[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 431 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 431

   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

                            February 2, 1999

   Mr. Camp (for himself, Mr. Ehlers, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Kildee, Ms. 
Rivers, Mr. Smith of Michigan, and Mr. Upton) 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 the Members' Representational Allowance of a 
Member of the House of Representatives for a fiscal year which remain 
after all payments are made under such Allowance 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.

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 deposited with respect to each 
Member under section 1 and the total deposited with respect to all 
Members.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    The Committee on House Administration 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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