Office spending by members of Congress is available online for the first time.

Expenditures by Virginia’s 11-member delegation for staff salaries, hotels, utilities, rental space, mailings and even bottled water can be viewed at disbursements.house.gov.

The report also shows the allocation given to each member, which is based on several factors, including their district’s distance from Washington. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Montross, has the largest funding allocation of any Virginia member — with $1,517,833 to spend each year—while Roanoke Republican Robert Goodlatte receives the least, with $1,419,742.

While Congress has been required by law since 1964 to publish the spending of its members’ offices, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi requested in June that the reports be published online. The nearly 3,400-page report now online shows spending from July to September this year.

The reports are always audited, said Jeff Ventura, communications director for the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, but he said he’s not sure if they were audited before being published online.

It’s a different story for Virginia delegates. State House members don’t have to report their office expenditures because their stipends are received as part of their income, said Bruce Jamerson, clerk of the House of Delegates.

“They aren’t required to report office expenditures because [office funding] is given to them as taxable income,” Jamerson said.

That means that on top of their $17,640 salary, members receive an additional $15,000 each year for office expenses. While they may use that stipend however they wish, they can only write it off on their taxes if they report it as office expenditure, Jamerson said.

Because spending isn’t reported by the delegates, there is no way to view how members spent their stipend, he said.

Megan Rhyne, executive director of the Virginia Coalition for Open Government, said she’s disappointed that Virginia does not require delegates to report their office spending. Congress is following a good policy by posting expenditures online, she said.

“I am disappointed that Virginia does not have proactive laws that require that kind of posting as a matter of course,” Rhyne said. “I’m glad that it can be made available upon request, but because money and politics are under so much scrutiny, this is something I think is good policy for lawmakers to make public.”