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    <item congress="118" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6730" measure-id="id118hr6730" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2023-12-12" update-date="2024-06-05">
        <title>Eliminate Congressional Slush Funds Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id118hr6730v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2024-06-05">
            <action-date>2023-12-12</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Eliminate Congressional Slush Funds Act</strong></p><p>This bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided for the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also prohibits the budgetary effects of this bill from being counted for the purposes of certain budget enforcement procedures and spending allocations for congressional committees.</p>]]></summary-text>
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