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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2519
5	5	To provide a per diem allowance for Members of Congress for the costs
6	6	of lodging, meals, and incidental expenses incurred because of travel
7	7	to and from the Washington Metropolitan Area in order to cast votes
8	8	in Congress, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	MARCH31, 2025
11	11	Mr. R
12	12	OGERSof Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred to
13	13	the Committee on House Administration
14	14	A BILL
15	15	To provide a per diem allowance for Members of Congress
16	16	for the costs of lodging, meals, and incidental expenses
17	17	incurred because of travel to and from the Washington
18	18	Metropolitan Area in order to cast votes in Congress,
19	19	and for other purposes.
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
21	21	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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24	24	•HR 2519 IH
25	25	SECTION 1. PER DIEM ALLOWANCES FOR MEMBERS INCUR-1
26	26	RING COSTS IN TRAVEL TO AND FROM WASH-2
27	27	INGTON METROPOLITAN AREA IN ORDER TO 3
28	28	CAST VOTES IN CONGRESS. 4
29	29	(a) E
30	30	NTITLEMENT TO PERDIEMALLOWANCES.—A 5
31	31	Member of Congress who travels on official and represen-6
32	32	tational business to and from the Member’s designated 7
33	33	residence to the Washington Metropolitan Area in order 8
34	34	to cast votes in Congress is entitled to— 9
35	35	(1) a per diem allowance for lodging in the 10
36	36	Washington Metropolitan Area in accordance with 11
37	37	subsection (b)(1); and 12
38	38	(2) a per diem allowance for meals and inci-13
39	39	dental expenses in the Washington Metropolitan 14
40	40	Area in accordance with subsection (b)(2). 15
41	41	(b) E
42	42	XCEPTIONS.— 16
43	43	(1) M
44	44	EMBERS RESIDING IN WASHINGTON MET -17
45	45	ROPOLITAN AREA.—A Member of Congress is not 18
46	46	entitled to a per diem allowance under this section 19
47	47	if the Member’s designated residence is within the 20
48	48	Washington Metropolitan Area. 21
49	49	(2) E
50	50	XPENSES PAID UNDER OTHER ALLOW -22
51	51	ANCES.—A Member of Congress is not entitled to a 23
52	52	per diem allowance under this section with respect 24
53	53	to lodging, meals, and incidental expenses for which 25
54	54	payment is made— 26
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57	57	•HR 2519 IH
58	58	(A) in the case of a Member of the House 1
59	59	of Representatives, under the Members’ Rep-2
60	60	resentational Allowance; and 3
61	61	(B) in the case of a Senator, under the 4
62	62	Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 5
63	63	Account. 6
64	64	(c) P
65	65	ERDIEMALLOWANCESDESCRIBED.— 7
66	66	(1) L
67	67	ODGING.—A Member of Congress may re-8
68	68	ceive a per diem allowance for lodging with respect 9
69	69	to a day if— 10
70	70	(A) the House of Congress in which the 11
71	71	Member serves holds votes on that day; and 12
72	72	(B) the Member records a vote in person 13
73	73	in the chamber of that House of Congress on 14
74	74	each vote held on that day. 15
75	75	(2) M
76	76	EALS AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES .—A 16
77	77	Member of Congress may receive a per diem allow-17
78	78	ance for meals and incidental expenses with respect 18
79	79	to the following days: 19
80	80	(A) A day for which the Member receives 20
81	81	a per diem allowance for lodging under para-21
82	82	graph (1). 22
83	83	(B) The day before a day described in sub-23
84	84	paragraph (A), but only if the Member travels 24
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87	87	•HR 2519 IH
88	88	to the Washington Metropolitan Area on the 1
89	89	day described in subparagraph (A). 2
90	90	(C) The day after a day described in sub-3
91	91	paragraph (A), but only if the Member travels 4
92	92	from the Washington Metropolitan Area on the 5
93	93	day described in subparagraph (A). 6
94	94	(3) U
95	95	SE OF GSA RATES.—The amount of the 7
96	96	per diem allowance to which a Member of Congress 8
97	97	is entitled under this section shall be the amount to 9
98	98	which the Member would be entitled under regula-10
99	99	tions prescribed by the Administrator of General 11
100	100	Services if the Member were an employee entitled to 12
101	101	a per diem allowance under subchapter I of chapter 13
102	102	57 of title 5, United States Code. 14
103	103	(d) R
104	104	EGULATIONS.— 15
105	105	(1) I
106	106	N GENERAL.—This section shall be carried 16
107	107	out in accordance with regulations promulgated by— 17
108	108	(A) the Committee on House Administra-18
109	109	tion of the House of Representatives, with re-19
110	110	spect to the per diem allowances for Members 20
111	111	of the House of Representatives and the Dele-21
112	112	gates and Resident Commissioner to the Con-22
113	113	gress; and 23
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117	117	(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis-1
118	118	tration of the Senate, with respect to the per 2
119	119	diem allowances for Senators. 3
120	120	(2) E
121	121	NSURING ALLOWANCES ARE NOT TREATED 4
122	122	AS EARNED INCOME FOR TAX PURPOSES .—In pro-5
123	123	mulgating regulations to carry out this section, the 6
124	124	Committee on House Administration and the Com-7
125	125	mittee on Rules and Administration shall follow to 8
126	126	the greatest extent practicable the regulations each 9
127	127	such Committee promulgates with respect to pay-10
128	128	ments for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses in-11
129	129	curred by Members of Congress under the Members’ 12
130	130	Representational Allowance or the Senators’ Official 13
131	131	Personnel and Office Expense Account, respectively, 14
132	132	including the provisions of such regulations which 15
133	133	ensure that the payment of such an allowance is not 16
134	134	treated as income earned by the Member for pur-17
135	135	poses of paying Federal, State, or local taxes. 18
136	136	(3) E
137	137	FFECT ON EXISTING REGULATIONS .—The 19
138	138	regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall 20
139	139	supersede any regulations of the Committee on 21
140	140	House Administration or the Committee on Rules 22
141	141	and Administration governing the reimbursement of 23
142	142	travel expenses incurred by a Member of Congress 24
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145	145	•HR 2519 IH
146	146	which are in effect at the time the regulations are 1
147	147	promulgated. 2
148	148	(e) D
149	149	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
150	150	(1) The ‘‘designated residence’’ of a Member of 4
151	151	Congress is— 5
152	152	(A) in the case of a Member of the House 6
153	153	of Representatives, a residence in the congres-7
154	154	sional district the Member represents (or, in the 8
155	155	case of a Member who does not reside in the 9
156	156	congressional district the Member represents, a 10
157	157	residence in the State in which the congres-11
158	158	sional district is located), as designated by the 12
159	159	Member in a statement the Member provides to 13
160	160	the Committee on House Administration; and 14
161	161	(B) in the case of a Senator, a residence 15
162	162	in the State the Senator represents, as des-16
163	163	ignated by the Senator in a statement the Sen-17
164	164	ate provides to the Committee on Rules and 18
165	165	Administration. 19
166	166	(2) The term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-20
167	167	resentatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Com-21
168	168	missioner to the Congress. 22
169	169	(2) The term ‘‘Washington Metropolitan Area’’ 23
170	170	means the District of Columbia; the cities of Alexan-24
171	171	dria, Falls Church and Fairfax, and the counties of 25
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174	174	•HR 2519 IH
175	175	Arlington and Fairfax, in Virginia; and the counties 1
176	176	of Montgomery and Prince George’s in Maryland. 2
177	177	(f) T
178	178	REATMENT OF DELEGATES.—In this section, 3
179	179	the term ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ in-4
180	180	cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-5
181	181	gress. 6
182	182	(g) E
183	183	FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall apply with 7
184	184	respect to the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress and 8
185	185	each succeeding Congress. 9
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