Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Member whose Members' Representational Allowance is used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft to report information on the flight not later than 30 days after the flight, and requiring any Senator whose official funds are used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft to report information on the flight not later than 30 days after the flight.

Bill: 113-hconres-113
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6]
Introduced: 2014-09-11
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Aviation and airports

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Latest action: action_date: 2014-09-11
text: Referred to the Committee on Ethics, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member to file a report with the Clerk of the House if funds in the Member's Representational Allowance are used for a flight for which the aircraft owner or operator is paid the pro rata share of the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane.</p> <p>Requires the Member to file this report within 30 days after the flight, including information on:</p> <ul> <li> the amount paid for the flight from the Representational Allowance;</li> <li> the destinations covered by the flight; and</li> <li> the flight's purpose, including any reasons why the purpose could not be met by taking a flight on an aircraft operated by an air carrier or commercial operator described in the Rule.</li> </ul> <p>Requires a Senator to file a similar report with the Secretary of the Senate if funds in the Senator's Official Personnel and Office Expense Account are used for a noncommercial or nongovernment aircraft flight.</p>

tv_txt: IV 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. CON. RES. 113 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 11, 2014 Mr. Cassidy submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Ethics , and in addition to the Committee on House Administration , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned CONCURRENT RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Member whose Members’ Representational Allowance is used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft to report information on the flight not later than 30 days after the flight, and requiring any Senator whose official funds are used to pay for a flight on a private aircraft to report information on the flight not later than 30 days after the flight.

1. Special reporting requirements for use of Members’ Representational Allowance for flight on private aircraft Clause 15 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraph (d) as paragraph (e); and (2) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following new paragraph: (d) If funds in a Members’ Representational Allowance are used for a flight for which the owner or operator of the aircraft is paid a fare in accordance with paragraph (b)(5), not later than 30 days after the flight the Member involved shall file a report with the Clerk containing the following information: (1) The amount paid for the flight from the Members’ Representational Allowance. (2) The destinations covered by the flight. (3) A statement describing the purpose of taking the flight, including any reasons why the purpose could not be met by taking a flight on an aircraft operated by an air carrier or commercial operator described in paragraph (b)(1). . 2. Reporting requirements for use of official Senate funds for flight on private aircraft (a) Reports If funds in a Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account are used for a flight which is not a commercial aircraft flight or a government aircraft flight, not later than 30 days after the flight the Senator involved shall file a report with the Secretary of the Senate containing the following information: (1) The amount paid for the flight from official funds of the Senate. (2) The destinations covered by the flight. (3) A statement describing the purpose of the flight, including any reasons why the purpose could not be met by taking a commercial aircraft flight or a government aircraft flight. (b) Definitions In this section— (1) the term commercial aircraft flight means a flight on an aircraft which is operated by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules, or, in the case of travel which is abroad, by an air carrier or commercial operator certificated by an appropriate foreign civil aviation authority and the flight is required to be conducted under air carrier safety rules; and (2) the term government aircraft flight means a flight on an aircraft operated by an entity of the Federal Government or an entity of the Government of any State.