To amend section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to clarify that for purposes of determining whether a Member of the House of Representatives is subject to a deduction from in pay by reason of absence from the House on a day, the Member shall be considered to be absent if the Member misses any vote held in the House on that day, and for other purposes.

3.0.0 6085 2019-02-20T22:36:43Z 2019-02-24T04:17:36Z House H HR 2012-07-09 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BOUSTANY:H.R. 6085.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 which states that no moneyshall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence ofAppropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement andAccount of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Moneyshall be published from time to time. The AppropriationsClause provides Congress with a mechanism to control or tolimit spending by the federal government[Page H4685]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2012-07-09T18:00:35Z 2012-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2012-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-07-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 N L000567 Rep. Lance, Leonard [R-NJ-7] Leonard Lance R NJ 7 2012-07-11 False N000181 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA-21] Devin Nunes R CA 21 2012-07-18 False J000290 Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] Lynn Jenkins R KS 2 2012-07-18 False W000809 Rep. Womack, Steve [R-AR-3] Steve Womack R AR 3 2012-07-18 False 2012-07-19 A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 2012-07-18 False B001252 Rep. Barrow, John [D-GA-12] John Barrow D GA 12 2012-07-18 False G000567 Rep. Griffin, Tim [R-AR-2] Tim Griffin R AR 2 2012-07-19 False S001184 Rep. Scott, Tim [R-SC-1] Tim Scott R SC 1 2012-07-19 False Congress Congressional operations and organization Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives House of Representatives Members of Congress Congress

00 2012-07-09 Introduced in House 2012-09-11T15:55:44Z Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States with respect to the requirement that the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives deduct from the monthly payments of each Member of the House (or Delegate) the amount of the Member's salary for each day of absence from the House, except in the case of the Member's sickness or the sickness of a family member. Adds Resident Commissioner to Member and Delegate under such requirement.

Considers a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) to be absent from the House on a day if the individual does not cast a vote on any vote taken in the House (including any vote taken in the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union) on that day.

Requires a written notice to the Speaker of the House about the Member's or family member's sickness under the exception.

Requires the Chief Administrative Officer, within five days after the end of each month, to publish on the House official public Internet site a list showing: (1) specified information regarding each Member whose pay was subject to such a deduction for the month; and (2) each Member who submitted a written notice to the Speaker during the month, together with a copy of the notice.

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To amend section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to clarify that for purposes of determining whether a Member of the House of Representatives is subject to a deduction from in pay by reason of absence from the House on a day, the Member shall be considered to be absent if the Member misses any vote held in the House on that day, and for other purposes. Display Title To amend section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to clarify that for purposes of determining whether a Member of the House of Representatives is subject to a deduction from in pay by reason of absence from the House on a day, the Member shall be considered to be absent if the Member misses any vote held in the House on that day, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To amend section 40 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to clarify that for purposes of determining whether a Member of the House of Representatives is subject to a deduction from in pay by reason of absence from the House on a day, the Member shall be considered to be absent if the Member misses any vote held in the House on that day, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2012-07-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr6085ih/xml/BILLS-112hr6085ih.xml 2012-07-09 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.