,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,jones introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,defense to determine and disclose the  
cost of any transportation provided by  
the ,secretary to ,members1 officers1 or
 employees of the ,house of             
,representatives or ,senate who are     
carrying out official duties outside the
 ,united ,states1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,congressional      
,foreign ,travel ,cost ,disclosure ,act4
  #b4 ,determination and ,disclosure of 
,transportation ,costs ,incurred by     
,secretary of ,defense for congressional
 trips outside the ,united ,states  7a7 
,determination and ,disclosure of ,costs
 by ,secretary ,in the case of a trip   
taken by a ,member1 officer1 or employee
 of the ,house of ,representatives or   

,senate in carrying out official duties 
outside the ,united ,states for which   
the ,department of ,defense provides    
transportation1 the ,secretary of       
,defense shall--  7#a7 determine the    
cost of the transportation provided with
 respect to the ,member1 officer1 or    
employee2  7#b7 not later than #aj days 
after completion of the trip involved1  
provide a written statement of the      
cost--  7,a7 to the ,member1 officer1 or
 employee involved1 and  7,b7 to the    
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,house of ,representatives 7in the case 
of a trip taken by a ,member1 officer1  
or employee of the ,house7 or the       
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,senate 7in the case of a trip taken by 
a ,member1 officer1 or employee of the  
,senate72 and  7#c7 upon providing a    
written statement under paragraph 7#b71 
make the statement available for viewing
 on the ,secretary's official public    
website until the expiration of the     
#d-year period which begins on the final

 day of the trip involved4  7b7         
,exceptions ,this section does not apply
 with respect to any trip the sole      
purpose of which is to visit one or more
 ,united ,states military installations 
or to visit ,united ,states military    
personnel in a war zone 7or both74  7c7 
,definitions ,in this section3  7#a7    
,member ,the term ,member1 with respect 
to the ,house of ,representatives1      
includes a ,delegate or ,resident       
,commissioner to the ,congress4  7#b7   
,united ,states ,the term ,united       
,states means the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 the             
,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the     
,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands1 the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1  
,american ,samoa1 and any other         
territory or possession of the ,united  
,states4  #c4 ,effective ,date ,section 
#b shall apply with respect to trips    
taken on or after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act1 except that     
section #b does not apply with respect  

to any trip which began prior to such   
date4