Title: Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill Act of 2019
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill Act of 2019
This bill prohibits the use of funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the official travel of a Member of Congress or other officer or employee of the legislative branch for airline accommodations which are not coach-class accommodations.
Such prohibition is inapplicable for an individual if the use would be permitted for an employee of an agency subject to specified federal regulations for temporary duty travel allowances.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3687 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3687

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 
                accommodations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 10, 2019

   Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 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 accommodations which are not coach-class 
                accommodations, 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 ``Coach-Only Airfare for Capitol Hill 
Act of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAVEL 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 
accommodations 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 agency 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.--
            (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 Commissioner to, the Congress.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each 
succeeding fiscal year.
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