[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 177 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 177

  Prohibiting any personal staff employee of a Member of the House of 
  Representatives from holding a paid position in the campaign of the 
                           employing Member.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 26, 1997

Mr. Goodlatte submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on House Oversight

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Prohibiting any personal staff employee of a Member of the House of 
  Representatives from holding a paid position in the campaign of the 
                           employing Member.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PERSONAL STAFF EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES PROHIBITED FROM HOLDING PAID POSITIONS IN 
              CAMPAIGNS OF EMPLOYING MEMBERS.

    (a) In General.--A personal staff employee of a Member of the House 
of Representatives may not, with respect to any period described in 
subsection (b), be employed by a political committee of the Member or 
otherwise perform services for pay from campaign funds of the Member.
    (b) Period Described.--A period referred to in subsection (a) is 
any pay period of the House of Representatives for the personal staff 
employee position involved.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    As used in this resolution--
            (1) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
        Commissioner to, the Congress;
            (2) the term ``personal staff employee'' means, with 
        respect to a Member of the House of Representatives, a clerk 
        hire or other employee on the personal staff of the Member; and
            (3) the term ``political committee'' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
        of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431).
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