[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 3544 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3544

       To provide for transition for new Members of the House of 
                            Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 29, 1996

   Mr. Fattah (for himself, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. 
     Laughlin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Towns, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
       To provide for transition for new Members 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New Member Transition Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. TRANSITION FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The first section of House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, 
agreed to May 27, 1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of 
the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) The allowances shall be for the 12-month period beginning 
December 1.
    ``(2) For a person newly elected as a Member of the House of 
Representatives for a new Congress, the allowance for the first year of 
the new Congress shall be available for the period beginning December 1 
of the year preceding the beginning of the new Congress, if no 
challenge to the election of the newly elected Member has been filed 
with the relevant State official or the Clerk of the House by November 
30 of the year preceding the beginning of the new Congress.
    ``(3) A person newly elected as a Member of the House of 
Representatives for a new Congress shall receive on December 1 of the 
year preceding the beginning of the new Congress an amount equal to 
one-twelfth of the annual salary for a Member of the House of 
Representatives to be used as an allowance or for moving costs. Such 
sum shall not be considered as income for purposes of the Federal 
income tax to the extent the Member presents receipts indicating that 
the funds have been spent on items for which the allowances may be 
spent.
    ``(4) An incumbent member of the House of Representatives who has 
not been reelected as a Member of the House of Representatives for a 
new Congress shall vacate the Member's official office space not later 
than December 1 of the year preceding the beginning of that new 
Congress.
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term `Member of the 
House of Representatives' includes the Resident Commissioner from 
Puerto Rico and the Delegate from the District of Columbia.''.
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