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BOUCHER, FREDRICK C, Democratic Party
Virginia

Total number of trips - 39
Total cost of trips - $62,917.38

Average cost per trip - $1,613.27
Total number of days spent traveling - 103 days
Rank of representative - 86 (Out of 638)

Individual trips

Sponsor(s) - Bell Atlantic
Dates - April 17, 2000 - April 17, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Boca Raton, FL

Purpose - Keynote address to conference on wholesale telecommunications services
Notes -

Travel Cost - $525.00
Lodging Cost - $150.00
Meal Cost - $75.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $750.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Virginia Coal Council
Dates - May 16, 2000 - May 16, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Bristol, VA

Purpose - Keynote address annual Virginia coal conference
Notes -

Travel Cost - $825.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $825.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - German Marshall Fund
Dates - November 29, 2000 - November 30, 2000 (2 days)
Location(s) - Frankfurt, Germany - Heidelburg, Germany

Purpose - Speech to electronic commerce forum on Internet related issues on the US agenda
Notes -

Travel Cost - $3,100.00
Lodging Cost - $600.00
Meal Cost - $150.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $3,850.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - International Management and Development Institute
Dates - August 23, 2000 - August 26, 2000 (4 days)
Location(s) - Helsinki, Finland

Purpose - Keynote address at conference on convergence in telecommunications markets and migration of services to the Internet
Notes -

Travel Cost - $1,500.00
Lodging Cost - $450.00
Meal Cost - $125.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $2,075.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Virginia Maryland Delaware Electric Cooperatives
Dates - July 23, 2000 - July 24, 2000 (2 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - Keynote speech at annual conference on federal electricity restructuring legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost - $525.00
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost - $125.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $950.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Dates - July 23, 2000 - July 23, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - Speech to convention of legislation regarding satellite board television services
Notes -

Travel Cost - $525.00
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost - $125.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $950.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Virginia Association of Realtors
Dates - September 23, 2000 - September 23, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - Speech at convention on Internet related legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost - $100.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $400.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Media General Inc.
Dates - October 9, 2000 - October 9, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - Speech to Media General executives concerning federal legislation on information technology policy
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost - $100.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $400.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce
Dates - May 31, 2000 - June 2, 2000 (3 days)
Location(s) - Mexico City, Mexico - Oaxaca, Mexico

Purpose - Presentations at two forums on current Internet policy debates in Congress
Notes -

Travel Cost - $517.00
Lodging Cost - $300.00
Meal Cost - $120.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $937.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - New York Mercantile Exchange
Dates - August 15, 2000 - August 15, 2000 (1 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - Presentation to executive officers on prospects for electricity restructuring legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $185.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $185.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Transatlantic Policy Network
Dates - April 27, 2000 - April 30, 2000 (4 days)
Location(s) - Tucson, AZ

Purpose - Speech and participation in conference on current Internet policy issues in Congress
Notes -

Travel Cost - $1,080.00
Lodging Cost - $400.00
Meal Cost - $180.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,660.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Transatlantic Policy Network
Dates - November 30, 2000 - December 3, 2000 (4 days)
Location(s) - Venice, Italy

Purpose - Speech at parliamentary conference on creation of an international Internet issues agenda
Notes -

Travel Cost - $450.00
Lodging Cost - $600.00
Meal Cost - $150.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,200.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Travelocity.com
Dates - January 10, 2001 - January 11, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - Dallas, TX

Purpose - Speech and forum on internet privacy legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost - $475.00
Lodging Cost - $125.00
Meal Cost - $25.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $625.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Ripon Educational Fund
Dates - August 11, 2001 - August 17, 2001 (7 days)
Location(s) - Edinburgh, Scotland

Purpose - Speech to conference on upcoming electricity restructuring legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost - $425.00
Lodging Cost - $1,200.00
Meal Cost - $180.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,805.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - United States Telecom Association
Dates - February 23, 2001 - February 25, 2001 (3 days)
Location(s) - Indian Wells, CA

Purpose - Speech to conference on legislation stimulating broadband deployment
Notes -

Travel Cost - $250.00
Lodging Cost - $525.00
Meal Cost - $75.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $850.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - National Association of Broadcasters
Dates - April 21, 2001 - April 23, 2001 (3 days)
Location(s) - Las Vegas, NV

Purpose - Speech to annual convention of television digital transition matters.
Notes -

Travel Cost - $1,011.00
Lodging Cost - $600.00
Meal Cost - $150.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,761.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - American Film Market Institute
Dates - February 21, 2001 - February 22, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - Los Angeles, CA

Purpose - Speech to independent film-makers on proposed changes in intellectual property laws
Notes -

Travel Cost - $750.00
Lodging Cost - $350.00
Meal Cost - $75.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,175.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - AOL-Time Warner
Dates - June 24, 2001 - June 25, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - Conference with executive officers and legal staff of AOL- TW regarding legislation relating its on-line music distribution services
Notes -

Travel Cost - $650.00
Lodging Cost - $250.00
Meal Cost - $10.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $910.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Virginia Coal Council
Dates - May 21, 2001 - May 21, 2001 (1 days)
Location(s) - Not specified

Purpose - Speech at VA Coal Conference on role of coal in the National Energy Strategy
Notes -

Travel Cost - $450.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $450.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Digital Media Association
Dates - August 23, 2001 - August 24, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - San Francisco, CA

Purpose - Speech to forum on the prospects for passage of legislation facilitating the delivery of music over the Internet
Notes - Other cost is for transportation to and from airport

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $125.00
Meal Cost -
Other Cost - $50.00
Total Cost - $175.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Microsoft Corporation
Dates - April 18, 2001 - April 18, 2001 (1 days)
Location(s) - Seattle, WA

Purpose - Speech to Microsoft executives regarding intellectual property tour changes on the congressional agenda
Notes -

Travel Cost - $1,020.00
Lodging Cost - $650.00
Meal Cost - $80.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,750.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Singapore International Foundation
Dates - August 18, 2001 - August 23, 2001 (6 days)
Location(s) - Singapore

Purpose - Speech to conference on the US Information Technology Policy Agenda
Notes -

Travel Cost - $4,125.00
Lodging Cost - $625.00
Meal Cost - $150.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $4,900.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Media General Inc.
Dates - April 8, 2001 - April 9, 2001 (2 days)
Location(s) - Tampa, FL

Purpose - Conference with Media General executives on converged news services
Notes -

Travel Cost - $825.00
Lodging Cost - $125.00
Meal Cost - $50.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,000.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Virginia Coal Council
Dates - May 20, 2002 - May 20, 2002 (1 days)
Location(s) - Kingsport, TN

Purpose - keynote speech to annual coal conference
Notes -

Travel Cost - $800.00
Lodging Cost -
Meal Cost -
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $800.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Jupiter Media Corp, Billboard Magazine
Dates - July 7, 2002 - July 8, 2002 (2 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - keynote address at annual Future of Music conference
Notes -

Travel Cost - $65.00
Lodging Cost - $310.00
Meal Cost - $90.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $465.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Japan Center for International Exchange
Dates - March 24, 2002 - March 30, 2002 (7 days)
Location(s) - Tokyo, Japan

Purpose - participation in Japan-U.S. dialog on information technology policy
Notes -

Travel Cost - $12,619.00
Lodging Cost - $1,500.00
Meal Cost - $500.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $14,619.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Electric Power Supply Association
Dates - January 19, 2002 - January 22, 2002 (4 days)
Location(s) - Vail, CO

Purpose - keynote speaker on prospects for legislation restructuring the wholesale electricity market at their annual conference
Notes -

Travel Cost - $591.00
Lodging Cost - $597.00
Meal Cost - $135.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,323.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Japan Center for International Exchange
Dates - November 16, 2003 - November 17, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - New York, NY

Purpose - Speech to forum on conservational (sp?) energy legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost - $680.00
Lodging Cost - $295.00
Meal Cost - $62.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,037.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Federal Communications Bar Association
Dates - May 3, 2003 - May 4, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - Speech to annual conference on digital TV transition legislation
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $245.00
Meal Cost - $48.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $293.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Ripon Educational Fund
Dates - August 10, 2003 - August 14, 2003 (5 days)
Location(s) - London, England

Purpose - Presentations and spoke to transatlantic conference on discriminatory effect of European Union value added tax on digital downloads supplied by American companies.
Notes -

Travel Cost - $4,350.00
Lodging Cost - $1,000.00
Meal Cost - $250.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $5,600.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Harvard Law School
Dates - March 14, 2003 - March 15, 2003 (2 days)
Location(s) - Cambridge, MA

Purpose - Keynote speech to conference at Law School on legal rights of digital media consumers
Notes -

Travel Cost - $550.00
Lodging Cost - $170.00
Meal Cost - $15.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $735.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Wake Forest University
Dates - March 21, 2004 - March 22, 2004 (2 days)
Location(s) - Winston-Salem, NC

Purpose - speech to university forum on need to reissue the digital millennium copyright act
Notes -

Travel Cost - $650.00
Lodging Cost - $180.00
Meal Cost - $45.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $875.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association
Dates - June 11, 2004 - June 13, 2004 (3 days)
Location(s) - Hot Springs, VA

Purpose - speech to conference on issues to be debated during reopening of the 1996 Telcom Act in 2005.
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $400.00
Meal Cost - $120.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $520.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Consumer Electronics Association, Large Public Power Council
Dates - January 8, 2004 - January 11, 2004 (4 days)
Location(s) - Las Vegas, NV

Purpose - leaders in technology program; seminar; demonstrations; briefing on latest achievements in technology and political issues that are related to technology sector
Notes -

Travel Cost - $969.55
Lodging Cost - $912.33
Meal Cost - $230.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $2,111.88

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Carolina-Virginia Rural Telephone Cooperative Association
Dates - March 18, 2004 - March 19, 2004 (2 days)
Location(s) - Roanoke, VA

Purpose - speech annual convention on upcoming federal telecommunications law changes
Notes -

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $127.00
Meal Cost - $9.50
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $136.50

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Salt River Project Electric Power Cooperative
Dates - January 5, 2005 - January 6, 2005 (2 days)
Location(s) - Phoenix, AZ

Purpose - Presentation to executive officers of cooperative on treatment of public power entities in comprehensive energy legislation.
Notes - DC - Phoenix, AZ - DC

Travel Cost -
Lodging Cost - $652.00
Meal Cost - $65.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $717.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Large Public Power Council
Dates - January 7, 2005 - January 9, 2005 (3 days)
Location(s) - Phoenix, AZ

Purpose - Speech to conference on treatment of public power entities in comprehensive energy legislation
Notes - DC - Phoenix - Tucson - DC

Travel Cost - $1,526.00
Lodging Cost - $254.00
Meal Cost - $122.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,902.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Fiber to the Home Council
Dates - October 3, 2004 - October 4, 2004 (2 days)
Location(s) - Orlando, FL

Purpose - Keynote address to annual convention regarding Congressional efforts to stimulate broadband deployment
Notes - Bristol - Orlando - DC

Travel Cost - $575.00
Lodging Cost - $230.00
Meal Cost - $25.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $830.00

Additional family members - No

Sponsor(s) - Microsoft
Dates - April 15, 2005 - April 18, 2005 (4 days)
Location(s) - Seattle, WA

Purpose - Speech to Microsoft meeting on elements of upcoming telecommunications law reform
Notes - DC - Seattle - DC

Travel Cost - $850.00
Lodging Cost - $410.00
Meal Cost - $110.00
Other Cost -
Total Cost - $1,370.00

Additional family members - No