Washington ? When Democratic Rep. Dennis Moore traveled to a Nasdaq Stock Market conference in Miami last year, the stock exchange covered his travel, food and hotel expenses.

Republican Rep. Todd Tiahrt, and his wife, Vicki, took a week-long trip to Kauai, Hawaii, in January 2004, courtesy of the American Association of Airport Executives, which was holding a meeting.

The travel by members of Kansas’ congressional delegation was detailed in financial disclosure statements released Wednesday. The reports, filed annually by all 535 members of Congress, also disclose outside sources of income, assets, debts, gifts and speaking fees.

Aides to House members defended the trips as opportunities to keep up with issues and information important to their constituents. But such trips have come under increased scrutiny after reports showed that lobbyists paid for expensive travel for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas.

All the trips that lawmakers from Kansas took were properly disclosed and complied with House rules, but many were funded by private interests that could benefit from legislation in Congress.

Republican Rep. Jerry Moran, weighing a possible bid for governor in 2006, was the most frequent traveler – as he was last year – among the state’s four House members. He went on six expense-paid trips, while Moore took just one.

Moore spokeswoman Christie Appelhanz said the congressman, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, delivered remarks at the three-day Miami conference and attended every session.

“He feels it’s his job to stay on top of the issues that come before the committee,” Appelhanz said.

Tiahrt spokesman Chuck Knapp said his boss, who sits on the transportation subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, attends the aviation group meeting every year. The aircraft industry dominates his Wichita-area district.

“He has suggested they hold it in Wichita, the air capital of the world, but they think they’ll have better attendance in Hawaii,” Knapp said.

Besides Hawaii, Tiahrt traveled to Vermillion, S.D., courtesy of the W.O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership to deliver a speech. He visited Cambridge, Md., in January on a trip paid for by the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank based in Washington.

Moran’s trips were mostly related to agriculture. He went to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Chicago on visits sponsored by the Chicago Board of Trade. Trips sponsored by other groups were to Los Angeles; Sacramento, Calif.; Vail, Colo.; and Lafayette and Baton Rouge, La.

Republican Jim Ryun took four expenses-paid trips in 2004. The Puerto Rico Society of CPAs paid for his trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and The International Network of Children’s Ministry paid for travel to San Diego. Ryun traveled to Salt Lake City courtesy of the American Academy of Audiology for a conference and he went to Dallas courtesy of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

The forms don’t specify how much the trips cost and don’t include official travel funded through Congress, which is reported elsewhere.

The reports are even less specific when it comes to personal finances. Assets and liabilities on the forms are reported in broad ranges.

Senators’ reports were released Tuesday.