

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the new disclosure rule "must be reversed." (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Updated at 2:37 p.m.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Tuesday that the House Ethics Committee must restore the disclosure rule that required members of Congress to report privately-funded travel -- a requirement that the National Journal reported Tuesday had been quietly removed.

“The new rule presented by the Ethics Committee for disclosure of travel must be reversed. While the committee’s aim was to simplify the disclosure process, Congress must always move in the direction of more disclosure, not less," Pelosi said in a statement. "If the Ethics Committee does not act, then we will call upon the Speaker to allow a vote on legislation to reverse this decision. In the meantime, Members are encouraged to disclose such trips to both the Clerk and in their annual disclosures.”