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Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] · D–VA
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-03 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
The proposed Government Travel Transparency Act would require public reports on specified federal officials’ use of government aircraft. The reports would identify travel connected to federal elections or political activity and whether the government was reimbursed. They would also identify personal travel when another form of transportation would have been more cost effective, as determined by the Comptroller General.
This Act may be cited as the Government Travel Transparency Act.
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Government Accountability Office a report analyzing the use by covered officials of aircraft owned or operated by the Federal Government
(1) Each use of such aircraft by a covered official for travel with respect to a Federal election or a political activity, and whether the Federal Government was reimbursed for such use. (2) Each use of such aircraft by a covered official for personal travel, if another mode of transportation would have been more cost effective (as determined by the Comptroller General).
The Comptroller General would have to submit the first report to Congress and publish it on the Government Accountability Office’s website within 30 days after enactment, then quarterly thereafter. The reporting requirement specifies no end date.
Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress and publish on the website of the Government Accountability Office a report analyzing the use by covered officials of aircraft owned or operated by the Federal Government
The report would have to identify each covered official’s use of federal aircraft for travel connected to a federal election or political activity and say whether the federal government was reimbursed. This provision requires disclosure of reimbursement status; it does not itself require reimbursement.
(1) Each use of such aircraft by a covered official for travel with respect to a Federal election or a political activity, and whether the Federal Government was reimbursed for such use.
Personal travel would have to be identified when the Comptroller General determines that another form of transportation would have been more cost effective. The requirement therefore does not cover every personal trip automatically.
(2) Each use of such aircraft by a covered official for personal travel, if another mode of transportation would have been more cost effective (as determined by the Comptroller General).
In preparing the reports, the Comptroller General would have to use General Services Administration information, including its Travel Reporting Tool. Reports could not include a covered official’s location at a specified time.
(b) Requirements In preparing the report under subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States— (1) shall utilize information from the General Services Administration, including from the GSA Travel Reporting Tool; and (2) may not include in such report the location of a covered official at a specified time.
Coverage would extend to the President, Vice President, Attorney General, the 14 department secretaries listed in the bill, the heads of the Environmental Protection Agency and Small Business Administration, the directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Director of National Intelligence, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the United States Trade Representative.
(1) Covered official The term covered official means each of the following: (A) The President of the United States. (B) The Vice President of the United States. (C) The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (D) The Administrator of the Small Business Administration. (E) The Attorney General. (F) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (G) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (H) The Director of National Intelligence. (I) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (J) The Secretary of Agriculture. (K) The Secretary of Commerce. (L) The Secretary of Defense. (M) The Secretary of Education. (N) The Secretary of Energy. (O) The Secretary of Health and Human Services. (P) The Secretary of Homeland Security. (Q) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. (R) The Secretary of the Interior. (S) The Secretary of Labor. (T) The Secretary of State. (U) The Secretary of Transportation. (V) The Secretary of the Treasury. (W) The Secretary of Veterans Affairs. (X) The United States Trade Representative.
The bill would use the definition of “election” in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 for “Federal election,” and the definition in section 734.101 of title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations for “political activity.” Those definitions are referenced rather than reproduced.
(2) Federal election The term Federal election has the meaning given the term election in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101). (3) Political activity The term political activity has the meaning given the term in section 734.101 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.
The supplied September 22, 2026 source snapshot records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 3, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T15:22:46Z. 2026-09-03: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 2026-09-03: Introduced in House
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
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