Sec. 2505. REPORTS REGARDING FOREIGN TRAVEL
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## SEC. 2505 REPORTS REGARDING FOREIGN TRAVEL **[**[5 U.S.C. 5707 note](/us/usc/t5/s5707)**]** ###
(a)Prohibition Except as provided in subsection (e), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal year 2000 or 2001 may be used to pay for the expenses of foreign travel by an officer or employee of an Executive branch agency to attend an international conference, or for the routine services that a United States diplomatic mission or consular post provides in support of foreign travel by such an officer or employee to attend an international conference, unless that officer or employee has submitted a preliminary report with respect to that foreign travel in accordance with subsection (b), and has not previously failed to submit a final report with respect to foreign travel to attend an international conference required by subsection (c). ###
(b)Preliminary Reports A preliminary report referred to in subsection
(a)is a report by an officer or employee of an Executive branch agency with respect to proposed foreign travel to attend an international conference, submitted to the Director prior to commencement of the travel, setting forth— ####
(1)the name and employing agency of the officer or employee; ####
(2)the name of the official who authorized the travel; and ####
(3)the purpose and duration of the travel. ###
(c)Final Reports A final report referred to in subsection
(a)is a report by an officer or employee of an Executive branch agency with respect to foreign travel to attend an international conference, submitted to the Director not later than 30 days after the conclusion of the travel— ####
(1)setting forth the actual duration and cost of the travel; and ####
(2)updating any other information included in the preliminary report. ###
(d)Report to Congress The Director shall submit a report on January 31 of the years 2000 and 2001 and July 31 of the years 2000 and 2001, to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations of the House of Representatives, setting forth with respect to each international conference for which reports described in subsection
(c)were required to be submitted to the Director during the preceding six months— ####
(1)the names and employing agencies of all officers and employees of Executive branch agencies who attended the international conference; ####
(2)the names of all officials who authorized travel to the international conference, and the total number of officers and employees who were authorized to travel to the conference by each such official; and ####
(3)the total cost of travel by officers and employees of Executive branch agencies to the international conference. ###
(e)Exceptions This section shall not apply to travel by— ####
(1)the President or the Vice President; ####
(2)any officer or employee who is carrying out an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, who is performing a protective function, or who is engaged in a sensitive diplomatic mission; or ####
(3)any officer or employee who travels prior to January 1, 1999. ###
(f)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Director The term “**Director**” means the Director of the Office of International Conferences of the Department of State. ####
(2)Executive branch agency The terms “**Executive branch agency**” and “Executive branch agencies” mean— #####
(A)an entity or entities, other than the General Accounting Office, defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and #####
(B)the Executive Office of the President (except as provided in subsection (e)). ####
(3)International conference The term “**international conference**” means any meeting held under the auspices of an international organization or foreign government, at which representatives of more than two foreign governments are expected to be in attendance, and to which United States Executive branch agencies will send a total of ten or more representatives. ###
(g)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing— ####
(1)the total Federal expenditure of all official international travel in each Executive branch agency during the previous fiscal year; and ####
(2)the total number of individuals in each agency who engaged in such travel. # TITLE XXVI UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY
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