I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6711 
To provide an allowance to offices of Members of the House of Representa-
tives which shall be available for the compensation of interns, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 
Mr. SMITH of Washington (for himself, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 
SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. POCAN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
BEYER, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. HECK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. 
KIHUEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. LEE, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. 
CLAY, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MCGOVERN, and 
Mr. TED LIEU of California) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To provide an allowance to offices of Members of the House 
of Representatives which shall be available for the com-
pensation of interns, 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 ‘‘House Intern Pay Act 
of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 
HOUSE MEMBER OFFICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ALLOWANCE.—There is es-
tablished for the House of Representatives an allowance 
which shall be available for the compensation of interns 
who serve in the offices of Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives during a calendar year. 
(b) AMOUNT PER OFFICE; ALLOCATION OF UNUSED 
ALLOWANCES AMONG OTHER OFFICES.— 
(1) AMOUNT.—The amount of the allowance 
under this section with respect to the office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives for a cal-
endar year shall be established by the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representa-
tives, and (subject to the allocation described in 
paragraph (2)) shall be an equivalent amount for all 
such offices. 
(2) ALLOCATION OF UNUSED ALLOWANCES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If, by not later than 
the applicable deadline described in subpara-
graph (B), an office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives does not certify to the Com-
mittee on House Administration that the office 
will use the entire amount of the allowance es-
tablished for the office under this section with 
respect to a calendar year, the Committee may 
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allocate the unused portion of such office’s al-
lowance among the allowances established for 
other offices of the House for such calendar 
year. 
(B) APPLICABLE DEADLINE.—The applica-
ble deadline described in this subparagraph 
with respect to a calendar year is such date es-
tablished by the Committee on House Adminis-
tration which is not earlier than January 31 of 
the year and not later than June 30 of the 
year. 
(c) MINIMUM COMPENSATION RATE.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Each intern who is com-
pensated under the allowance under this section 
shall be paid for each pay period at a rate which is 
equal to or greater than the minimum compensation 
rate for the pay period. 
(2) DEFINITION.—In paragraph (1), the ‘‘min-
imum compensation rate’’ for a pay period is equal 
to— 
(A) in the case of pay periods occurring 
during fiscal year 2019, $15 per hour; and 
(B) in the case of pay periods occurring 
during fiscal year 2020 or any succeeding fiscal 
year, the rate applicable under this paragraph 
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for pay periods occurring during the previous 
fiscal year increased by the estimated percent-
age change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
Urban Consumers (as published by the Depart-
ment of Labor) for the most recent fiscal year 
preceding such fiscal year. 
(d) BENEFIT EXCLUSION.—Section 104(b) of the 
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Tech-
nical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with 
respect to an intern who is compensated under the allow-
ance under this section in the same manner as such sec-
tion applies with respect to an intern who is compensated 
under the Members’ Representational Allowance. 
(e) NO EFFECT ON PAYMENT OF INTERNS UNDER 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.—Nothing 
in this section may be construed to affect the use of the 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the compensa-
tion of interns, as provided under section 104 of the House 
of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Cor-
rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321). 
(f) REGULATIONS.—This section shall be carried out 
in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, including regulations to establish the timing 
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and procedures for the allocation of amounts of unused 
portions of allowances under subsection (b)(2). 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘intern’’ has the meaning given 
such term in section 104(c)(2) of the House of Rep-
resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Cor-
rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)); and 
(2) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section— 
(1) for fiscal year 2019, $13,759,200; and 
(2) for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fis-
cal year, the amount authorized under this section 
for the previous fiscal year increased by the esti-
mated percentage change in the Consumer Price 
Index for All Urban Consumers (as published by the 
Department of Labor) for the most recent fiscal 
year preceding such fiscal year. 
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
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