HRES 666 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit privately-funded travel by any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 1, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2006
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Amends rule XXV (Limitations on Outside Earned Income and Acceptance of Gifts) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from accepting a gift of travel (including any transportation, lodging, and meals during such travel) from a private source.

Cosponsors 2

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2006 to Apr 27, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-MIThaddeus G. McCotterOriginalFeb 1, 2006
R-KYGeoff DavisApr 27, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 1, 2006Introduced in House
  2. Feb 1, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Subjects

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