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H.R. 106 113th Congress House

Congressional Budget Accountability Act

Official title: To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

Introduced: January 3, 2013 See on congress.gov
Congress AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtCongressional operations and organizationHouse of RepresentativesMembers of Congress
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Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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 Latest action January 3, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 496 To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit…
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Republican 2
Tipton, Scott
· Feb 28, 2013
Rokita, Todd
· Jan 23, 2013
Forbes, J.
· Jan 22, 2013
HASTINGS, DOC
· Jan 22, 2013
Collins, Doug
· Jan 14, 2013
Gerlach, Jim
· Jan 14, 2013
Black, Diane
· Jan 3, 2013
Conaway, K.
· Jan 3, 2013
Tsongas, Niki
· Jan 3, 2013
 R
Webster, Daniel
Florida · Jan 3, 2013
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jan 3, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 106: Congressional Budget Accountability Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-106/
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"H.R. 106: Congressional Budget Accountability Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-106/.
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