[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1209 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1209

 To limit purchases of district office equipment and furnishings by a 
departing Member to items not needed for official use by the successor 
                        to the departing Member.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 1993

Ms. Shepherd (for herself, Mr. Fingerhut, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, Mr. 
  Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Kreidler, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Minge, Mr. 
  Wyden, Mr. Bonilla, Ms. Harman, and Mr. Coppersmith) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To limit purchases of district office equipment and furnishings by a 
departing Member to items not needed for official use by the successor 
                        to the departing Member.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of 
the first section of the Act entitled ``An Act to authorize the 
disposition of certain office equipment and furnishings, and for other 
purposes'' (2 U.S.C. 59a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (2) 
        and inserting in lieu thereof ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) subject to the right of the successor to the Member 
        who is leaving office or otherwise ceasing to be a Member to 
        retain the equipment or furnishings for official use.''.

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