,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gic  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #be1        
#bjai,mr4 ,buck introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of funds  
for the official travel of ,members of  
,congress during any period in which a  
,government shutdown is in effect4  #a4 
,prohibiting ,member official travel    
during shutdown  7a7 ,prohibition       
,except as provided in subsection 7b71  
no appropriated funds1 including        
official funds of the ,house of         
,representatives1 official funds of the 
,senate1 or funds available under any   
,federal law1 rule1 or regulation1 may  
be used to pay for the costs of travel  
by a ,member of ,congress 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  

,congress to the ,washington            
,metropolitan ,area4  7c7 ,determination
 of ,government shutdown ,for purposes  
of subsection 7a71 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  7d7          
,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the
 term ,member of ,congress means a      
,senator or 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 ,loudon1 and  
,prince ,william and the ,cities of     
,alexandria and ,falls ,church in       
,virginia4  7e7 ,sense of ,congress     
regarding need of ,members ,to remain at
 work during ,government shutdown ,it is

 the sense of ,congress that1 whenever a
 ,government shutdown is in effect1     
,members of ,congress should remain at  
work in ,washington1 ,,dc until the     
shutdown is no longer in effect4