[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3804 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3804

To require that any amounts appropriated in a fiscal year for the House 
   of Representatives for members' representational allowances which 
remain unexpended after all payments are made under such allowances for 
 the fiscal year shall be used to repay amounts borrowed from the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of the 
                          Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 1998

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require that any amounts appropriated in a fiscal year for the House 
   of Representatives for members' representational allowances which 
remain unexpended after all payments are made under such allowances for 
 the fiscal year shall be used to repay amounts borrowed from the old-
age, survivors, and disability insurance programs under title II of the 
                          Social Security Act.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING RETURN TO TREASURY OF UNEXPENDED AMOUNTS FROM 
              MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES.

    (a) In General.--Any amounts appropriated in a fiscal year for the 
House of Representatives for any members' representational allowance 
which remain unexpended after all payments are made under such 
allowances for the fiscal year shall be deposited in the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund, in such allocation as the Secretary of the 
Treasury determines appropriate to restore the long-term solvency of 
such Trust Funds.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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