[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3594 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3594

 To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of 
                     deceased Members of Congress.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2013

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of 
                     deceased Members of Congress.

    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 ``Congressional Death Benefit 
Elimination Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF GRATUITIES TO SURVIVORS OF MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) Prohibition.--No payment may be made from the applicable 
accounts of the House of Representatives, the contingent fund of the 
Senate, or any other appropriated funds for a death gratuity payment to 
the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law of any Member of Congress who dies 
after the commencement of the Congress to which the Member has been 
elected.
    (b) No Effect on Other Payments to Survivors.--Nothing in 
subsection (a) shall be construed to prohibit or affect the payment to 
any individual of any unpaid balance or salary or other sums due to a 
Member of Congress who dies after the commencement of the Congress to 
which the Member has been elected.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, a ``Member of Congress'' means a Senator 
or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall apply with respect to any death occurring after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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