WASHINGTON — The House is no longer requiring lawmakers to report some free trips they take on the annual forms they file about their personal finances.
The change was not publicly announced but was described in an instruction book on how to fill out the forms.
Legislators will have to continue reporting details about their travel on the House clerk’s website. That information is publicly available and is more specific than the one line that — until now — they have been providing on their financial disclosure reports.
The House Ethics Committee did not initially provide an explanation for the change.
House members have had to include the travel information in their personal financial disclosure forms since the late 1970s.
The elimination of the requirement was first reported by the National Journal.
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