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HR 77 104th Congress House Congress Congressional allowances Economics and Public Finance House of Representatives Members of Congress (House) Public debt

To permit Members of the House of Representatives to use their unspent official allowances for reduction of the national debt.

Introduced: January 4, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
Jan 4, 1995
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes unspent allowances of a Member of the House of Representatives available to the Member for reduction of the national debt.

What's happening now January 4, 1995

Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Calvert, Ken
California · Feb 7, 1995
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Jan 4, 1995
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jan 4, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 77: To permit Members of the House of Representatives to use their unspent official allowances for reduction of the national debt.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-77/
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"H.R. 77: To permit Members of the House of Representatives to use their unspent official allowances for reduction of the national debt.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-77/.
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H.R. 77, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-77/.
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