Congressional Budget Accountability Act

Bill: 113-hr-106
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA-11]
Introduced: 2013-01-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Appropriations

Budget deficits and national debt

Congressional operations and organization

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2013-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 106 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2013 Mr. Gingrey of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Tsongas , Mr. Westmoreland , Mr. Posey , Mr. Conaway , Mr. Webster of Florida , Mr. Nugent , Mrs. Black , and Mr. Wittman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To require any amounts remaining in a Member’s Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Congressional Budget Accountability Act . 2. Requiring amounts remaining in members’ representational allowances to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt (a) In General Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any amounts appropriated for Members’ Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year which remain after all payments are made under such Allowances for the year shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction, except that in the case of a fiscal year for which there is no Federal budget deficit, such amounts shall be used to reduce the Federal debt (in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). (b) Regulations The Committee on House Administration shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section. (c) Effective Date This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal year.