,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ai1
 #bjag,mr4 ,peters 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,warren1 and ,mr4 ,udall7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit       
,federal agencies from using ,government
 funds to pay for the lodging of agency 
employees at establishments that are    
owned by or employ certain public       
officials or their relatives4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,heightened ,oversight of ,travel1  
,eating1 and ,lodging ,act of #bjag4    
#b4 ,limitation on use of ,government   
per diem  7a7 ,definitions ,in this     
section-- 7#a7 the term agency means--  
7,a7 an ,executive agency 7as defined in
 section #aje of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code71 a military department   
7as defined in section #ajb of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code71 or any other   

establishment in the executive branch   
7including the ,executive ,office of the
 ,president1 the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service1 and the ,postal ,regulatory  
,commission72  7,b7 an office1 agency1  
or other establishment in the           
legislative branch2 and  7,c7 an office1
 agency1 or other establishment in the  
judicial branch2  7#b7 the term covered 
individual means-- 7,a7 the ,president2 
7,b7 a relative of the ,president2 and  
7,c7 with respect to an agency that is  
an ,executive department1 the head of   
the ,executive department2  7#c7 the    
term employee means an individual       
employed in or under an agency1         
including an individual employed        
intermittently in the ,government       
service as an expert or consultant and  
paid on a daily when-actually-employed  
basis and an individual serving without 
pay or at #a a year2  7#d7 the term     
,executive department has the meaning   
given the term in section #aja of title 
#e1 ,united ,states ,code2  7#e7 the    

term per diem allowance means a per diem
 allowance1 as defined in section #egja 
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 or  
any similar allowance to which an       
employee is entitled1 including any     
amounts made available to the head or   
other senior officer of an agency to pay
 for subsistence or other expenses      
related to travel2  7#f7 the term       
relative has the meaning given the term 
in section #caaj7;a7 of title #e1       
,united ,states ,code2 and  7#g7 the    
term travel reimbursement means         
reimbursement for actual and necessary  
expenses of official travel under       
section #egjb of title #e1 ,united      
,states ,code1 or any similar           
reimbursement to which an employee is   
entitled4  7b7 ,prohibition ,an agency  
may not provide an employee of the      
agency a per diem allowance or travel   
reimbursement for the cost of lodging at
 an establishment--  7#a7 in which a    
covered individual has a private        
ownership interest or beneficial        

interest2 or  7#b7 that employs a       
covered individual4  7c7 ,exception     
7#a7 ,in general ,subsection 7b7 shall  
not apply to expenditures by the ,united
 ,states ,secret ,service or any other  
agency for protective mission purposes  
relating to the protection of an        
employee of an ,executive department4   
7#b7 ,reporting requirement ,not later  
than #ij days after the date on which an
 agency makes an expenditure that would 
be prohibited under subsection 7b7 but  
for the exception under paragraph 7#a7  
of this subsection1 the agency shall    
submit a report describing the          
expenditure to the ,office of           
,government ,ethics4