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HRES 56 117th Congress House Congress House of Representatives Members of Congress Protection of officials

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased in response to increasing threats against Members of the House.

Introduced: January 21, 2021 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Jan 21, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 21, 2021
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution declares that the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased to protect Members of the House of Representatives, as well as members of the public who are present when Members are in public venues, from increasing threats.

What's happening now January 21, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 11, 2021
 R
Schweikert, David
Arizona · Jan 21, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 56: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased in response to increasing threats against Members of the House.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-56/
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"H. Res. 56: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased in response to increasing threats against Members of the House.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-56/.
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H. Res. 56, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-56/.
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