[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2213 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2213

 To provide that excess amounts from official allowances of Members of 
 the House of Representatives be returned to the Treasury for deficit 
reduction or for the purpose of making the amounts available for small 
                    business loans and investments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1993

  Mr. Franks of Connecticut introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide that excess amounts from official allowances of Members of 
 the House of Representatives be returned to the Treasury for deficit 
reduction or for the purpose of making the amounts available for small 
                    business loans and investments.

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

SECTION 1. EXCESS AMOUNTS FROM OFFICIAL ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS OF THE 
              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO BE RETURNED TO THE TREASURY 
              FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR FOR DEPOSIT IN THE BUSINESS LOAN 
              AND INVESTMENT FUND.

    Notwithstanding any other law, or any rule or other authority, any 
amount remaining in an official allowance of a Member of the House of 
Representatives at the end of the session of Congress or other period 
for which the allowance is made available shall be returned to the 
Treasury for deficit reduction or for deposit in the business loan and 
investment fund established by section 4(c)(1) of the Small Business 
Act, as designated by the Member involved.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this Act--
            (1) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress; and
            (2) the term ``official allowance'' means, with respect to 
        a Member of the House of Representatives, the Clerk Hire 
        Allowance, the Official Expenses Allowance, or the Official 
        Mail Allowance.

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