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HR 859 113th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Appropriations Congressional oversight Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Travel and tourism

Taxpayers' COP Act

Introduced: February 27, 2013 Introduced by: Jordan, Jim Republican · Ohio See on congress.gov
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Feb 27, 2013
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayers' Conference Overspending Prevention Act or the Taxpayers' COP Act - Requires each executive agency to submit an annual report to Congress listing the amount of funds such agency obligated for conferences in the previous fiscal year, including funds for pre-planning, travel, and subsistence costs. Requires the rescission of unobligated funds for agency conferences in excess of specified amounts unless such funds are certified as being for foreign travel that is critical to the agency's mission.

What's happening now February 27, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 859: Taxpayers' COP Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-859/
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"H.R. 859: Taxpayers' COP Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-859/.
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H.R. 859, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-859/.
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