Title 2, The CongressRelease 119-110
§4727 Senate Privately Paid Travel Public Website
Title 2 › CHAPTER 47 — CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS › SUBCHAPTER III — SENATE › § 4727
Summary
By January 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Senate must create a free public website listing travel that Senate rules require to be disclosed for travel on or after that date. The site must include a search tool, uniform categories by Member and date, and the Senate forms filed for official travel. Information must be kept no longer than 4 years. If needed, the Committee on Rules and Administration may extend the deadline and funds may be appropriated.
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Title 2, §4727
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(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)Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 104g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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2 U.S.C. § 4727
Title 2, The Congress
Last Updated
Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110