US Congress House Bill 859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on February 27 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-27 - Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
Pending: House Oversight And Government Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Taxpayers' Conference Overspending Prevention Act or the Taxpayers' COP Act - Requires each executive agency to submit an annual report to Congress listing the amount of funds such agency obligated for conferences in the previous fiscal year, including funds for pre-planning, travel, and subsistence costs. Requires the rescission of unobligated funds for agency conferences in excess of specified amounts unless such funds are certified as being for foreign travel that is critical to the agency's mission.

Taxpayers' Conference Overspending Prevention Act

Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]

Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2013-02-27	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2013-02-27	House	Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/859/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr859/BILLS-113hr859ih.pdf