A bill to reduce the use of limousines by Government officials.

Summary

Limits the number of Federal personnel authorized to use a government motor vehicle or aircraft for transportation between residence and place of employment to: (1) a maximum of 13 employees of the executive branch, as designated by the President; (2) Members of Congress or congressional employees, limited to seven vehicles for each house; and (3) the Chief Justice of the United States. (Retains current authorization for the President, the Vice President, the heads of certain executive departments, and principal diplomatic and consular officials.) Requires the President to include in the budget justification for each agency a complete listing of employees receiving such transportation. Requires the Inspector General of each agency to submit to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations an evaluation of the agency's compliance, including violations and remedial actions. Requires suspension without pay and reimbursement of expenses for officers or employees who use or authorize the use of a government vehicle in violation of this Act.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

1. 7 November 1985

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 7 November 1985

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 10 March 1986

   Committee

   Committee on Governmental Affairs requested executive comment from Central Intelligence Agency, District of Columbia, GSA, U.S. Postal Service, OMB, Defense Department, Justice Department.

   Source: Committee

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 7 November 1985

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Proxmire, William [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
• · ssga00 · Standing

Related records

• related to → A bill to reduce the use of limousines by Government officials.