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H.R. 26 104th 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
Congress Budget deficitsCongressional allowancesDeficit reductionEconomics and Public Finance
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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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 Latest action January 31, 1995

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H900)

 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.

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 2 Republican 2 Independent 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 24, 1995
SMITH, NICK
· Mar 14, 1995
DUNN, JENNIFER
· Feb 23, 1995
GREENWOOD, JAMES
· Feb 10, 1995
DOOLEY, CAL
· Feb 2, 1995
QUINN, JACK
· Jan 31, 1995
STENHOLM, CHARLES
· Jan 31, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jan 20, 1995
Sanford, Mark
· Jan 20, 1995
 R
Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 17, 1995
GOSS, PORTER
· Jan 4, 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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