Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 1996

Presidential Appointee Accountability Act of 1996 - Directs each presidential appointee, at the end of each fiscal year, to submit to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and to the office of the inspector general of the agency involved, a report listing the dates, events, and amounts of appropriated funds expended by the appointee for: (1) entertainment offered by the appointee; (2) travel and lodging of the appointee; and (3) limousine services for the appointee in the District of Columbia and its environs.

Requires, that if the inspector general of an agency finds that a political appointee misappropriated Government funds, such appointee shall: (1) repay the amount of such expenditure; and (2) pay a civil penalty of 20 percent, plus interest, of the amount of such expenditure not to exceed $200,000.

(Sec. 3) Requires a presidential appointee to provide a written notification for travel to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and to the office of the inspector general of the agency involved. Provides an exception for emergency travel.