Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Travel Act

Bill: 118-hres-552
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47]
Introduced: 2023-06-23
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-06-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Travel Act</b></p> <p>This resolution requires Members of Congress who use their Representational Allowance to pay for official travel expenses to disclose the purpose of, and other information about, the travel. The Representational Allowance provides funds to Members for operating their offices and carrying out their official and representational duties.</p>

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 552 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 23, 2023 Ms. Porter (for herself and Mr. Crow ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Requiring Members of the House of Representatives whose Members’ Representational Allowance is used to pay expenses incurred for official travel to provide the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives with detailed information on the travel, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Travel Act . 2. Requiring Members whose Members’ Representational Allowance is used for travel expenses to provide detailed travel information to Chief Administrative Officer (a) Information required If the Members’ Representational Allowance for the office of a Member of the House of Representatives is used to pay expenses incurred for official travel, the Member shall provide the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives with the following information with respect to the travel: (1) The identification of the individual who incurred the expenses. (2) The date on which the expenses were incurred. (3) The location at which the expenses were incurred. (4) The identification of each recipient of a payment for the expenses. (5) The nature of the official and representational duties which were carried out while the individual engaged in the travel. (b) Inclusion in quarterly disbursement reports The Chief Administrative Officer shall include the information provided under subsection (a) in the quarterly statement of disbursements of the House. (c) Effective date This section shall apply with respect to expenses incurred on or after the date of the adoption of this resolution.