Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased in response to increasing threats against Members of the House.

Bill: 116-hres-530
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
Introduced: 2019-07-30
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

Protection of officials
Latest action: action_date: 2019-07-30
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-07-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution declares that the Members' Representational Allowance should be increased to protect Members of the House of Representatives, as well as members of the public who are present when Members are in public venues, from increasing threats.</p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 530 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2019 Mr. Green of Texas (for himself and Mr. Schweikert ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members’ Representational Allowance should be increased in response to increasing threats against Members of the House.

Whereas, on January 8, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a congressional event in Tucson, Arizona, critically wounding Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and killing a congressional staff member and five members of the public; Whereas, on June 14, 2017, a gunman with a rifle and sidearm opened fire on at least seventeen Members of Congress, several staff, United States Capitol Police officers, and members of the public in Alexandria, Virginia; Whereas, in a hearing on July 16, 2019, Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund stated that threats against Members of Congress are increasing at a record pace this Congress; and Whereas every Member of the House of Representatives is in dire need of additional security in response to these increased threats to themselves, their families, and their staff: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the amount of the Members’ Representational Allowance should be increased by such amount as is necessary to protect Members of the House (including the Delegates and Resident Commissioner to the Congress), as well as members of the public who are present when Members are in public venues, from increasing threats.