Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.

Amends rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from accepting a gift of travel (including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from a private source.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 666 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 666

    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit 
privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                   officer, or employee of the House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2006

   Mr. Goode (for himself and Mr. McCotter) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit 
privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, 
                   officer, or employee of the House.

    Resolved, Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause, no 
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the 
House may accept a gift of travel (including any transportation, 
lodging, and meals during such travel) from any private source.''.
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