[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 73 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 73

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that the 
                    gift rule covers Members-elect.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2001

Mr. Graham (for himself, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Smith of Texas, and Mr. 
 Flake) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                           Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that the 
                    gift rule covers Members-elect.

    Resolved, That (a) clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(g) (1) Any Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who, while 
a Member-elect, engaged in conduct which would be in violation of this 
clause if such individual were, at the time of such conduct a Member, 
shall be subject to the provisions of this clause.
    ``(2) As used in this paragraph, the term `Member-elect' means an 
individual who is elected in a general or special election as a Member 
of, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, but who has 
not taken the oath of office.''.
    (b) (1) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any 
individual who becomes a Member-elect after the date of adoption of 
this resolution.
    (2) As used in paragraph (1), the term ``Member-elect'' has the 
meaning given such term in clause 5(g)(2) of rule XXV of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives.
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