[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5544 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5544

 To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate exceptions to the 
  provisions of such title commonly referred to as the Miscellaneous 
                 Receipts Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2023

   Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 31, United States Code, to eliminate exceptions to the 
  provisions of such title commonly referred to as the Miscellaneous 
                 Receipts Act, 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 ``Upholding the Power of the Purse 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EXCEPTIONS TO MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 3302 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``Except as provided by 
        another law'' and inserting ``Except as provided in subsection 
        (c)(3)''; and
            (2) in subsection (c), by add at the end the following:
            ``(3) The requirement in subsection (b) shall not apply to 
        any Federal program under which the Government is a custodian 
        of money for States or units of local government, or under 
        which the Government disperses amounts to States or units of 
        local government.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall begin 
to apply in fiscal year 2024.
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