[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2171 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2171

   To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational 
  Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that 
remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to 
   be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to 
                        reduce the Federal debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 10, 1999

Mr. Roemer (for himself, Mr. Upton, Mr. Camp, Mr. Barrett of Wisconsin, 
Mr. Goss, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Rivers, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. 
Nethercutt, Mr. Goode, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Baldacci, Mr. Luther, Mr. Minge, 
   Mr. McHugh, Mr. Shows, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Stearns, Mr. 
    Sanford, Mr. Foley, Mr. Leach, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Bentsen, Mr. 
  Strickland, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. Cook, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Hill of 
    Indiana, Mr. Porter, Mr. Castle, Mr. Tiahrt, Mrs. Morella, Mr. 
   Goodling, Mr. Graham, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Inslee, Mrs. 
Fowler, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Clement, Mr. Souder, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Gekas, 
 Mr. Kind, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Coble, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. English, Mr. McNulty, 
Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Cramer, and Ms. Carson) introduced the following bill; 
      which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational 
  Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that 
remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to 
   be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to 
                        reduce the Federal debt.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL 
              ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE 
              THE FEDERAL DEBT.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated for Members' Representational Allowances for the 
House of Representatives for a fiscal year which remain after all 
payments are made under such Allowances for the year shall be deposited 
in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that in the case 
of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal budget deficit, such 
amounts shall be used to reduce the Federal debt (in such manner as the 
Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2000 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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