,,ii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #bffe ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,october #bb1 #bjai,ms4 ,duckworth 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,carper1 and ,mr4 ,wyden7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security and ,governmental ,affairs ,a ,,bill ,to amend section #egjg of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 to require the ,general ,services ,administration to make information regarding travel by the heads of ,executive agencies and other individuals in senior positions publicly available4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal ,travel ,transparency ,act4 #b4 ,disclosure of information regarding travel by certain senior officials 7a7 ,in general ,section #egjg of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1 is amended by adding at the end the following3 7d7 ,additional disclosure of information regarding travel by certain senior officials 7#a7 ,definitions ,in this subsection-- 7,a7 the term ,administrator means the ,administrator of ,general ,services2 7,b7 the term covered individual means-- 7i7 the head of an ,executive agency2 or 7ii7 an individual serving in a position at level ,i or ,,ii of the ,executive ,schedule under section #ecab or #ecac1 respectively2 7,c7 the term machine-readable form means a format in which information or data can be easily processed by a computer without human intervention while ensuring no semantic meaning is lost2 7,d7 the term open format means a technical format based on an underlying open standard that is-- 7i7 not encumbered by restrictions that would impede use or reuse2 and 7ii7 based on an underlying open standard that is maintained by a standards organization2 and 7,e7 the term travel information website means the website used by the ,administrator to make available information under paragraph 7#b77;,b77i74 7#b7 ,public availability of travel information for covered individuals 7,a7 ,reporting ,not later than #cj business days after the end of each calendar quarter1 each ,executive agency employing #a or more covered individuals who performed official travel during the calendar quarter shall submit to the ,administrator data in machine-readable form and open format regarding the travel by each such covered individual during the calendar quarter on a commercial aircraft1 privately-owned aircraft1 or ,government-owned or ,government-leased aircraft1 which shall include-- 7i7 the duration of the travel2 7ii7 the destination or destinations of the travel2 7iii7 the individuals in the travel party2 7iv7 the justification for the travel2 7v7 the authorizing official who approved the travel2 and 7vi7 the total cost to the ,government for-- 7,i7 the travel as a whole2 7,,ii7 transportation during the travel2 and 7,,iii7 lodging accommodations during the travel4 7,b7 ,public availability 7i7 ,in general ,the ,administrator shall make available online to the public1 at no cost to access1 the information provided by ,executive agencies to the ,administrator under subparagraph 7,a74 7ii7 ,national security information 7,i7 ,in general ,an ,executive agency may exclude national security sensitive travel information from the travel information submitted to the ,administrator if the ,executive agency determines public online disclosure of the national security sensitive travel information would result in harm to national security interests4 7,,ii7 ,justification ,each ,executive agency shall establish and preserve an accurate record documenting each instance in which the ,executive agency excluded national security sensitive travel information from submission1 as authorized in subclause 7,i71 which shall include information explaining how public online disclosure of the national security sensitive travel information would have resulted in harm to national security interests4 7,c7 ,use of existing resources ,to the maximum extent practicable1 the ,administrator shall use a website in existence on the date of enactment of this subsection to carry out this subsection4 7#c7 ,requirements ,not later than #cj business days after the date on which the ,administrator receives information from an ,executive agency regarding travel by a covered individual under paragraph 7#b77;,a71 the ,administrator shall make the information available on the travel information website4 7#d7 ,classified trips 7,a7 ,in general ,nothing in this subsection shall preclude an ,executive agency from excluding from the information submitted to the ,administrator information regarding classified travel4 7,b7 ,maintaining of information ,an ,executive agency shall maintain information relating to classified travel by a covered employee until the end of the #b-year period beginning on the date on which the classified travel concludes4 7#e7 ,auditing ,the ,inspector ,general of each ,executive agency may1 as determined appropriate by the ,inspector ,general-- 7,a7 conduct and publish an audit of the accuracy and completeness of information the ,executive agency provides to the ,administrator under paragraph 7#b77;,a72 7,b7 conduct an audit of determinations by the ,executive agency to exclude information under paragraph 7#b77;,b77ii7 to ensure each such decision was appropriate and justified in regard to protecting national security interests from harm that would have resulted from public online disclosure2 and 7,c7 provide each committee of ,congress with jurisdiction over the activities of or appropriations for the ,executive agency with written notification if the ,inspector ,general determines that the ,executive agency is improperly withholding1 or failed to justify the withholding of1 information from the ,administrator under paragraph 7#b77;,b77ii74 4 7b7 ,relation to other reporting requirements ,nothing in the amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall be construed to modify or supercede the reporting requirements under the ,federal ,travel ,regulation 7including the requirements relating to the ,senior ,federal ,travel report1 or any successor thereto7 or under any other provision of law4