,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #bg1 #bjac 
,mr4 ,jordan 7for himself and ,ms4      
,speier7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,appropriations1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to rescind certain excess   
conference costs from any agency that   
overspends on conferences1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,taxpayers'         
,conference ,overspending ,prevention   
,act or the ,taxpayers' ,,cop ,act4  #b4
 ,report and rescission of excess       
conference costs  7a7 ,report ,not later
 than ,october #ca of each fiscal year1 
each executive agency shall submit to   
the ,congress a report listing the      

amount of funds that such agency        
obligated for conferences in the        
previous fiscal year4 ,the funds        
described in the report shall include   
pre-planning1 travel1 and subsistence   
costs4  7b7 ,rescission ,on the date    
that is #cj days after the date a report
 is submitted by an executive agency    
under subsection 7a71 from the          
unobligated funds made available to such
 agency in the current fiscal year for  
conferences 7including pre-planning1    
travel1 and subsistence costs71 there is
 rescinded the total amount by which the
 total costs for any conference         
described in such report exceeds #c1jjj 
per agency employee attending such      
conference1 or the total amount by which
 the costs for any conference described 
in such report exceeds #fjj per day per 
agency employee attending such          
conference1 whichever is higher4  7c7   
,exception for critical foreign travel  
7#a7 ,certification ,the rescission     
required under subsection 7b7 shall not 

apply to amounts described in a report  
that are greater than the limits        
provided in such subsection if--  7,a7  
the head of the applicable executive    
agency certifies in writing to the      
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget that the amounts were for   
foreign travel and that such travel was 
critical to the agency's mission2 and   
7,b7 the ,director determines that such 
certification is valid4  7#b7 ,report   
,any determination by the ,director     
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be included  
in the report submitted under subsection
 7a74  7d7 ,definitions ,in this        
section--  7#a7 the term ,director means
 the ,director of the ,office of        
,management and ,budget2  7#b7 the term 
executive agency has the meaning given  
such term in section #aje of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#c7 the    
term conference means a meeting1        
retreat1 seminar1 symposium1 or event   
that--  7,a7 is held for consultation1  
education1 discussion1 or training2 and 

7,b7 is not held entirely at a          
,government facility4