Congressional MRA Act

3.0.0 5305 2025-09-24T14:41:35Z 2025-09-24T14:41:35Z House H HR 2025-09-11 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5305 <pre>[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 149 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. ARRINGTON:H.R. 5305.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4265]</pre> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred To 2025-09-11T13:04:15Z 2025-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2025-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2025-09-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000375 Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] Jodey Arrington R TX C. 19 N V000138 Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] Eugene Vindman D VA Simon 7 2025-09-11 True G000565 Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-9] Paul Gosar R AZ A. 9 2025-09-11 True G000576 Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] Glenn Grothman R WI 6 2025-09-11 True Congress Congress 2025-09-24T13:35:33Z

00 2025-09-11 Introduced in House 2025-09-24T14:40:08Z Congressional Money Returned to America Act or the Congressional MRA ActThis bill requires funds that were provided to House offices for the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) and remain in the MRA account after all payments for the year are made to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit or debt reduction. The MRA is an allowance that Members of the House of Representatives receive each year to operate their offices. It must be used to support official and representational duties and may not be used for personal or campaign purposes. Annual appropriations acts that fund the legislative branch have generally included a provision that requires unused amounts remaining in the MRA to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt. This bill makes this requirement permanent.

Congressional MRA Act Display Title 45 Congressional MRA Act 2025-09-23T04:23:16Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Congressional MRA Act 2025-09-23T04:23:15Z Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Congressional Money Returned to America Act 2025-09-23T04:23:15Z Introduced in House IH Official Title as Introduced 6 To require any amounts remaining in the Members' Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes. 2025-09-23T04:18:24Z Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2025-09-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119hr5305ih/xml/BILLS-119hr5305ih.xml 2025-09-11 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.