Sec. 8306. Prohibition on use of funds for certain Federal employee travel in contravention of certain regulations
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Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, no Federal funds appropriated or otherwise made available in any fiscal year may be used for the travel expenses of any senior Federal official in contravention of sections 301–10.260 through 301–10.266 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the head of each Federal agency shall submit a report to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate detailing travel on Government aircraft by any senior Federal official employed at the applicable agency.
Any report required under paragraph
(1)shall not include any classified travel, and nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede, alter, or otherwise affect the application of section 301–70.907 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall submit a report to Congress detailing suggestions on strengthening Federal travel regulations. On the date the report under paragraph
(1)is submitted, the Director shall publish the report on the public website of the Office of Government Ethics. In this section, the term senior Federal official has the meaning given that term in section 300–3.1 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and includes any senior executive branch official.