A resolution amending the Rules of the House of Representatives with respect to the use of committee funds for travel, particularly such travel after the sine die adjournment of the Congress.

Summary

Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require any Member or employee of a House committee to include with the required itemized report with respect to travel outside the United States or its territories or possessions an analysis of the extent to which the legislative objectives of such travel were realized. Prohibits local currencies owned by the United States or appropriated funds for travel expenses from being made available for use outside the United States for defraying the expenses of a committee Member for travel conducted after the date of the adjournment sine die of the second regular session of a Congress, if the travel occurs after: (1) the date of the general election in which the Member is a candidate to a Federal office but has not been elected to the office; or (2) in the case of a Member who is not a candidate for election to a Federal office, the date of such adjournment sine die or the date of the general election, whichever occurs earlier.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 June 1979

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