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New Member Transition Act of 1996

Introduced: May 29, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

New Member Transition Act of 1996 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 to provide that certain allowances, including for postage stamps, stationery, telephone, and telegraph, shall be for the 12-month period beginning December 1. Provides that for a newly elected Member of the House of Representatives for a new Congress: (1) the allowance for the first year of the new Congress shall be available for the period beginning December 1 of the year preceding the beginning of the new Congress, if no challenge to the election has been filed within a specified period; and (2) such Member shall receive on that date one-twelfth the annual salary for a House Member as an allowance or for moving costs.

Requires an incumbent House Member who has not been reelected to vacate the Member's official office space by December 1.

What's happening now May 29, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 29, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3544: New Member Transition Act of 1996. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3544/
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"H.R. 3544: New Member Transition Act of 1996." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3544/.
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H.R. 3544, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3544/.
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