[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2222 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2222

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on 
 the allowance of a deduction to Members of Congress for ordinary and 
                      necessary business expenses.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 1, 2015

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the limitation on 
 the allowance of a deduction to Members of Congress for ordinary and 
                      necessary business expenses.

    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 ``Eliminate Special Treatment for 
Congress Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LIMITATION ON ALLOWANCE OF DEDUCTION TO MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS FOR ORDINARY AND NECESSARY BUSINESS EXPENSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by striking ``home,'' and all that follows through 
``$3,000.'' and inserting ``home.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2015.
                                 <all>