,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bahi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the publication  
of fossil-fuel powered travel by the    
,president1 the ,vice ,president1 and   
political appointees1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,executive ,branch  
,emissions ,transparency ,act4  #b4     
,database on fossil fuel-powered travel 
by the ,president1 the ,vice ,president1
 and political appointees  7a7          
,definitions  7#a7 ,covered individual  
,the term covered individual means--    
7,a7 the ,president2  7,b7 the ,vice    
,president2 and  7,c7 a political       
appointee4  7#b7 ,covered travel ,the   
term covered travel means-- 7,a7 travel 
that is powered by fossil fuels by a    
covered individual on official business2

 and  7,b7 travel that is powered by    
fossil fuels by a covered individual    
that is paid for by a third party1 if   
the covered individual is appearing in  
their official capacity4  7#c7 ,director
 ,the term ,director means the ,director
 of the ,office of ,management and      
,budget4  7#d7 ,political appointee ,the
 term political appointee means any     
individual-- 7,a7 occupying a position  
in the ,executive ,office of the        
,president or in the ,office of the     
,vice ,president for which appointment  
is made by the ,president or ,vice      
,president1 without regard to whether   
the appointment is made by and with the 
advice and consent of the ,senate2  7,b7
 occupying position on the executive    
schedule under sections #ecab through   
#ecaf of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2  7,c7 who is a limited term      
appointee1 limited emergency appointee1 
or noncareer appointee in the ,senior   
,executive ,service as defined in       
paragraphs 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g7 of      

section #cacb7;a7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 respectively2  7,d7      
occupying a position in the executive   
branch of the ,government of a          
confidential or policy-determining      
character under ,schedule ,c of subpart 
,c of part #bac of title #e1 ,code of   
,federal ,regulations2  7,e7 occupying a
 position for which appointment is made 
by the ,president and does not require  
the advice and consent of the ,senate2  
7,f7 who is an ,ambassador2 or  7,g7 who
 is-- 7i7 a member of the staff of an   
,ambassador2  7ii7 not a member of the  
,foreign ,service2 and  7iii7 occupying 
a position for which appointment is made
 by the ,president1 without regard to   
whether the appointment is made by and  
with the advice and consent of the      
,senate4  7#e7 ,relevant head ,the term 
relevant head means-- 7,a7 with respect 
to a political appointee described in   
subparagraph 7,b71 7,c71 7,d71 or 7,e7  
of paragraph 7#d71 the head of the      
,federal entity in which the political  

appointee occupies their position2  7,b7
 with respect to the ,president1 the    
,vice ,president1 or a political        
appointee described in paragraph        
7#d77;,a71 the ,white ,house ,office of 
,management and ,administration2 and    
7,c7 with respect to a political        
appointee described in subparagraph 7,f7
 or 7,g7 of paragraph 7#d71 the         
,secretary of ,state4  7b7 ,database    
7#a7 ,establishment ,not later than #ij 
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,director shall establish and
 maintain a publicly accessible and     
searchable database of covered travel4  
7#b7 ,submission to relevant head ,not  
later than #cj days after the date on   
which a covered individual has taken    
covered travel and has returned to the  
origin of the trip1 the covered         
individual shall submit to the relevant 
head a report on the covered travel1    
which shall include-- 7,a7 the name of  
each covered individual on the covered  
travel2  7,b7 the mode of travel2  7,c7 

the origin and destination2  7,d7 a     
description of the covered travel2  7,e7
 miles traveled2  7,f7 the estimated    
carbon emissions resulting from the     
covered travel2 and  7,g7 a description 
of any action taken to limit the carbon 
emissions associated with the covered   
travel4  7#c7 ,submission to ,,omb ,not 
later than the #ast of each month1 each 
relevant head shall submit to the       
,director a report that includes the    
information received under paragraph    
7#b7 during the preceding month relating
 to covered travel4  7#d7 ,publication  
by ,,omb ,not later than the #aeth of   
each month1 the ,director shall update  
the database established under this     
subsection with the reports submitted   
under paragraph 7#c7 during the         
preceding month4  7#e7 ,exception for   
national security risk ,the ,director   
shall not publish on the database       
established under this subsection       
information described in paragraph 7#b7 
if the publication of that information  

could be deemed a national security     
risk4