1. Provisions of Law Relating to Travel Outside the United States a. Reporting Requirements for House Interparliamentary Groups Partial text of Public Law 86-628 [Legislative Branch Appropriation Act of 1961; H.R. 12232], 74 Stat. 446, approved July 12, 1960; as amended by Public Law 90137 (S. 1872], 81 Stat. 445 at 463, approved November 19, 1967; and by Public Law 94-59 [H.R. 6950], 89 Stat. 269, approved July 25, 1975

AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes, namely:

Sec. 105.1

3

*

(b) Each chairman or senior member of the House of Representatives and Senate group or delegation of the United States group or delegation to the Interparliamentary Union,2 the North Atlantic Assembly, the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group,* the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group,5 or any similar interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member or participates, by whom or on whose behalf local currencies owned by the United States are made available and expended and/or expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in the case of the group or delegation of the Senate, or with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 6 of the House of Representatives in the case of the group or delegation of the House, an itemized report showing all such expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee of the group or delegation together with the purposes of the expenditure, including per diem (lodging and meals), transportation, and for other purposes. Within sixty days after the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs shall prepare consolidated reports showing with respect to each such group or delegation the

1 22 U.S.C. 276c-1. Sec. 105 was amended and restated by sec. 1104 of Public Law 94-59.

2 For text of Interparliamentary Union Participation Act, see page 599.

3 For text of resolution authorizing participation in NATO parliamentary conferences, see page 609. For text of resolution authorizing participation in parliamentary conferences with Canada, see page 607. For text of resolution authorizing participation in parliamentary conferences with Mexico, see page 605. 6 The name of the "Committee on International Relations" was changed to "Committee on Foreign Affairs" on Feb 5, 1979, by H. Res. 89 (96th Congress).

total amount expended, the purpose of the expenditures, the amount expended for each such purpose, the names of the Members or employees by or on behalf of whom the expenditures were made and the amount expended by or on behalf of each Member or employee for each such purpose. The consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate, and the consolidated reports prepared by the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 6 of the House shall be filed with the Committee on House Administration of the House and shall be open to public inspection.

b. Local Currency Availability

Partial text of Public Law 83-665 [H.R. 9678], 68 Stat. 832, approved August 26, 1954; as amended by Public Law 83-778 [H.R. 10051], 68 Stat. 1223, approved September 3, 1954; Public Law 84-726 [H.R. 11356], 70 Stat. 560, approved July 18, 1956; Public Law 85-477 [H.R. 12181], 72 Stat. 268, approved June 30, 1958; Public Law 85-766 [H.R. 13450], 72 Stat. 880, approved August 27, 1958; Public Law 86-472 [H.R. 11510], 74 Stat. 138, approved May 14, 1960; Public Law 86-628 [H.R. 12232], 74 Stat. 460, approved July 12, 1960; Public Law 86-633 (H.R. 11380], 78 Stat. 1015, approved October 7, 1964; Public Law 93-126 [H.R. 7645], 87 Stat. 451 at 452, approved October 18, 1973; Public Law 93–371 [H.R. 14012], 88 Stat. 424, approved August 13, 1974; Public Law 94-59 [H.R. 6950], 89 Stat. 269, approved July 25, 1975; Public Law 94–157 [H.R. 10647], 89 Stat. 826 at 837, approved December 18, 1975; Public Law 94-350 [S. 3168], 90 Stat. 823 at 833, approved July 12, 1976; Public Law 94-440 [H.R. 14238], 90 Stat. 1439 at 1445, approved October 1, 1976; and by Public Law 95-384 [S. 3750], 92 Stat. 730 at 742, approved September 26, 1978

AN ACT To promote the security and foreign policy of the United States by furnishing assistance to friendly nations, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of 1954”.

Sec. 502.

(b)(1)(A) Notwithstanding section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, or any other provision of law

(i) local currencies owned by the United States which are in excess of the amounts reserved under section 612(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and of the requirements of the United States Government in payment of its obligations outside of the United States, as such requirements may be determined from time to time by the President; and

(ii) any other local currencies owned by the United States in amounts not to exceed the equivalent of $75 per day per person or the maximum per diem allowance established under the authority of subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 of the United States Code for employees of the United States Government while traveling in a foreign country, whichever is greater, exclusive of the actual cost of transportation;

shall be made available to Members and employees of the Congress for their local currency expenses when authorized as provided in subparagraph (B).

(B) The authorization required for purposes of subparagraph (A) may be provided

(i) by the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the case of a Member or employee of the House;

1 22 U.S.C. 1754(b). Subsec. (b) was comprehensively amended and restated by sec. 22 of the International Security Assistance Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 742).

(ii) by the chairman of a standing or select committee of the House of Representatives in the case of a member or employee of that committee;

(iii) by the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate, in the case of a Member or employee of the Senate;

(iv) by the chairman of a standing, select, or special committee of the Senate in the case of a member or employee of that committee or of an employee of a member of that committee; and

(v) by the chairman of a joint committee of the Congress in the case of a member or employee of that committee.

(C) Whenever local currencies owned by the United States are not otherwise available for purposes of this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase such local currencies as may be necessary for such purposes, using any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.

(2) On a quarterly basis, the chairman of each committee of the House of Representatives or the Senate and of each joint committee of the Congress (A) shall prepare a consolidated report (i) which itemizes the amounts and dollar equivalent values of each foreign currency expended and the amounts of dollar expenditures from appropriated funds in connection with travel outside the United States, stating the purposes of the expenditures including per diem (lodging and meals), transportation, and other purposes, and (ii) which shows the total itemized expenditures, by such committee and by each member or employee of such committee (including in the case of a committee of the Senate, each employee of a member of the committee who received an authorization under paragraph (1) from the chairman of the committee); and (B) shall forward such consolidated report to the Clerk of the House of Representatives (if the committee is a committee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Secretary of the Senate (if the committee is a committee of the Senate or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate). Each such consolidated report shall be open to public inspection and shall be published in the Congressional Record within ten legislative days after the report is forwarded pursuant to this paragraph. In the case of the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, such consolidated report may, in the discretion of the chairman of the committee, omit such information as would identify the foreign countries in which members and employees of that committee traveled.

(3)(A) Each Member or employee who receives an authorization under paragraph (1) from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Majority Leader of the Senate, or the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall within thirty days after the completion of the travel involved, submit a report setting forth the information specified in paragraph (2), to the extent applicable, to the Clerk of the House of Representatives (in the case of a Member of the House or

an employee whose salary is disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or the Secretary of the Senate (in the case of a Member of the Senate or an employee whose salary is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate). In the case of an authorization for a group of Members or employees, such reports shall be submitted for all Members of the group by its chairman, or if there is no designated chairman, by the ranking Member or if the group does not include a Member, by the senior employee in the group. Each report submitted pursuant to this subparagraph shall be open to public inspection.

(B) On a quarterly basis, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall each prepare a consolidation of the reports received by them under this paragraph with respect to expenditures during the preceding quarter by each Member and employee or by each group in the case of expenditures made on behalf of a group which are not allocable to individual members of the group. Each such consolidation shall be open to public inspection and shall be published in the Congressional Record within ten legislative days after its completion.