[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1523 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1523

To limit the duration of payments of expenses of former Speakers of the 
                       House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 1993

  Mr. Coble introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To limit the duration of payments of expenses of former Speakers of the 
                       House of Representatives.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LIMITATION ON THE DURATION OF PAYMENTS OF EXPENSES OF FORMER 
              SPEAKERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The period for which expenses of former Speakers of the House of 
Representatives may be paid shall end 1 year after the date of the 
expiration of the term of office as Representative of the former 
Speaker involved, except that, in the case of a former Speaker who is 
receiving such expenses on the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
period shall end 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``expenses of former Speakers of 
the House of Representatives'' means the office, allowance, and other 
expenses provided for former Speakers of the House of Representatives 
under House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, enacted into 
permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 31b-1 et seq.).

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