Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act

Bill: 116-hr-7251
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Johnson, Mike [R-LA-4]
Introduced: 2020-06-18
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional operations and organization

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

House of Representatives

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act</b></p> <p>This bill reduces the Members' Representational Allowance (MRA) of a Representative who does not appear in person to cast a vote or record their presence in response to a quorum call while proxy voting is permitted in the House of Representatives.</p> <p>The MRA is the allowance that each Representative receives to support the conduct of their official and representational duties (e.g., travel costs between their district and the Capitol).The bill reduces the MRA by the amount which would have been paid for the Representative's travel expenses to be present for the vote or quorum call, unless the Representative is carrying out other official and representational duties.</p> <p>Further, the bill reduces the total amount available for MRAs for the House during the year by the amount of any reductions made under this bill. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7251 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 18, 2020 Mr. Johnson of Louisiana (for himself and Mrs. Lesko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To provide for reductions in the Members’ Representational Allowance of Members of the House of Representatives who fail to appear to cast votes or record presence in the House at any time during which proxy voting is permitted in the House.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Proxy Vote Windfall Prohibition Act . 2. Reduction in Members’ Representational Allowance of members failing to appear while proxy voting is permitted Section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act ( 2 U.S.C. 5341 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection: (b) Reductions (1) Failure to appear to cast votes or record presence in House at any time during which proxy voting is permitted (A) In general If, at any time during which proxy voting is permitted in the House of Representatives, including during a covered period under House Resolution 965, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, a Member of the House fails to appear in person in the House to cast a vote or record the Member’s presence in response to a quorum call, the Committee on House Administration shall reduce the Members’ Representational Allowance for such Member for the remainder of the fiscal year by the amount which would have been paid from the Allowance for the Member’s travel expenses if the Member had been present in the House to cast the vote or to record the Member’s presence at the quorum call. (B) Exception for failure resulting from carrying out other official and representational duties Subparagraph (A) does not apply if, at the time of a vote or quorum call, a Member is in the District of Columbia but fails to appear in person in the House to cast a vote or record the Member’s presence in response to the quorum call because the Member is carrying out other official and representational duties. (2) Corresponding reduction to aggregate MRA funds The aggregate amount available under the Members’ Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year shall be reduced by the amount of any reductions made under paragraph (1) for the fiscal year. .