HRES 558
113th Congress
House
Congress
Aviation and airports
House of Representatives
Members of Congress
Transportation costs
Travel and tourism
Prohibiting the use of the Members' Representational Allowance for the payment of the costs of first-class airline accommodations.
Introduced: April 29, 2014
Introduced by:
Duckworth, Tammy
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
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Became law
Apr 29, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Apr 29, 2014
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires the House Committee on House Administration to promulgate revisions to the regulations governing the use of the Members' Representational Allowance to ensure that it is not used to pay the costs of first-class airline accommodations for domestic travel.
Authorizes a Member to use his or her Allowance for such a payment if he or she certifies in writing to the Committee that any of the following applies:
- the use is necessary to accommodate a medical disability or other special need, as demonstrated by such documentation as the Committee may require;
- no accommodations other than first-class are reasonably available given the timing of the travel, but only if the travel is urgent and its purpose may not be carried out on alternative dates;
- the use is necessary because of exceptional security circumstances or other exceptional circumstances;
- it will result in an overall cost savings by avoiding additional subsistence costs, overtime, or lost productive time while awaiting coach-class accommodations; or
- the length of the flight is five hours or greater.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
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