HR 61
112th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 61
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employees
to use coach-class air travel in the United States except in limited circumstances,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 5, 2011
Mr. SCALISE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform
A BILL
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require Federal employees
to use coach-class air travel in the United States except in limited circumstances,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the `Controlling Our Air-travel Costs at Home Act
of 2011' or the `Coach Act of 2011'.
SEC. 2. TRAVEL RESTRICTION.
(a) In General- Subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
`Sec. 5711. Domestic air travel restriction
`(a) An employee may only be reimbursed for the actual and necessary expenses
of official air travel within the United States if such travel is coach-class,
unless such travel is necessary to accommodate a disability or other special
need.
`(b) If an employee is reimbursed in contravention of this section, the employee
shall pay to the agency 75 percent of the amount reimbursed for such travel.
`(c) For purposes of this section, the term `United States' means the several
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States,
but does not include the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.'.
(b) Technical Amendment- The analysis for chapter 57 of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to section 5710 the following:
`5711. Domestic air travel restriction.'.
(c) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) applies with respect
to travel taken after the date regulations are issued pursuant to section
3(b).
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL OF DOMESTIC TRAVEL RULES.
(a) Congressional Disapproval of Rules- The Congress disapproves the following
provisions of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions apply
to air travel within the United States (as defined in section 5711 of title
5, United States Code, as added by section 2 of this Act), submitted by the
General Services Administration relating to Airline Accommodations, and such
provisions shall have no force or effect:
(2) Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of sections 301-10.123.
(3) Paragraphs (a), (b), (d), (f), (h), and (j) of section 301-10.124.
(b) Revision of Regulations- Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall issue regulations
to revise sections 301-10.121 through 301-10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal
Regulations, in accordance with this Act and section 5711 of title 5, United
States Code, as added by section 2 of this Act.
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