,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cadg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjae ,mr4
 ,peters introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,house of ,representatives    
,administrative ,reform ,technical      
,corrections ,act to require that       
certain types of services be provided at
 no cost to constituents1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,constituent        
,services ,disclosure ,act of #bjae4    
#b4 ,limitation on ,members'            
,representational ,allowance relating to
 constituent services ,section #aja of  
the ,house of ,representatives          
,administrative ,reform ,technical      
,corrections ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ecda7  
is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating     
subsections 7c71 7d71 and 7e7 as        
subsections 7d71 7e71 and 7f71          
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting after  
subsection 7b7 the following new        

subsection3  7c7 ,constituent services  
7#a7 ,in general ,of the ,members'      
,representational ,allowance1 #bj       
percent shall not be available to a     
,member's office unless such office     
provides certain constituent services at
 no cost4 ,for purposes of the preceding
 sentence1 such constituent services    
include assistance with respect to the  
following matters3  7,a7 ,passports4    
7,b7 ,individual ,federal income tax    
returns4  7,c7 ,tax-exempt status       
applications under section #eja7;c77#c7 
of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of      
#aihf4  7,d7 ,the ,medicare program     
under title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie et  
seq474  7,e7 ,social ,security benefits 
under title ,,ii of the ,social         
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq474  7,f7 ,supplemental security     
benefits under title ,,xvi of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acha et seq474  7,g7 ,student loans 7as
 defined in section #ecgi7;a77#a77;,b7  

of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code74    
7,h7 ,benefits provided under title #ch1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or other laws   
administered by the ,secretary of       
,veterans ,affairs4  7#b7 ,assistance   
defined ,in this subsection the term    
assistance1 with respect to a matter    
described in paragraph 7#a71 means--    
7,a7 requesting information2  7,b7      
requesting status reports2  7,c7        
arranging appointments2  7,d7 advocating
 for prompt consideration of the matter 
based on the merits of the case2 and    
7,e7 expressing an opinion on the       
matter4  7#c7 ,publication ,each        
,member's office shall make publicly    
available in print or on the            
congressional website of such office all
 the constituent services the office    
provides4  7#d7 ,effective ,date ,this  
subsection shall take effect on the date
 that is six months after the date of   
the enactment of the ,constituent       
,services ,disclosure ,act of #bjae4  2 
and  7#c7 in subsection 7f71 as         

redesignated by paragraph 7#a71 by      
striking ,this section and inserting    
,except as provided in paragraph 7#d7 of
 subsection 7c71 this section4  #c4     
,regulations ,not later than #ij days   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,committee on ,house          
,administration of the ,house of        
,representatives shall prescribe        
regulations with respect to the         
constituent services described in       
section #aja7;c7 of the ,house of       
,representatives ,administrative ,reform
 ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b       
,u4,s4,c4 #ecda71 as amended by section 
#b of this ,act4  #d4 ,sense of         
,congress ,it is the sense of ,congress 
that private companies that provide     
assistance to individuals that is the   
same or similar to the assistance       
described in section #aja of the ,house 
of ,representatives ,administrative     
,reform ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ecda71 as amended by section
 #b of this ,act1 should disclose that  

such assistance could be provided at no 
cost by the office of a ,member of the  
,house of ,representatives4