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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 507 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members and |
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| 6 | 6 | | elected officers of Congress from lobbying Congress at any time after |
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| 7 | 7 | | leaving office, to prohibit the use of funds for official travel expenses |
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| 8 | 8 | | of Members of Congress and legislative branch employees for airline |
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| 9 | 9 | | accommodations other than coach class, to reduce the pay of Members |
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| 10 | 10 | | of the House of Representatives if a Speaker is not elected on the |
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| 11 | 11 | | first day of a Congress, and for other purposes. |
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| 12 | 12 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 13 | 13 | | JANUARY25, 2023 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Ms. C |
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| 15 | 15 | | RAIGintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 16 | 16 | | on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judi- |
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| 17 | 17 | | ciary, Ethics, Rules, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be |
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| 18 | 18 | | subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration |
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| 19 | 19 | | of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee con- |
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| 20 | 20 | | cerned |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former |
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| 23 | 23 | | Members and elected officers of Congress from lobbying |
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| 24 | 24 | | Congress at any time after leaving office, to prohibit |
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| 25 | 25 | | the use of funds for official travel expenses of Members |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Congress and legislative branch employees for airline |
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| 27 | 27 | | accommodations other than coach class, to reduce the |
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| 28 | 28 | | pay of Members of the House of Representatives if a |
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| 29 | 29 | | Speaker is not elected on the first day of a Congress, |
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| 30 | 30 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 34 | 34 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 35 | 35 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 37 | 37 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Halt Unchecked Mem-4 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ber Benefits with Lobbying Elimination Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘HUMBLE Act’’. 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FORMER MEMBERS AND OFFICERS 7 |
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| 41 | 41 | | OF CONGRESS FROM LOBBYING CONGRESS. 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (a) P |
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| 43 | 43 | | ROHIBITION.—Section 207(e)(1) of title 18, 9 |
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| 44 | 44 | | United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 10 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(1) M |
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| 46 | 46 | | EMBERS AND ELECTED OFFICERS OF 11 |
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| 47 | 47 | | CONGRESS.—Any person who is a Senator, a Mem-12 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ber of the House of Representatives, or an elected 13 |
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| 49 | 49 | | officer of the Senate or the House of Representa-14 |
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| 50 | 50 | | tives and who, after that person leaves office, know-15 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com-16 |
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| 52 | 52 | | munication to or appearance before any Member, of-17 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ficer, or employee of either House of Congress or 18 |
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| 54 | 54 | | any employee of any other legislative office of the 19 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Congress, on behalf of any other person (except the 20 |
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| 56 | 56 | | United States) in connection with any matter on 21 |
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| 57 | 57 | | which such former Senator, Member, or elected offi-22 |
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| 58 | 58 | | cial seeks action by a Member, officer, or employee 23 |
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| 59 | 59 | | of either House of Congress, in his or her official ca-24 |
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| 63 | 63 | | pacity, shall be punished as provided in section 216 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | of this title.’’. 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (b) C |
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| 66 | 66 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 207(e)(2) 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | of such title is amended— 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘O |
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| 69 | 69 | | FFICERS AND 5 |
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| 70 | 70 | | STAFF’’ and inserting ‘‘STAFF’’; 6 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (2) by striking ‘‘an elected officer of the Senate, 7 |
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| 72 | 72 | | or’’; 8 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (3) by striking ‘‘leaves office or employment’’ 9 |
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| 74 | 74 | | and inserting ‘‘leaves employment’’; and 10 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (4) by striking ‘‘former elected officer or’’. 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (c) E |
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| 77 | 77 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 12 |
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| 78 | 78 | | this section shall apply with respect to an individual who 13 |
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| 79 | 79 | | leaves office on or after the date of the enactment of this 14 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Act. 15 |
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| 81 | 81 | | SEC. 3. PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL TRAV-16 |
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| 82 | 82 | | EL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 17 |
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| 83 | 83 | | AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH EMPLOYEES FOR 18 |
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| 84 | 84 | | AIRLINE ACCOMMODATIONS OTHER THAN 19 |
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| 85 | 85 | | COACH CLASS. 20 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (a) P |
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| 87 | 87 | | ROHIBITION.—Except as provided in subsection 21 |
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| 88 | 88 | | (b), no funds appropriated or otherwise made available for 22 |
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| 89 | 89 | | the official travel expenses of a Member of Congress or 23 |
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| 90 | 90 | | other officer or employee of any office in the legislative 24 |
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| 94 | 94 | | branch may be used for airline accommodations which are 1 |
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| 95 | 95 | | not coach-class accommodations. 2 |
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| 96 | 96 | | (b) E |
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| 97 | 97 | | XCEPTIONS.—Funds described in subsection (a) 3 |
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| 98 | 98 | | may be used for airline accommodations which are not 4 |
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| 99 | 99 | | coach-class accommodations for an individual described in 5 |
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| 100 | 100 | | subsection (a) if the use of the funds for such accommoda-6 |
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| 101 | 101 | | tions would be permitted under sections 301–10.121 7 |
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| 102 | 102 | | through 301–10.125 of title 41 of the Code of Federal 8 |
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| 103 | 103 | | Regulations if the individual were an employee of an agen-9 |
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| 104 | 104 | | cy which is subject to chapter 301 of such title. 10 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (c) R |
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| 106 | 106 | | ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 11 |
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| 107 | 107 | | may be construed to affect any officer or employee of an 12 |
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| 108 | 108 | | office of the legislative branch which, as of the date of 13 |
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| 109 | 109 | | the enactment of this Act, is subject to chapter 301 of 14 |
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| 110 | 110 | | title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 15 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (d) D |
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| 112 | 112 | | EFINITIONS.— 16 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (1) C |
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| 114 | 114 | | OACH-CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS .—In this 17 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Act, the term ‘‘coach-class accommodations’’ means 18 |
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| 116 | 116 | | the basic class of accommodation by airlines that is 19 |
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| 117 | 117 | | normally the lowest fare offered regardless of airline 20 |
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| 118 | 118 | | terminology used, and (as referred to by airlines) 21 |
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| 119 | 119 | | may include tourist class or economy class, as well 22 |
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| 120 | 120 | | as single class when the airline offers only one class 23 |
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| 121 | 121 | | of accommodations to all travelers. 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (2) MEMBER OF CONGRESS .—In this Act, the 1 |
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| 126 | 126 | | term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ means a Senator or a 2 |
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| 127 | 127 | | Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-3 |
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| 128 | 128 | | sioner to, the Congress. 4 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (e) E |
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| 130 | 130 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply with 5 |
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| 131 | 131 | | respect to fiscal year 2024 and each succeeding fiscal year. 6 |
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| 132 | 132 | | SEC. 4. BENEFITS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO FORMER 7 |
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| 133 | 133 | | MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-8 |
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| 134 | 134 | | TIVES. 9 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (a) B |
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| 136 | 136 | | ENEFITS AND SERVICESDESCRIBED.—The 10 |
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| 137 | 137 | | House of Representatives may not make any of the fol-11 |
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| 138 | 138 | | lowing benefits and services available to an individual who 12 |
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| 139 | 139 | | becomes a former Member of the House (except to the 13 |
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| 140 | 140 | | extent such benefits and services are made available to 14 |
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| 141 | 141 | | members of the public): 15 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (1) Access to the Hall of the House. 16 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (2) Access to athletic facilities and other facili-17 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ties available for the use of Members of the House. 18 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (3) Access to the Members’ Dining Room lo-19 |
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| 146 | 146 | | cated in the House of Representatives wing of the 20 |
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| 147 | 147 | | United States Capitol. 21 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (4) Access to parking spaces. 22 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (5) Access to material from the House docu-23 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ment room. 24 |
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| 154 | 154 | | (6) Use of the collections in the House Legisla-1 |
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| 155 | 155 | | tive Resource Center without borrowing privileges. 2 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (b) W |
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| 157 | 157 | | AIVERAUTHORITY.— 3 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (1) A |
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| 159 | 159 | | UTHORITY TO WAIVE ELIMINATION OF 4 |
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| 160 | 160 | | BENEFIT OR SERVICE.—The Speaker and the minor-5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ity leader of the House of Representatives may joint-6 |
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| 162 | 162 | | ly, on a case-by-case basis, grant a waiver of sub-7 |
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| 163 | 163 | | section (a) with respect to a former Member of the 8 |
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| 164 | 164 | | House and a benefit or service described in such 9 |
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| 165 | 165 | | subsection. 10 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) P |
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| 167 | 167 | | UBLICATION IN CONGRESSIONAL 11 |
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| 168 | 168 | | RECORD.—If the Speaker and the minority leader 12 |
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| 169 | 169 | | jointly grant a waiver under paragraph (1) to make 13 |
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| 170 | 170 | | a benefit or service available to a former Member, 14 |
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| 171 | 171 | | the Speaker and minority leader shall, not later than 15 |
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| 172 | 172 | | 24 hours after the waiver is granted, cause to have 16 |
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| 173 | 173 | | published in the Congressional Record a statement 17 |
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| 174 | 174 | | identifying the former Member and the benefit or 18 |
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| 175 | 175 | | service involved. 19 |
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| 176 | 176 | | SEC. 5. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENT-20 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ATIVES FROM OWNING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS. 21 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (a) I |
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| 179 | 179 | | NGENERAL.—Rule XXIII of the Rules of the 22 |
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| 180 | 180 | | House of Representatives is amended— 23 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (1) by redesignating clause 22 as clause 23; 24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | and 25 |
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| 186 | 186 | | (2) by inserting after clause 21 the following: 1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | ‘‘22. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | may not own the common stock of any individual corpora-3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | tion.’’. 4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | (b) E |
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| 191 | 191 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | subsection (a) shall take effect immediately before noon 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | on January 3, 2025. 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | SEC. 6. REDUCTION OF PAY OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE IF 8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | SPEAKER IS NOT ELECTED. 9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | (a) R |
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| 197 | 197 | | EDUCTION OFPAY.— 10 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (1) R |
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| 199 | 199 | | EDUCTION.—If, by the end of the first day 11 |
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| 200 | 200 | | of a Congress, the House of Representatives has not 12 |
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| 201 | 201 | | elected a Speaker, the annual rate of pay applicable 13 |
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| 202 | 202 | | under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganiza-14 |
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| 203 | 203 | | tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) with respect to 15 |
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| 204 | 204 | | each Member of the House of Representatives for 16 |
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| 205 | 205 | | the year shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 17 |
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| 206 | 206 | | product of— 18 |
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| 207 | 207 | | (A) an amount equal to one day’s worth of 19 |
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| 208 | 208 | | pay under such annual rate; and 20 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (B) the number of 24-hour periods occur-21 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ring during the Congress during which no 22 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Speaker has been elected for the Congress. 23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 1 |
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| 216 | 216 | | apply with respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth 2 |
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| 217 | 217 | | Congress and each succeeding Congress. 3 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (b) R |
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| 219 | 219 | | ULE FORONEHUNDREDEIGHTEENTHCON-4 |
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| 220 | 220 | | GRESS.— 5 |
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| 221 | 221 | | (1) H |
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| 222 | 222 | | OLDING SALARIES IN ESCROW .—If, by the 6 |
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| 223 | 223 | | end of the first day of the One Hundred Eighteenth 7 |
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| 224 | 224 | | Congress, the House of Representatives has not 8 |
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| 225 | 225 | | elected a Speaker, the Chief Administrative Officer 9 |
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| 226 | 226 | | of the House of Representatives, or an employee of 10 |
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| 227 | 227 | | the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who is 11 |
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| 228 | 228 | | designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to 12 |
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| 229 | 229 | | carry out this Act, shall— 13 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (A) deposit in an escrow account and ex-14 |
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| 231 | 231 | | clude from the payments otherwise required to 15 |
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| 232 | 232 | | be made for the compensation of each Member 16 |
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| 233 | 233 | | of the House of Representatives with respect to 17 |
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| 234 | 234 | | a pay period during which the House has not 18 |
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| 235 | 235 | | elected a Speaker an amount equal to the prod-19 |
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| 236 | 236 | | uct of— 20 |
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| 237 | 237 | | (i) the daily rate of pay of the Mem-21 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ber under section 601(a) of the Legislative 22 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 23 |
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| 240 | 240 | | 4501); and 24 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (ii) the number of 24-hour periods 1 |
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| 245 | 245 | | during which no Speaker has been elected 2 |
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| 246 | 246 | | for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress; 3 |
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| 247 | 247 | | and 4 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (B) release amounts deposited in an es-5 |
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| 249 | 249 | | crow account under subparagraph (A) to such 6 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Member of the House of Representatives only 7 |
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| 251 | 251 | | upon the expiration of the period described in 8 |
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| 252 | 252 | | paragraph (2). 9 |
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| 253 | 253 | | (2) P |
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| 254 | 254 | | ERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 10 |
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| 255 | 255 | | in this paragraph is the period that— 11 |
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| 256 | 256 | | (A) begins on the first day of the One 12 |
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| 257 | 257 | | Hundred Eighteenth Congress; and 13 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (B) ends on the earlier of— 14 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (i) the date on which the House elects 15 |
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| 260 | 260 | | a Speaker for the One Hundred Eight-16 |
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| 261 | 261 | | eenth Congress; or 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (ii) the last day of the One Hundred 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | Eighteenth Congress. 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (3) W |
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| 265 | 265 | | ITHHOLDING AND REMITTANCE OF 20 |
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| 266 | 266 | | AMOUNTS FROM PAYMENTS HELD IN ESCROW .—The 21 |
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| 267 | 267 | | Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-22 |
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| 268 | 268 | | resentatives, or an employee of the Office of the 23 |
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| 269 | 269 | | Chief Administrative Officer who is designated by 24 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the Chief Administrative Officer to carry out this 25 |
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| 274 | 274 | | Act, shall provide for the same withholding and re-1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | mittance with respect to a payment deposited in an 2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | escrow account under paragraph (1) that would 3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | apply to the payment if the payment were not sub-4 |
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| 278 | 278 | | ject to paragraph (1). 5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | (4) R |
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| 280 | 280 | | ELEASE OF AMOUNTS AT END OF THE 6 |
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| 281 | 281 | | CONGRESS.—In order to ensure that this subsection 7 |
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| 282 | 282 | | is carried out in a manner that shall not vary the 8 |
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| 283 | 283 | | compensation of Representatives in violation of the 9 |
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| 284 | 284 | | Twenty-seventh Amendment to the Constitution of 10 |
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| 285 | 285 | | the United States, the Chief Administrative Officer 11 |
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| 286 | 286 | | of the House of Representatives, or an employee of 12 |
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| 287 | 287 | | the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer who is 13 |
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| 288 | 288 | | designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to 14 |
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| 289 | 289 | | carry out this Act, shall release for payment to 15 |
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| 290 | 290 | | Members of the House of Representatives any 16 |
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| 291 | 291 | | amounts remaining in any escrow account under this 17 |
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| 292 | 292 | | section on the last day of the One Hundred Eight-18 |
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| 293 | 293 | | eenth Congress. 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | (c) M |
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| 295 | 295 | | EMBERDEFINED.—In this section, the term 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means an indi-21 |
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| 297 | 297 | | vidual serving in a position in the House of Representa-22 |
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| 298 | 298 | | tives which is covered under subparagraph (A), (B), or 23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (C) of section 601(a)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization 24 |
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| 300 | 300 | | Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501(1)). 25 |
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| 304 | 304 | | SEC. 7. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REP-1 |
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| 305 | 305 | | RESENTATIVES FROM SERVING ON BOARDS 2 |
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| 306 | 306 | | OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. 3 |
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| 307 | 307 | | Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-4 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tives, as amended by section 5(a), is amended— 5 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (1) by redesignating clauses 19 through 23 as 6 |
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| 310 | 310 | | clauses 20 through 24, respectively; and 7 |
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| 311 | 311 | | (2) by inserting after clause 18 the following 8 |
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| 312 | 312 | | new clause: 9 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ‘‘19. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 10 |
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| 314 | 314 | | may not serve on the board of directors of any for-profit 11 |
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| 315 | 315 | | entity.’’. 12 |
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