S.Amdt. 914

SA 914. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. REIMBURSEMENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY CERTAIN
PERSONS FOR EXPENSES OF TRAVEL DURING WHICH
SUCH PERSONS CONDUCT PRIVATE BUSINESS.

(a) Reimbursement Required.--A covered person shall
reimburse the United States for any expenses of travel
provided the person at the expense of the Federal Government
if the person conducts any private business during such
travel or conducts any activity for personal financial gain
during such travel.
(b) Covered Persons.--For purposes of this section, a
covered person is any person described by paragraph (1) or
(2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code,
regardless of whether the person was provided protection by
the United States Secret Service during the travel concerned.
(c) Expenses Reimburseable.--The expenses of travel for
which a covered person shall make reimbursement under
subsection (a) are the actual costs with respect to the
person during travel for the following:
(1) Travel.
(2) Protection by the United States Secret Service or
another Federal entity.
(3) Lodging and accommodations.
(4) Meals.
(5) Incidental expenses.
(6) Any other expenses designated by the President in
regulations prescribed for purposes of this section.
(d) Private Business.--For purposes of this section,
private business shall consist of the discussion of, planning
for, or carrying out of any commercial negotiation or
commercial transaction on behalf of a covered person, or any
entity in which a covered person holds a financial interest,
which financially benefits a covered person or entity in
which a covered person holds a financial interest.
(e) Exception.--Reimbursement for expenses of travel shall
not be made by a covered person under subsection (a) for
expenses borne by the person during the travel concerned.
(f) Treatment of Reimbursements.--Any reimbursements made
pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Treasury
as miscellaneous receipts.
(g) Reports.--
(1) Quarterly reports.--Not later than the first day of
each fiscal year quarter, each covered person shall submit to
the offices and committees of Congress referred to in
paragraph (3) a report on reimbursements required to be made
by such person under subsection (a) during the preceding
fiscal year quarter.
(2) Elements.--Each report of a person under this paragraph
shall set forth, for the fiscal year quarter covered by such
report, the following:
(A) The expenses of travel of the person for which
reimbursement was required to be made under subsection (a).
(B) The amount of reimbursement made under subsection for
such expenses.
(3) Offices and committees of congress.--The offices and
committees of Congress referred to in this paragraph are the
following:
(A) The Office of Government Ethics.
(B) The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Reform and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate.
(C) The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and
the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives.
(h) Prohibition on Acquisition of Certain Goods and
Services.--No department, agency, or other entity of the
Federal Government may purchase, rent, or otherwise acquire
goods or services, including hotel rooms, office space, or
golf carts, from any entity that is owned or operated by the
President or any member of the immediate family of the
President.
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