,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cigd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #e1         
#bjag,mr4 ,aguilar introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
limit the use of taxpayer dollars on    
non-commercial flights for cabinet      
officials1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,justifiable and ,efficient         
,transportation ,substitutes ,act or the
 ,,jets ,act4  #b4 ,limitation on use of
 funds on non-commercial flights for    
cabinet officials  7a7 ,in general      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 beginning on the date of enactment 
of this ,act1 no ,federal funds         
appropriated or otherwise made available
 in any fiscal year may be used for     
purposes of paying the travel expenses  
of any cabinet official on a            
non-commercial1 private1 chartered      
flight1 or on any plane owned1 operated1

 chartered1 rented1 or leased by the    
,government until the date that the     
guidelines described in section #c have 
been published4  7b7 ,definition of     
cabinet official ,in this ,act1 the term
 cabinet official means any individual  
occupying a position listed in section  
#ecab of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 but does not include the         
,secretary of ,state1 the ,secretary of 
the ,treasury1 the ,secretary of        
,defense1 the ,attorney ,general1 or the
 ,director of ,national ,intelligence4  
#c4 ,guidance on travel by cabinet      
officials  7a7 ,guidance ,not later than
 #ahj days after the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 the ,president shall cause
 to be published in the ,federal        
,register guidelines under which travel 
otherwise prohibited under section #b by
 a cabinet official is permissible4  7b7
 ,requirements ,the guidelines required 
under subsection 7a7 shall comply with  
the following3 7#a7 ,scheduling         
requirements may not be used as a basis 

for determining that the otherwise      
prohibited travel is necessary1 except--
  7,a7 for travel to or from a region   
covered by a declaration of an emergency
 or major disaster pursuant to the      
,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief 
and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq472 or  7,b7 for  
reasons of national security4  7#b7 ,the
 unavailability of commercially         
available flights1 with an accompanying 
written finding issued on a case-by-case
 basis by the ,president or the ,chief  
of ,staff to the ,president1 may be a   
permissible basis for determining the   
otherwise prohibited travel is          
necessary4 ,any written finding issued  
under the preceding sentence shall be   
published on the ,general ,service      
,administration's public website within 
#cj days of issuance1 except with       
respect to any travel the purposes of   
which is classified4  7#c7 ,the         
guidelines may not provide for any      
comprehensive waiver for any cabinet    

official4  #d4 ,disclosure of travel by 
cabinet officials  7a7 ,disclosure  7#a7
 ,in general ,except as provided in     
paragraph 7#b71 beginning on the date   
the guidelines are published under      
section #c1 any travel otherwise        
prohibited by section #b7;a7 by a       
cabinet official shall be disclosed to  
the ,administrator of ,general ,services
 on a quarterly basis4  7#b7 ,classified
 travel ,with respect to any travel the 
purposes of which is classified1 the    
travel shall be disclosed within #fj    
days to the ,permanent ,select          
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,house of ,representatives1 the ,select 
,committee on ,intelligence of the      
,senate1 the subcommittee on defense of 
the ,committee on ,appropriations of the
 ,house of ,representatives1 and the    
subcommittee on defense of the          
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate4 ,nothing in this ,act shall be 
construed to supersede1 alter1 or       
otherwise affect the application of     

section #aja-cg4djh of title #da1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations1 or any        
successor regulation4  7b7 ,publication 
,the ,administrator shall publish       
detailed information1 including among   
other pertinent information the         
justification for the mode of travel and
 the identities of all passengers1      
regarding any flight disclosed under    
subsection 7a77#a7 on the ,general      
,service ,administration's public       
website not later than #cj days after   
the date the ,administrator receives    
such information4