I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3147 
To amend the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
Corrections Act to require that certain types of services be provided 
at no cost to constituents, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 21, 2015 
Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the House of Representatives Administrative Re-
form Technical Corrections Act to require that certain 
types of services be provided at no cost to constituents, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Constituent Services 
Disclosure Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL 
ALLOWANCE 
RELATING 
TO 
CONSTITUENT 
SERVICES. 
Section 101 of the House of Representatives Admin-
istrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 
5341) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 
(e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CONSTITUENT SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the Members’ Represen-
tational Allowance, 20 percent shall not be available 
to a Member’s office unless such office provides cer-
tain constituent services at no cost. For purposes of 
the preceding sentence, such constituent services in-
clude assistance with respect to the following mat-
ters: 
‘‘(A) Passports. 
‘‘(B) Individual Federal income tax re-
turns. 
‘‘(C) Tax-exempt status applications under 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
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‘‘(D) The Medicare program under title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395 et seq.). 
‘‘(E) Social Security benefits under title II 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(F) Supplemental security benefits under 
title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1381 et seq.). 
‘‘(G) Student loans (as defined in section 
5379(a)(1)(B) of title 5, United States Code). 
‘‘(H) Benefits provided under title 38, 
United States Code, or other laws administered 
by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—In this subsection 
the term ‘assistance’, with respect to a matter de-
scribed in paragraph (1), means— 
‘‘(A) requesting information; 
‘‘(B) requesting status reports; 
‘‘(C) arranging appointments; 
‘‘(D) advocating for prompt consideration 
of the matter based on the merits of the case; 
and 
‘‘(E) expressing an opinion on the matter. 
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‘‘(3) PUBLICATION.—Each Member’s office 
shall make publicly available in print or on the con-
gressional website of such office all the constituent 
services the office provides. 
‘‘(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 
take effect on the date that is six months after the 
date of the enactment of the Constituent Services 
Disclosure Act of 2015.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f), as redesignated by para-
graph (1), by striking ‘‘This section’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (4) of subsection 
(c), this section’’. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives shall prescribe regulations 
with respect to the constituent services described in sec-
tion 101(c) of the House of Representatives Administra-
tive Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341), 
as amended by section 2 of this Act. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that private companies 
that provide assistance to individuals that is the same or 
similar to the assistance described in section 101 of the 
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech-
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nical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341), as amended by sec-
tion 2 of this Act, should disclose that such assistance 
could be provided at no cost by the office of a Member 
of the House of Representatives. 
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