,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bh1      
#bjag,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california 7for
 himself1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,raskin1  
and ,ms4 ,jayapal7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit the use of ,federal funds for  
the official travel of any senior       
political appointee on private aircraft1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop ,waste ,and ,misuse by            
,presidential ,flyers ,landing ,yet     
,evading ,rules and ,standards ,act or  
the ,,swamp ,,flyers ,act4  #b4         
,prohibition on use of funds for travel 
on private aircraft  7a7 ,in general    
,beginning on the date of enactment of  
this ,act1 no ,federal funds            
appropriated or otherwise made available
 in any fiscal year may be used to pay  
the travel expenses of any senior       

political appointee for travel on       
official business on a non-commercial1  
private1 or chartered flight4  7b7      
,exceptions ,the limitation in          
subsection 7a7 shall not apply-- 7#a7 if
 no commercial flight was available for 
the travel in question1 consistent with 
subsection 7c72 or  7#b7 to any travel  
on aircraft owned or leased by the      
,government4  7c7 ,certification  7#a7  
,in general ,any senior political       
appointee who travels on a              
non-commercial1 private1 or chartered   
flight under the exception provided in  
subsection 7b77#a7 shall1 not later than
 #cj days after the date of such travel1
 submit a written statement to ,congress
 certifying that no commercial flight   
was available4  7#b7 ,penalty ,any      
statement submitted under paragraph 7#a7
 shall be considered a statement for    
purposes of applying section #ajja of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code4  7d7  
,definition of senior political         
appointee ,in this ,act1 the term senior

 political appointee means any          
individual occupying-- 7#a7 a position  
listed under the ,executive ,schedule   
7subchapter ,,ii of chapter #ec of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code72  7#b7 a    
,senior ,executive ,service position    
that is not a career appointee as       
defined under section #cacb7;a77#d7 of  
such title2 or  7#c7 a position of a    
confidential or policy-determining      
character under schedule ,c of subpart  
,c of part #bac of title #e1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations4