HR 2171
106th Congress
House
Congress
Appropriations
Congressional allowances
Deficit reduction
Economics and Public Finance
Federal budgets
Members of Congress (House)
Public debt
To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Introduced: June 10, 1999
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Jun 10, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 10, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1235-1236)
Jun 10, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Requires any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House of Representatives which remain after all payments are made under such allowance 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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