FLY Act

Bill: 115-hr-6061
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5]
Introduced: 2018-06-08
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Administrative remedies

Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government studies and investigations

Travel and tourism
Latest action: action_date: 2018-06-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Formally List Your Travel Act or the FLY Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires federal agencies to submit to the Government Accountability Office monthly travel logs that include any official travel itinerary of the agency head for the previous month. The bill also (1) establishes penalties for agencies that fail to submit travel logs to the GAO, (2) requires agencies to report annually to Congress regarding official travel expenses incurred by the agency head, and (3) prohibits an agency head that holds a Senate-confirmed position from using federal funds to purchase a first class seat on an airplane. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6061 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2018 Mr. Norman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require the head of each agency to submit to the Government Accountability Office a monthly travel log, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Formally List Your Travel Act or the FLY Act . 2. Requirement to submit monthly travel logs (a) In general Beginning October 1, 2018, on the first day of each month, an agency head shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States a record of any official travel itinerary (referred to in this section as a travel log ) of the agency head for the previous month. (b) Penalty (1) Beginning with the fiscal quarter beginning on January 1, 2019, an agency head shall, out of funds appropriated specifically for the office of the agency head, pay to the general fund of the Treasury an amount equal to one percent of the annual budget of such office for each month during the previous quarter with respect to which the agency head has not submitted a travel log by the last day of such previous quarter. (2) Beginning with fiscal year 2020, in the case of an agency head who has not submitted any travel log during the previous fiscal year, the annual budget for the office of such agency head for the fiscal year shall be reduced by 15 percent. (c) Annual report Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year, an agency head shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on the total amount of official travel expenses incurred by the agency head during such fiscal year. (d) Prohibition Any agency head who holds a Senate-confirmed position may not purchase a first class seat on an airplane using Federal funds. (e) Agency defined In this section, the term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.