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BERMAN, HOWARD L, Democratic Party
California

Total number of trips - 37
Total cost of trips - $136,557.96

Average cost per trip - $3,690.76
Total number of days spent traveling - 151 days
Rank of representative - 20 (Out of 638)

Individual trips

Sponsor(s) - American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Dates - September 10, 2000 - September 10, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - San Francisco, CA

Purpose - Speak on Israeli/US relations
Notes - Other is airport parking

Travel Cost - $361.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost -
Other Cost - $18.00
Total Cost - $379.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - World Economic Forum
Dates - January 25, 2000 - January 31, 2000 (7 days)
Location(s) - Davos, Switzerland

Purpose - Participant and attended meetings
Notes - Accompanied by wife Janis--Other is ground transportation

Travel Cost - $6,526.00
Lodging Cost - $1,320.00
Meal Cost - $400.00
Other Cost - $360.00
Total Cost - $8,606.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Consumer Electronics Association
Dates - January 6, 2000 - January 8, 2000 (3 days)
Location(s) - Las Vegas, NV

Purpose - Participant on panel
Notes - Accompanied by spouse and two children Janis Berman, Lindsey Berman and Brinley Schwartz--reimbursed for children's meals ($90)

Travel Cost - $514.00
Lodging Cost - $709.59
Meal Cost - $90.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,313.59

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - April 17, 2000 - April 22, 2000 (6 days)
Location(s) - Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies

Purpose - Participant in conference
Notes - Accompanied by wife Janis Berman -- other is ground transportation

Travel Cost - $2,860.00
Lodging Cost - $448.00
Meal Cost - $1,296.00
Other Cost - $100.00
Total Cost - $4,704.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - May 30, 2000 - June 3, 2000 (5 days)
Location(s) - Vancouver, Canada

Purpose - Participate in conference
Notes - Accompanied by wife Janis -- Other is ground transportation

Travel Cost - $1,277.49
Lodging Cost - $1,288.00
Meal Cost - $1,200.00
Other Cost - $200.00
Total Cost - $3,965.49

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Connell Company
Dates - September 18, 2000 - September 18, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Newark, NJ

Purpose - Speaker at seminar
Notes -

Travel Cost - $576.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost - $3.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $579.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dates - October 19, 2001 - October 21, 2001 (3 days)
Location(s) - Leesburg, VA

Purpose - Policy conference
Notes - Child Lindsey Berman accompanied

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $684.00
Meal Cost - $310.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $994.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - January 12, 2001 - January 19, 2001 (8 days)
Location(s) - Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies

Purpose - Attend and participate in meetings
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs not specified

Travel Cost - $3,558.20
Lodging Cost - $2,355.00
Meal Cost - $1,320.00
Other Cost - $50.00
Total Cost - $7,283.20

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - August 19, 2001 - August 26, 2001 (8 days)
Location(s) - Helsinki, Finland

Purpose - Attend and participate in meetings
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs are for ground transportation

Travel Cost - $4,315.36
Lodging Cost - $1,500.00
Meal Cost - $1,600.00
Other Cost - $400.00
Total Cost - $7,815.36

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - California Cable Television Association
Dates - August 9, 2001 - August 10, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - Lake Tahoe, NV

Purpose - Participate on panel at Board's annual summer meeting
Notes -

Travel Cost - $348.73
Lodging Cost - $239.60
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $588.33

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Anti-Defamation League, B'nai Brith
Dates - November 9, 2001 - November 11, 2001 (3 days)
Location(s) - Santa Barbara, CA

Purpose - Speaker at Conference
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Meals included in lodging cost.

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $1,200.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,200.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
Dates - April 21, 2001 - April 22, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - Los Angeles, CA

Purpose - To participate in their spring seminar - spoke on panel
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs are for valet parking. [assumed destination]

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost - $19.00
Total Cost - $319.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - March 9, 2001 - March 9, 2001 (1 days)
Location(s) - White Sulphur Springs, WV

Purpose - Bipartisan Congressional Retreat
Notes - Child Lindsey Berman accompanied. Meals included in lodging cost

Travel Cost - $252.00
Lodging Cost - $950.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,202.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Connell Company
Dates - May 20, 2002 - May 20, 2002 (1 days)
Location(s) - Berkeley Heights, NJ

Purpose - participated in seminar
Notes -

Travel Cost - $459.50
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost - $10.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $469.50

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - March 29, 2002 - April 7, 2002 (10 days)
Location(s) - Beijing, China

Purpose - participate in and attend meetings
Notes - spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs not specified.

Travel Cost - $9,430.00
Lodging Cost - $1,800.00
Meal Cost - $2,000.00
Other Cost - $1,000.00
Total Cost - $14,230.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - World Economic Forum
Dates - January 31, 2002 - February 4, 2002 (5 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - participate in and attend conference
Notes - spouse Janis Berman accompanied.

Travel Cost - $548.00
Lodging Cost - $1,236.00
Meal Cost - $225.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $2,009.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - June 27, 2003 - July 3, 2003 (7 days)
Location(s) - Helsinki, Finland

Purpose - Participate in conference
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs are ground transportation

Travel Cost - $3,711.50
Lodging Cost - $1,200.00
Meal Cost - $1,200.00
Other Cost - $250.00
Total Cost - $6,361.50

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Dates - September 19, 2003 - September 21, 2003 (3 days)
Location(s) - Leesburg, VA

Purpose - Participate in conference
Notes - Child Lindsey Berman accompanied

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $1,230.00
Meal Cost - $370.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,600.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - August 10, 2003 - August 10, 2003 (1 days)
Location(s) - Moscow, Russia

Purpose - Participate in conference
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs are ground transportation

Travel Cost - $4,884.00
Lodging Cost - $1,725.00
Meal Cost - $1,600.00
Other Cost - $400.00
Total Cost - $8,609.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - University of California San Diego Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Dates - March 9, 2003 - March 10, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - San Diego, CA

Purpose - Speak to the Faculty and students on foreign policy issues
Notes - Other costs are taxi fare from airport to hotel

Travel Cost - $187.00
Lodging Cost - $131.50
Meal Cost -
Other Cost - $38.00
Total Cost - $356.50

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Intel Corp.
Dates - February 19, 2003 - February 19, 2003 (1 days)
Location(s) - San Jose, CA

Purpose - Panelist on intellectual property issues at digital media summit
Notes - Transportation cost is airfare

Travel Cost - $208.50
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $208.50

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Monterey Institute of International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Dates - November 16, 2003 - November 17, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - Monterey, CA

Purpose - Attend Monterey Nonproliferation Strategy Group Meeting
Notes -

Travel Cost - $240.00
Lodging Cost - $219.00
Meal Cost - $45.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $504.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Sony Music
Dates - July 17, 2003 - July 18, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - Tour Sony Studios and participate in meetings with Sony officials
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman accompanied. Other costs are ground transportation

Travel Cost - $230.50
Lodging Cost - $452.58
Meal Cost - $120.00
Other Cost - $20.00
Total Cost - $823.08

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Connell Company
Dates - July 21, 2003 - July 21, 2003 (1 days)
Location(s) - Newark, NJ

Purpose - Participate in seminar
Notes - Other costs are ground transportation. Transport cost is airfare from Newark to DC.

Travel Cost - $276.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost - $10.00
Other Cost - $30.00
Total Cost - $316.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Public Governance Institute
Dates - February 28, 2003 - March 2, 2003 (3 days)
Location(s) - White Sulphur Springs, WV

Purpose - Congressional Retreat 2003
Notes - Child Lindsey Berman accompanied

Travel Cost - $350.00
Lodging Cost - $904.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,254.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - May 22, 2004 - May 28, 2004 (7 days)
Location(s) - Barcelona, Spain

Purpose - Participate in and attend conference
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman - other expenses were ground transportation

Travel Cost - $4,411.60
Lodging Cost - $2,275.00
Meal Cost - $1,968.00
Other Cost - $200.00
Total Cost - $8,854.60

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - December 4, 2003 - December 7, 2003 (4 days)
Location(s) - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Purpose - Attend and participate in conference
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman - other expenses were airport transfers

Travel Cost - $1,771.40
Lodging Cost - $1,725.00
Meal Cost - $990.00
Other Cost - $200.00
Total Cost - $4,686.40

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - World Economic Forum
Dates - January 20, 2004 - January 25, 2004 (6 days)
Location(s) - Zurich, Switzerland

Purpose - Attend and participate in forum
Notes - Spouse Janis Berman - plane tickets were one-way

Travel Cost - $2,622.90
Lodging Cost - $2,516.50
Meal Cost - $210.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $5,349.40

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Leaders Project Inc
Dates - February 25, 2005 - February 27, 2005 (3 days)
Location(s) - Jacksonville, FL

Purpose - Attend and participate in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Jacksonville, FL - Washington, DC

Travel Cost - $337.20
Lodging Cost - $400.00
Meal Cost - $175.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $912.20

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Sakan Center for Middle East Policy
Dates - December 3, 2004 - December 5, 2004 (3 days)
Location(s) - Not specified

Purpose - Participate in Conference
Notes - meals/accommodations from Sakan Center

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $1,150.00
Meal Cost - $160.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,310.00

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - AIPAC
Dates - October 23, 2004 - October 26, 2004 (4 days)
Location(s) - Hollywood, FL

Purpose - Participate in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood, FL - Los Angeles, CA

Travel Cost - $676.40
Lodging Cost - $662.67
Meal Cost - $80.00
Other Cost - $209.76
Total Cost - $1,628.83

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - August 18, 2004 - August 27, 2004 (10 days)
Location(s) - Venice, Italy

Purpose - Attend and participate in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Venice, Italy - Los Angeles, CA Personal Expenses 8/19 - 8/21

Travel Cost - $4,498.80
Lodging Cost - $1,875.00
Meal Cost - $2,130.00
Other Cost - $200.00
Total Cost - $8,703.80

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - California Cable & Telecommunications Assn
Dates - August 12, 2004 - August 13, 2004 (2 days)
Location(s) - Lake Tahoe, CA

Purpose - Participate in telecommunications conference
Notes - CCTA Summer Board Mtg in Lake Tahoe, CA

Travel Cost - $384.28
Lodging Cost - $273.20
Meal Cost - $75.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $732.48

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - March 25, 2005 - April 3, 2005 (10 days)
Location(s) - Shanghai, China - Beijing, China

Purpose - Attend & participate in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Shanghai, China - Beijing, China - Los Angeles, CA Including spouse

Travel Cost - $13,276.10
Lodging Cost - $1,532.00
Meal Cost - $1,800.00
Other Cost - $2,030.00
Total Cost - $18,638.10

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - AIPAC
Dates - April 10, 2005 - April 10, 2005 (1 days)
Location(s) - San Diego, CA

Purpose - Speak at two events
Notes - Los Angeles - San Diego, CA

Travel Cost - $265.20
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost - $95.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $360.20

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - May 29, 2005 - June 5, 2005 (8 days)
Location(s) - Istanbul, Turkey

Purpose - Attend and participate in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Istanbul, Turkey - Washington, DC Including spouse

Travel Cost - $4,353.90
Lodging Cost - $2,700.00
Meal Cost - $1,500.00
Other Cost - $200.00
Total Cost - $8,753.90

Additional family members - Yes

Sponsor(s) - Aspen Institute
Dates - August 2, 2005 - August 6, 2005 (5 days)
Location(s) - Aspen, CO

Purpose - Participant in conference
Notes - Los Angeles, CA - Aspen, CO - Los Angeles, CA Including spouse Personal expense: 8/2/05 Stayed with friends

Travel Cost - $598.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost - $175.00
Other Cost - $165.00
Total Cost - $938.00

Additional family members - Yes