,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bfif  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #af1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,kind 7for himself and ,mr4 ,paulsen7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to increase transparency of    
agencies by requiring a report          
describing any proposed conference4  #a4
 ,reports on ,conference ,attendance by 
,federal ,agencies  7a7 ,in ,general    
,not later than #cj days before any     
conference1 the head of the agency      
hosting the conference and the head of  
any agency that is sending an employee  
of such agency to the conference shall  
submit to the relevant congressional    
committee of jurisdiction a report on   
the following3  7#a7 ,an itemized       
statement of the cost of attending the  
conference1 including the total cost4   
7#b7 ,in the case of the agency hosting 
the conference1 the total cost of the   
conference4  7#c7 ,the names of keynote 

speakers4  7#d7 ,a list of conference   
attendees from such agency and the      
titles of such attendees4  7#e7 ,the    
location of the conference4  7#f7 ,a    
summary of the purposes and goals of the
 conference4  7#g7 ,a conference        
itinerary4  7b7 ,definitions ,in this   
section3  7#a7 ,agency ,the term agency 
has the meaning given that term in      
section #eea of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7#b7 ,conference ,the   
term conference means a meeting1        
retreat1 seminar1 symposium1 training1  
or other event that involves travel for 
#ej or more attendees4  7#c7 ,employee  
,the term employee has the meaning given
 that term in section #baje of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code4