[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 80 Introduced in House (IH)]




                                    


105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 80

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the return of excess amounts from the representational 
 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 MEMBERS REPRESENTATIONAL 
              ALLOWANCES TO TREASURY FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 
other rule, regulation, or other authority, any amount remaining 
unobligated in the Member's Representational Allowance of any 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.
    (b) Member Defined.--In this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
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