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HR 26 104th Congress House Congress Budget deficits Congressional allowances Deficit reduction Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets House of Representatives Members of Congress (House)

To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit reduction.

Introduced: January 20, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Jan 31, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H900)
Jan 4, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
Jan 4, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Provides that any amount remaining in an official allowance of a Member of the House of Representatives at the end of the session of Congress or other period for which the allowance is made available shall be returned to the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.

What's happening now January 31, 1995

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H900)

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 24, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 20, 1995
Sanford, Mark
· Jan 20, 1995
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 17, 1995
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 4, 1995
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 4, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 26: To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit reduction.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-26/
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"H.R. 26: To provide for return of excess amounts from official allowances of Members of the House of Representatives to the Treasury for deficit reduction.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-26/.
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H.R. 26, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-26/.
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