[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 841 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 841

 To prohibit the appropriation of funds to the Executive Office of the 
  President until the restoration of the White House phone-in comment 
                                 line.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2017

 Ms. Speier (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Pingree, 
 Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Shea-Porter, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Meeks, Mr. 
   Soto, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Takano, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. 
Blumenauer, Ms. Eshoo, and Mr. Ellison) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the appropriation of funds to the Executive Office of the 
  President until the restoration of the White House phone-in comment 
                                 line.

    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 ``Phone The White House Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDS.

    No funds are authorized to be appropriated to the Executive Office 
of the President for any period during which a system is not in effect 
in which members of the public may submit comments to the Office by 
telephone.
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