---
kind: "section"
citation: "2 U.S.C. § 1975a"
title: "2"
title_heading: "The Congress"
number: "1975a"
heading: "Overseas travel to accompany members of House leadership"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/2/1975a"
units:
  - "Chapter 29 — Capitol Police"
  - "Subchapter II — Powers and Duties"
---

# §1975a. Overseas travel to accompany members of House leadership

- (a) **Travel authorized—**
  - (1) **In general—** A [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the Capitol Police may travel outside of the United States for official duty if—
    - (A) that travel is with, or in preparation for, travel of a [Member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the House of Representatives who holds a position in a House Leadership Office, including travel of the [Member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) as part of a congressional delegation; and
    - (B) the [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6621.md?p=1) of the House of Representatives gives prior approval to the travel of the [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the Capitol Police.
  - (2) **Definitions—** In this subsection—
    - (A) the term “House Leadership office”[^1] means an office of the House of Representatives for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the year involved is provided under the heading “House Leadership Offices” in the act making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved;
    - (B) the term “[Member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the House of Representatives” includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress; and
    - (C) the term “United States” means each of the several [States](/usc/2/4556.md?p=1) of the United States, the District of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the United States.
- (b) **Reimbursement from Sergeant at Arms—**
  - (1) **In general—** From amounts made available for salaries and expenses of the Office of the [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6621.md?p=1) of the House of Representatives, the [Sergeant at Arms](/usc/2/6621.md?p=1) of the House of Representatives shall reimburse the Capitol Police for the overtime pay, travel, and related expenses of any [member](/usc/2/4556.md?p=2) of the Capitol Police who travels under the authority of this section.
  - (2) **Use of amounts received—** Any amounts received by the Capitol Police for reimbursements under [paragraph (1)](#b-1) shall be credited to the accounts established for the general expenses or salaries of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of such accounts during the fiscal year in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal year.
- (c) **Effective date—** This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. The word “office” probably should be capitalized.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–31, div. I, title I, § 110, May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 575.)