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H.R.885 / 103rd Congress

Amending the Rules of the House to limit the availability of appropriations for salaries and expenses of the House to one year and to require certain excess allowance amounts be returned to the Treasury.

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 16, 1993

Amends rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order to consider any measure appropriating amounts for salaries and expenses of the House unless such measure prohibits availability of any such amount for obligation after the end of the fiscal year for which such amount is appropriated. Adds rule LII to require amounts made available to a Member of the House under the Clerk Hire, Official Expenses, and Official Mail Allowances to be used only with respect to the calendar year or session of Congress for which the amounts are made available. Requires any amount remaining after all payments are made under such allowances for the year or session to be submitted to the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction.

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Who introduced it

Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] · R–MI

Committees

  • Rules Committee
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  1. Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Introduced in House

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