To permit Members of the House of Representatives to use the Members' Representational Allowance to continue to provide services for casework projects on behalf of former constituents who no longer reside in the Member's congressional district as the result of congressional redistricting.

Bill: 117-hr-7943
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-36]
Introduced: 2022-06-03
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill allows Members of the House of Representatives to use their Representational Allowance to provide continuing casework services during the first session of a new Congress to an individual who is no longer a constituent because of a congressional redistricting plan. The Representational Allowance provides funds to Members for operating their offices and carrying out their official and representational duties.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7943 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 3, 2022 Mr. Ruiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To permit Members of the House of Representatives to use the Members' Representational Allowance to continue to provide services for casework projects on behalf of former constituents who no longer reside in the Member's congressional district as the result of congressional redistricting.

1. Use of Members’ Representational Allowance to continue providing services for casework projects for former constituents affected by redistricting (a) Use of allowance 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: (c) Use for continuing casework services for certain former constituents If a Member of the House of Representatives provides services for a casework project on behalf of an individual who is a constituent of the Member during a Congress but who is not a constituent during a succeeding Congress, the provision of casework services for that project on behalf of that individual by the Member during the first session of the succeeding Congress shall be considered as part of the Member’s official and representational duties during the first session of the succeeding Congress for purposes of this section if the individual would have been a constituent during the succeeding Congress but for the enactment of a congressional redistricting plan. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to services provided during the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress and any succeeding Congress.