[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6404 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6404

  To remove information on salaries paid to employees of the House of 
Representatives from the public reports on disbursements of the House, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 6, 2006

  Mr. Wicker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL



  To remove information on salaries paid to employees of the House of 
Representatives from the public reports on disbursements of the House, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``House Staff Privacy Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVING INFORMATION ON STAFF SALARIES FROM PUBLIC REPORTS ON 
              HOUSE DISBURSEMENTS.

    (a) Removal of Information.--Section 106(b) of the House of 
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 104b(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end 
        and inserting the following: ``, other than the name of any 
        individual (other than a Member of the House of 
        Representatives) who receives a disbursement for a salary;''; 
        and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the semicolon at the end 
        and inserting the following: ``, other than any individual 
        (other than a Member of the House of Representatives) who 
        renders a service for which the individual received a 
        salary;''.
    (b) Including Information on Aggregate Amount of Payments Made for 
Staff Salaries by Member Offices.--Section 106(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
104b(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(6) for each office of a Member of the House of 
        Representatives, the aggregate amount of payments made for 
        salaries of individuals employed by the office; and''.
    (c) Definition.--Section 106 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 104(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections 
        (f) and (g); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(e) Definition.--As used in this section, the term `Member of the 
House of Representatives' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to reports 
for periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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