Title: Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Taxpayers Don't Incur Meaningless Expenses Act of 2017 or the Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for travel expenses of senior federal officials in violation of specified federal travel regulations.
Federal agencies must submit quarterly reports to Congress on travel by senior federal officials on government aircraft.
The Office of Government Ethics must submit to Congress and publish a report on suggestions to strengthen federal travel regulations.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3879 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3879

To limit the use of Federal funds for the use of the travel expenses of 
 senior Federal officials in contravention of certain regulations, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2017

Mr. O'Halleran (for himself and Mr. Schrader) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the use of Federal funds for the use of the travel expenses of 
 senior Federal officials in contravention of certain regulations, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayers Don't Incur Meaningless 
Expenses Act of 2017'' or the ``Taxpayers DIME Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEE TRAVEL 
              IN CONTRAVENTION OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no 
Federal funds appropriated or otherwise made available in any fiscal 
year may be used for the travel expenses of any senior Federal official 
in contravention of sections 301-10.260 through 301-10.266 of title 41, 
Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
    (b) Quarterly Report on Travel.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act and every 90 days thereafter, the head of 
        each Federal agency shall submit a report to the Committee on 
        Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
        of the Senate detailing travel on Government aircraft by any 
        senior Federal official employed at the applicable agency.
            (2) Application.--Any report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall not include any classified travel, and nothing in this 
        Act shall be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise affect 
        the application of section 101-37.408 of title 41, Code of 
        Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.
    (c) Travel Regulation Report.--Not later than one year after 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics 
shall submit a report to Congress detailing suggestions on 
strengthening Federal travel regulations. On the date such report is so 
submitted, the Director shall publish such report on the Office's 
public website.
    (d) Definition of Senior Federal Official.--In this Act, the term 
``senior Federal official'' has the meaning given that term in section 
101-37.100 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act, and includes any senior executive 
branch official (as that term is defined in such section).
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