[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 299 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 299

 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives regarding outside 
                             earned income.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 12, 1995

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Cardin, 
   Mr. Goss, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Borski, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. 
 Sawyer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives regarding outside 
                             earned income.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RULES.

    (a) Clause 3(e) of rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows:
    ``(e) The term `outside earned income' means, with respect to a 
Member, officer, or employee, wages, salaries, fees, and copyright 
royalties earned while a Member, officer or employee of the House, and 
other amounts received or to be received as compensation for personal 
services actually rendered but does not include--
            ``(1) the salary of such individual as a Member, officer, 
        or employee;
            ``(2) any compensation derived by such individual for 
        personal services actually rendered prior to the effective date 
        of this rule or becoming such a Member, officer, or employee, 
        whichever occurs later;
            ``(3) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a Member, 
        officer, or employee, to a tax-qualified pension, profit-
        sharing, or stock bonus plan and received by such individual 
        from such a plan;
            ``(4) in the case of a Member, officer, or employee engaged 
        in a trade or business in which the individual or his family 
        holds a controlling interest and in which both personal 
        services and capital are income-producing factors, any amount 
        received by such individual so long as the personal services 
        actually rendered by the individual in the trade or business do 
        not generate a significant amount of income; and
            ``(5) copyright royalties for works published before 
        becoming a Member, officer, or employee of the House.''.
    (b) Clause 3 of rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraphs:
    ``(g) A Member, officer, or employee of the House may not--
            ``(1) receive any copyright royalties pursuant to a 
        contract entered into after becoming a Member, officer, or 
        employee--
                    ``(A) unless the royalty is received from an 
                established publisher pursuant to usual and customary 
                contractual terms; and
                    ``(B) without the prior approval of the contract by 
                the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct; or
            ``(2) receive any advance payment for any such work. 
        However, the rule does not prohibit literary agents, research 
        staff, and other persons working on behalf of the Member, 
        officer, or employee, from receiving advance payments directly 
        from the publisher.
    ``(h) The Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, subject to 
such exceptions as it deems appropriate, shall not approve any contract 
which permits the deferral of royalty payments beyond the year in which 
earned.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this resolution shall apply to copyright 
royalties earned by a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives after December 31, 1995.
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