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2 U.S.C. § 4727 — Senate privately paid travel public website

submitted 19 years ago by Pub. L. 110-81 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 195 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary of the Senate must create a free public website with disclosed Senate travel information. This section sets the website’s contents, retention period, deadline extension, and funding authority.

(a) Travel disclosure by January 1, 2008 , the Secretary of the Senate must 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, for 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 must 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.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a) Travel disclosure

Not 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)1 Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 546, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 772.)

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  • 2007Enacted · Pub. L. 110-81 · 121 Stat. 772

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-81 on 2007-09-14.

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