,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adfe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1 #bjai 
,mr4 ,o',halleran introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house                
,administration1 and in addition to the 
,committee on ,rules1 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 require the ,speaker of  
the ,house of ,representatives to       
convene a session of the ,house on each 
day in which a ,government shutdown is  
in effect1 to prohibit the use of funds 
for the official travel of ,members of  
the ,house of ,representatives during   
any period in which a ,government       
shutdown is in effect1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,outbound       
,flights for ,lawmakers ,if ,government 
,halts to a ,stop ,act or the ,no       

,flights ,act4  #b4 ,requiring ,speaker 
to convene session of ,house during     
shutdown  7a7 ,requirement ,on each day 
on which a ,government shutdown is in   
effect1 including weekends and legal    
public holidays1 the ,speaker of the    
,house of ,representatives shall convene
 a session of the ,house4  7b7 ,exercise
 of rulemaking authority ,this section  
is enacted by ,congress-- 7#a7 as an    
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 
,house of ,representatives1 and as such 
it is deemed a part of the rules of the 
,house of ,representatives1 and it      
supersedes other rules only to the      
extent that it is inconsistent with such
 rules2 and  7#b7 with full recognition 
of the constitutional right of the      
,house of ,representatives to change the
 rules 7so far as relating to the       
procedure of the ,house7 at any time1 in
 the same manner1 and to the same extent
 as in the case of any other rule of the
 ,house4  #c4 ,prohibiting ,member      
official travel during shutdown  7a7    

,prohibition ,except as provided in     
subsection 7b71 no appropriated funds1  
including official funds of the ,house  
of ,representatives or funds available  
under any ,federal law1 rule1 or        
regulation1 may be used to pay for the  
costs of official travel by a ,member of
 the ,house of ,representatives during  
any period in which a ,government       
shutdown is in effect4  7b7 ,exception  
for travel by ,member to ,washington    
,metropolitan ,area ,subsection 7a7 does
 not apply with respect to travel by a  
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives to the ,washington     
,metropolitan ,area4  7c7 ,definitions  
,in this section--  7#a7 the term       
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives means a ,representative
 in1 or ,delegate or ,resident          
,commissioner to1 the ,congress2 and    
7#b7 the term ,washington ,metropolitan 
,area means the ,district of ,columbia1 
the ,counties of ,montgomery and ,prince
 ,georges in ,maryland1 and the         

,counties of ,arlington1 ,fairfax1      
,loudoun1 and ,prince ,william and the  
,cities of ,alexandria and ,falls       
,church in ,virginia4  #d4              
,determination of ,government shutdown  
,for purposes of this ,act1 a           
,government shutdown shall be considered
 to be in effect if there is a lapse in 
appropriations for any ,federal agency  
or department as a result of a failure  
to enact a regular appropriations bill  
or continuing resolution4