3.0.0 3147 2023-01-11T13:30:27Z 2023-01-11T13:30:27Z House HR 2015-07-21 114 [Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 21, 2015)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PETERS:H.R. 3147.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8[Page H5331]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2015-07-21T16:02:50Z 2015-07-21 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2015-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2015-07-21 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 N Congress Congressional operations and organization Government information and archives House of Representatives Medicare Members of Congress Poverty and welfare assistance Social security and elderly assistance Student aid and college costs Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations Veterans' medical care Veterans' pensions and compensation Visas and passports Congress 00 2015-07-21 Introduced in House 2015-12-11T21:22:09Z Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015

This bill amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the availability of 20% of the Members' Representational Allowance to a Member's office unless it provides certain free assistance with respect to:

  • passports;
  • individual federal income tax returns;
  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applications;
  • benefits under titles XVIII (Medicare), II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act;
  • student loans; and
  • veterans' benefits or other laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Each Member's office must make publicly available in print or on its congressional website all the constituent services it provides.

It is the sense of Congress that private companies that provide the same or similar assistance to individuals as described in the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (as amended by this Act) should disclose that such assistance could be provided free by the office of a Member of the House of Representatives.

]]> Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 Display Title Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced To amend the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to require that certain types of services be provided at no cost to constituents, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 Introduced in House 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114hr3147ih/xml/BILLS-114hr3147ih.xml 2015-07-21 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.