[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 866 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 866

  To provide that Members of the House of Representatives may return 
  unused amounts from the Members' Representational Allowance to the 
                    Treasury for deficit reduction.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 1997

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that Members of the House of Representatives may return 
  unused amounts from the Members' Representational Allowance 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 UNUSED AMOUNTS FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
              MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE TO THE TREASURY FOR 
              DEFICIT REDUCTION.

    Notwithstanding any other law, or any rule or other authority, a 
Member of the House of Representatives may return to the Treasury, to 
be used for deficit reduction, any amount remaining in the Members' 
Representational Allowance of the Member at the end of the session of 
Congress or other period for which the allowance is made available.

SEC. 2. PUBLICATION REQUIREMENT.

    After each session of Congress or other period for which the 
Members' Representational Allowance is made available, there shall be 
published in the Congressional Record a statement showing, with respect 
to such session or period, the amount returned by each Member under 
section 1 and the total returned by all Members.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act.

SEC. 4. DEFINITION.

    As used in this Act, 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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