,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehde  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #af1 #bjah ,mr4 
,thompson of ,mississippi 7for himself1 
,ms4 ,fudge1 ,mr4 ,mc,eachin1 ,mr4      
,clyburn1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mrs4 
,beatty1 ,mrs4 ,demings1 ,ms4 ,kelly of 
,illinois1 ,ms4 ,adams1 ,ms4 ,bass1     
,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4   
,blunt ,rochester1 ,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice 
,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,johnson of    
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1 ,mr4
 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 
,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4
 ,wilson of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,al      
,green of ,texas7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committees on       
,rules1 and ,ethics1 for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit ,members of the 

,house of ,representatives from using   
their congressional offices for personal
 overnight accommodations and to amend  
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to
 allow a deduction for living expenses  
incurred by ,members of the ,house of   
,representatives1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,no ,couches for    
,congress ,act4  #b4 ,prohibiting       
,members of the ,house of               
,representatives from using offices for 
personal overnight accommodations2      
requiring ,ethics ,committee to respond 
to complaints filed by ,members  7a7    
,prohibiting ,members from using offices
 for personal overnight accommodations  
,rule ,,xxiii of the ,rules of the      
,house of ,representatives is amended-- 
7#a7 by redesignating clause #ah as     
clause #ai2 and  7#b7 by inserting after
 clause #ag the following new clause3   
#ah4 ,a ,member1 ,delegate1 or ,resident
 ,commissioner may not use the          
,member's1 ,delegate's1 or ,resident    

,commissioner's office for personal     
overnight accommodations1 and may not   
use official resources of the ,house1   
including employees of the ,house1 to   
support the use of such office for such 
purpose4 4  7b7 ,requiring ,house       
,ethics ,committee ,to respond to       
complaints filed by ,members ,clause    
#c7;b77#b7 of rule ,,xi of the ,rules of
 the ,house of ,representatives is      
amended by striking the period at the   
end of the first sentence in the matter 
following subdivision 7,c7 and inserting
 the following3 1 and1 in the case of a 
complaint from a ,member1 ,delegate1 or 
,resident ,commissioner1 shall promptly 
transmit to such ,member1 ,delegate1 or 
,resident ,commissioner a written       
response containing an explanation for  
the delay in disposing of the complaint 
and the results of any investigation of 
the complaint44  7c7 ,exercise of       
rulemaking powers ,the provisions of    
this section are enacted-- 7#a7 as an   
exercise of the rulemaking power of the 

,house of ,representatives1 and as such 
they shall be considered as part of the 
rules of the ,house1 and such rules     
shall supersede other rules only to the 
extent that they are inconsistent       
therewith2 and  7#b7 with full          
recognition of the constitutional right 
of the ,house of ,representatives to    
change such rules 7so far as relating to
 the ,house7 at any time1 in the same   
manner1 and to the same extent as in the
 case of any other rule of the ,house4  
#c4 ,reinstating limited deduction for  
living expenses incurred by ,members of 
the ,house of ,representatives  7a7 ,in 
general ,the second sentence of section 
#afb7;a7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code
 of #aihf is amended by inserting after 
for income tax purposes the following3  
in any amount in the case of a ,senator 
or in excess of #c1jjj in the case of a 
,member of the ,house of                
,representatives or a ,delegate or      
,resident ,commissioner to the          
,congress4  7b7 ,inflation adjustment   

,section #afb of such ,code is amended  
by redesignating subsection 7s7 as      
subsection 7t7 and by inserting after   
subsection 7r7 the following new        
subsection3  7s7 ,inflation adjustment  
,in the case of a taxable year beginning
 after #bjah1 the #c1jjj amount in      
subsection 7a7 shall be increased by an 
amount equal to--  7#a7 such dollar     
amount1 multiplied by  7#b7 the         
cost-of-living adjustment determined    
under section #a7;f77#c7 for the        
calendar year in which the taxable year 
begins1 determined by substituting      
calendar year #aied for calendar year   
#bjaf in subparagraph 7,a77ii7 thereof4 
,if any amount as adjusted under        
paragraph 7#a7 is not a multiple of #ej1
 such amount shall be rounded to the    
next lowest multiple of #ej4  4  7c7    
,effective date ,the amendment made by  
this section shall apply to taxable     
years beginning after ,december #ca1    
#bjah4