Eliminate Congressional Slush Funds Act

Bill: 118-hr-6730
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21]
Introduced: 2023-12-12
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Department of Commerce

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-12-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Eliminate Congressional Slush Funds Act</strong></p><p>This bill rescinds specified unobligated funds that were provided for the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also prohibits the budgetary effects of this bill from being counted for the purposes of certain budget enforcement procedures and spending allocations for congressional committees.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6730 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 12, 2023 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Schweikert , Mr. Duncan , Mr. Perry , Mr. Norman , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Donalds , Mr. Emmer , and Mr. Reschenthaler ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committees on the Budget , Financial Services , Transportation and Infrastructure , Science, Space, and Technology , Natural Resources , Oversight and Accountability , Foreign Affairs , and the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To rescind amounts made available for the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund by the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Eliminate Congressional Slush Funds Act . 2. Rescission of amounts appropriated for Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund (a) Rescission The total amount of unobligated funds made available by section 101(e) of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 ( Public Law 118–5 ) for the Department of Commerce Nonrecurring Expenses Fund are hereby permanently rescinded. (b) Classification of budgetary effects The budgetary effects of subsection (a) shall not count for purposes of section 251 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or allocation pursuant to section 302(a) or 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.