110 HR 4895 IH: To prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction U.S. House of Representatives 2007-12-19 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4895 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 19, 2007 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To prohibit the expenditure of funds for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for the United States Government until January 1, 2009.

1.

Findings

Congress finds the following: (1)The debt of the United States Government is over 9 trillion dollars and continues to rise. (2)Congress must tighten its fiscal belt to ease the burden of the increasing debt level on United States taxpayers. (3)The Federal Government has a responsibility to the taxpayers to make sacrifices in other areas. (4)Federal funds that otherwise would be spent on new construction or leasing of Federal buildings would be better spent helping the people of the United States by paying down the Nation’s debt.

2.

Moratorium on the construction or leasing of new Federal buildings in the District of Columbia until January 2009

(a)

Prohibition

No funds may be expended for the construction or lease of buildings or space in the District of Columbia for any branch of the United States Government or any entity within such branch, unless a contract for the construction or lease was entered into before the date of enactment of this Act. (b)

Exception

The prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply in any case in which the expenditure of funds for the purposes described in subsection (a) is necessary in the interests of national security. (c)

Expiration

The prohibition under subsection (a) shall expire on January 1, 2009.