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1/6/2009--Introduced.Amends Rule XXXV (Gifts) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate to: (1) disclose a flight taken in connection with official duties on an aircraft that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate for compensation or hire (unless it is owned, operated, or leased by a governmental entity); (2) reimburse the aircraft's owner or lessee for the pro rata share of the flight's fair market value; and (3) report to the Secretary of the Senate specified information about the trip, including its purpose and the persons on it (other than the pilot). Declares that the fair market value of noncommercial air travel is the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of appropriate size. Amends Rule XXXVIII (Prohibition of Unofficial Office Accounts) to prescribe the value for reimbursement purposes of the use of an aircraft that is not licensed by the FAA to operate for compensation or hire. Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to require a principal campaign committee disclosure report of such a flight by a federal office candidate (other than one for President or Vice President). Excludes from the FECA definition of "contribution" any travel expense for such a flight if within seven days the candidate (or the candidate's authorize committee) pays the owner, lessee, or other individual providing the airplane the pro rata share of the flight's fair market value.

1231218000 2009-01-06 Sat Nov 14 04:54:55 -0600 2009 introduced 53365 'air':10 'bill':2 'senat':14 'requir':4 'travel':11 'payment':7 'disclosur':5 'noncommerci':9 65865 false official action 53365 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 179106 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. V000127 1961-05-03 9732 516 Hart Senate Office Building http://vitter.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.ContactForm 202-228-5061 David 'r':4 'la':5 'sen':1 'david':2,6,8 'vitter':3,7,9 M 400418 Vitter David_Vitter Sen. David Vitter [R, LA] 3833 N00009659 10003 Republican 202-224-4623 Catholic LA David Vitter 3.94736842105263 http://vitter.senate.gov/ action 53365 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 179106 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. introduced 53365 1231218000 Tue Jan 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 179105