To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of Congress during any period in which a Government shutdown is in effect.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 793 To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Members of Congress during any period in which a Government shutdown is in effect. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 25, 2019 Mr. BUCK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To prohibit the use of funds for the official travel of Mem- bers of Congress during any period in which a Govern- ment shutdown is in effect. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROHIBITING MEMBER OFFICIAL TRAVEL DUR- 3 ING SHUTDOWN. 4 (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 5 (b), no appropriated funds, including official funds of the 6 House of Representatives, official funds of the Senate, or 7 funds available under any Federal law, rule, or regulation, 8 may be used to pay for the costs of travel by a Member 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:07 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H793.IH H793 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 793 IH of Congress during any period in which a Government 1 shutdown is in effect. 2 (b) EXCEPTION FOR TRAVEL BY MEMBER TO WASH- 3 INGTON METROPOLITAN AREA.—Subsection (a) does not 4 apply with respect to travel by a Member of Congress to 5 the Washington Metropolitan Area. 6 (c) DETERMINATION OF GOVERNMENT SHUT- 7 DOWN.—For purposes of subsection (a), a Government 8 shutdown shall be considered to be in effect if there is 9 a lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or de- 10 partment as a result of a failure to enact a regular appro- 11 priations bill or continuing resolution. 12 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 13 (1) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a 14 Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi- 15 dent Commissioner to, the Congress; and 16 (2) the term ‘‘Washington Metropolitan Area’’ 17 means the District of Columbia, the Counties of 18 Montgomery and Prince Georges in Maryland, and 19 the Counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudon, and 20 Prince William and the Cities of Alexandria and 21 Falls Church in Virginia. 22 (e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NEED OF 23 MEMBERS TO REMAIN AT WORK DURING GOVERNMENT 24 SHUTDOWN.—It is the sense of Congress that, whenever 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:07 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H793.IH H793 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 793 IH a Government shutdown is in effect, Members of Congress 1 should remain at work in Washington, DC until the shut- 2 down is no longer in effect. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:07 Feb 02, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H793.IH H793 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS