HR 6526
111th Congress
House
Congress
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Members of Congress
To prohibit the payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members of Congress.
Introduced: December 15, 2010
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 15, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Dec 15, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Prohibits payments from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives, the contingent fund of the Senate, or any other appropriated funds for a death gratuity payment to the widow, widower, or heirs-at-law of any Member of Congress who dies after the commencement of a Congress to which the Member has been elected.
States that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit or affect the payment to any individual of any unpaid balance or salary or other sums due to such a Member.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1