class, as well 
as single class when the airline offers only one class 
of accommodations to all travelers. 
(2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator or a 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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