,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #i1 #bjad ,mr4  
,gosar 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,jones1 ,mr4  
,ruiz1 and ,mr4 ,barrow of ,georgia7    
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,house   
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit
 the use of funds provided for the      
official travel expenses of ,members of 
,congress and other officers and        
employees of the legislative branch for 
airline accommodations which are not    
coach-class accommodations1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,if ,our       
,military ,has to ,fly ,coach ,then so  
,should ,congress ,act of #bjad4  #b4   
,prohibiting use of funds for official  
travel expenses of ,members of ,congress
 and legislative branch employees for   
airline accommodations other than       
coach-class  7a7 ,prohibition ,except as
 provided in subsection 7b71 no funds   
appropriated or otherwise made available

 for the official travel expenses of a  
,member of ,congress or other officer or
 employee of any office in the          
legislative branch may be used for      
airline accommodations which are not    
coach-class accommodations4  7b7        
,exceptions ,funds described in         
subsection 7a7 may be used for airline  
accommodations which are not coach-class
 accommodations for an individual       
described in subsection 7a7 if the use  
of the funds for such accommodations    
would be permitted under sections       
#cja-aj4aba through #cja-aj4abe of title
 #da of the ,code of ,federal           
,regulations if the individual were an  
employee of an agency which is subject  
to chapter #cja of such title4  7c7     
,rule of ,construction ,nothing in this 
,act may be construed to affect any     
officer or employee of an office of the 
legislative branch which1 as of the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 is      
subject to chapter #cja of title #da of 
the ,code of ,federal ,regulations4  7d7

 ,definitions  7#a7 ,coach-class        
accommodations ,in this ,act1 the term  
coach-class accommodations means the    
basic class of accommodation by airlines
 that is normally the lowest fare       
offered regardless of airline           
terminology used1 and 7as referred to by
 airlines7 may include tourist class or 
economy class1 as well as single class  
when the airline offers only one class  
of accommodations to all travelers4     
7#b7 ,member of ,congress ,in this ,act1
 the term ,member of ,congress means a  
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4  #c4 ,effective date    
,this ,act shall apply with respect to  
fiscal year #bjae and each succeeding   
fiscal year4