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H.R. 3147 114th Congress House

Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015

Official title: To amend the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to require that certain types of services be provided at no cost to constituents, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 21, 2015 Introduced by: Scott H. Peters Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015

This bill amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the availability of 20% of the Members' Representational Allowance to a Member's office unless it provides certain free assistance with respect to:

  • passports;
  • individual federal income tax returns;
  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applications;
  • benefits under titles XVIII (Medicare), II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act;
  • student loans; and
  • veterans' benefits or other laws administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Each Member's office must make publicly available in print or on its congressional website all the constituent services it provides.

It is the sense of Congress that private companies that provide the same or similar assistance to individuals as described in the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (as amended by this Act) should disclose that such assistance could be provided free by the office of a Member of the House of Representatives.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3147: Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3147/
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