US Congress House Bill 1790 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-14 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires appropriations for Member's Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives that remain at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit or debt reduction. (The Member's Representational Allowance is the budget authorized for each Member of Congress in support of the conduct of official and representational duties.) The bill also specifies that the House Administration Committee has the authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this bill.

Giveback Deficit Reduction Act

Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]

Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-14	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2019-03-14	House	Introduced in House

SB1798 (Related) 2019-06-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
HB7611 (Related) 2020-07-14 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 359.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1790/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1790/BILLS-116hr1790ih.pdf