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(1) Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and
Resident Commissioners for their travel and travel
by members of their personal staffs;
(2) committee chairmen for travel by members
of their committees and committee staff;
(3) the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the minority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, or their designees, for other employees
of the House of Representatives or travel authorized
by the full House of Representatives;
(4) the majority and minority leaders of the
United States Senate, or their designees, for other
employees of the United States Senate or travel au-
thorized by the full United States Senate; and
(5) the head of each agency of the legislative
branch, or their designee, in the case of employees
of those agencies.
(c) JUDICIAL BRANCH.—Travel supervisors in the ju-
dicial branch shall be—
(1) the Chief Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court, or his designee, in the case of the Su-
preme Court and its employees;
(2) the chief judge of each United States Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals, or their designee, in the case
of each Circuit Court of Appeals and its employees;
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(3) the chief judge of each United States dis-
trict or territorial court, or their designee, in the
case of each District or Territorial Court and its em-
ployees;
(4) the chief judges of the United States Claims
Court, the United States Court of International
Trade, the United States Court of Military Appeals,
the United States Tax Court, the United States
Court of Veterans Appeals, the District of Columbia
Court of Appeals, and the District of Columbia Su-
perior Court, or their designees, in the case of each
of these courts and their employees; and
(5) the Director of the Administrative Office of
the United States Courts, or his designee, in the
case of all other employees of the judicial branch.
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO FEDERAL GOVERN-
MENT TRAVEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsections
(b) and (c) all Federal Government travel shall be—
(1) approved in advance by the travel super-
visor of the department, agency, or entity involved;
(2) accomplished by the most economical means
conveniently possible; and
(3) accomplished by United States commercial
carrier wherever possible, unless, as determined by
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the travel supervisor, an alternative means is more
economical or necessary to achieve the goal of the
mission.
(b) ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS
ON LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH FOREIGN TRAVEL.—All legislative branch for-
eign travel shall be—
(1) approved in advance by recorded vote of the
committee in the case of travel by a committee mem-
ber or committee staff, or approved in advance by
the appropriate travel supervisor in all other cases;
(2) accomplished by the most economical means
conveniently possible; and
(3) accomplished by United States commercial
carrier wherever possible, unless, as determined by
the travel supervisor, an alternative means is more
economical or necessary to achieve the goal of the
mission.
(c) EXEMPTION FROM ADVANCE APPROVAL RE-
QUIREMENT.—Except as otherwise provided by law or reg-
ulation, advance approval shall not be required for travel
which either—
(1) does not require an individual to spend the
night away from their principal residence or place of
employment; or