[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 856 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 856

  To require that unobligated funds in the Official Mail Allowance of 
             Members be used to reduce the Federal deficit.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 1995

  Mr. Zimmer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require that unobligated funds in the Official Mail Allowance of 
             Members be used to reduce the Federal deficit.

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

SECTION 1. CERTAIN UNOBLIGATED FUNDS TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    (a) Definitions.--For the purpose of this section--
            (1) the term ``Member'' means a Member of the House of 
        Representatives, as defined by section 311(g)(1) of the 
        Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 
        59e(g)(1)); and
            (2) the term ``Official Mail Allowance'', as used with 
        respect to a Member, means the Official Mail Allowance of such 
        Member under section 311(e) of such Act.
    (b) Deficit Reduction.--Any unobligated funds remaining in the 
Official Mail Allowance of a Member at the end of a session of Congress 
shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury of the United 
States and applied toward the reduction of the Federal budget deficit.
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