Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 47 — Congressional Ethics
§ 4727. Senate privately paid travel public website
Statutory text
Travel disclosure
Not later than , the Secretary of the Senate shall establish a publicly available website without fee or without access charge, that contains information on travel that is subject to disclosure under paragraph 2 of rule XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, that includes, with respect to travel occurring on or after —
a search engine;
uniform categorization by Member, dates of travel, and any other common categories associated with congressional travel; and
forms filed in the Senate relating to officially related travel.
Retention
The Secretary of the Senate shall maintain the information posted on the public Internet site of the Office of the Secretary under this section for a period not longer than 4 years after receiving the information.
Extension of authority
If the Secretary of the Senate is unable to meet the deadline established under subsection (a), the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may grant an extension of the Secretary of the Senate.
1 Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. No subsec. (d) has been enacted.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007
Pub. L. 110–81 title V § 546 · 121 Stat. 735
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4727
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 546, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 772.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 546, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 772.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 546. SENATE PRIVATELY PAID TRAVEL PUBLIC WEBSITE. (a) Travel Disclosure.— Not Deadline. later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Senate shall establish a publicly available website without fee or without access charge, that contains information on travel that is subject to disclosure under paragraph 2 of rule XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, that includes, with respect to travel occurring on or after January 1, 2008— (1) a search engine; (2) uniform categorization by Member, dates of travel, and any other common categories associated with congressional travel; and (3) forms filed in the Senate relating to officially related travel. (b) Retention.— The Secretary of the Senate shall maintain the information posted on the public Internet site of the Office of the Secretary under this section for a period not longer than 4 years after receiving the information. (c) Extension of Authority.— If the Secretary of the Senate is unable to meet the deadline established under subsection (a), the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may grant an extension of the Secretary of the Senate. (e) Authorization of Appropriations.— There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 104g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.