This bill, the Government Travel Transparency Act, directs the Comptroller General (the Government Accountability Office) to report on use of aircraft owned or operated by the Federal Government by a list of senior officials. The report must identify uses related to a Federal election or political activity and whether the Government was reimbursed, and personal travel when another mode would have been more cost effective. The first report is due within 30 days of enactment and reports must be published quarterly afterward. The GAO must use information from the General Services Administration (including the GSA Travel Reporting Tool) and must not include the location of a covered official at a specified time.
If you follow how top officials travel, this bill would make regular, public reports available on aircraft use by many Cabinet members, the President and Vice President, and several agency heads. The reports focus on travel connected to Federal elections or political activity and on potentially cost-inefficient personal travel. The reports will be posted on the GAO website for public review.
No publicly available information on estimated costs. The bill requires the Comptroller General to prepare an initial report within 30 days of enactment and then quarterly reports using GSA data, but it does not provide cost estimates or funding details.
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