119 HR 5305 IH: Congressional Money Returned to America Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-11 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.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5305IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 11, 2025Mr. Arrington (for himself, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Gosar, and Mr. Grothman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House AdministrationA BILLTo require any amounts remaining in the Members’ Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Congressional Money Returned to America Act or the Congressional MRA Act.

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Requiring amounts remaining in Members’ Representational Allowance to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt

(a)

In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated for the Members’ Representational Allowance of the House of Representatives for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are made under such Allowance for the year shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). (b)

Regulations

The Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this Act. (c)

Effective date

This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year.