US Congress House Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 9-1)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-18 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt. Requires publication in the Congressional Record, after each session of Congress or other period for which the Members' Representational Allowance is made available, of a statement showing, for such session or period, the amount deposited for each such Member and the total deposited for all Members.

To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.

Rep. Dave Camp [R-MI]	Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Michael Turner [R-OH]	Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-18	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

HB262 (Related) 2011-01-12 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
HB121 (Related) 2011-01-05 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/297/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr297/BILLS-112hr297ih.pdf