[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 26 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 26

  To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of 
  Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit 
                               reduction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Roemer (for himself, Mr. Dickey, Mr. McHale, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
 Hayes, Mr. Parker, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Goss, Mr. Taylor of Mississippi, 
 Mr. McHugh, Mr. Holden, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. Jacobs, Ms. Furse, Mr. Brown 
of California, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Poshard, Mr. Upton, Mr. 
 Pomeroy, Mr. Andrews, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, and  Ms. 
   Kaptur) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of 
  Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit 
                               reduction.

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

SECTION 1. RETURN OF EXCESS AMOUNTS FROM OFFICIAL ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS 
              OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE TREASURY FOR 
              DEFICIT REDUCTION.

        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, to be used for deficit reduction.

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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