,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fbie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bh1 #bjah,ms4 
,sinema 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,stivers1    
,mr4 ,fitzpatrick1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1    
,mr4 ,curbelo of ,florida1 and ,mr4     
,young of ,iowa7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require a ,government political         
appointee to reimburse the ,government  
for the unlawful use of ,federal funds1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,cut the ,perks ,act4  #b4              
,reimbursement for unlawful use of      
,federal funds by political appointees  
7a7 ,in general ,not later than #cj days
 after the date that an ,inspector      
,general or the ,government             
,accountability ,office make a joint    
determination that a political appointee
 made a personal request for the        
obligation or expenditure of ,federal   

funds in willful violation of ,federal  
law1 rule1 or regulation1 the political 
appointee shall reimburse the           
,government for the amount of the       
obligation or expenditure4 ,for purposes
 of this subsection1 a joint            
determination is deemed to have occurred
 if--  7#a7 the ,government             
,accountability ,office issues a        
decision or opinion that an obligation  
or expenditure of ,federal funds is in  
violation of ,federal law1 rule1 or     
regulation2 and  7#b7 an ,inspector     
,general finds that a political         
appointee made a personal request for   
the obligation or expenditure of        
,federal funds in willful violation of  
,federal law1 rule1 or regulation4  7b7 
,definition of political appointee ,in  
this section1 the term political        
appointee means any officer or employee 
of the ,government-- 7#a7 appointed by  
the ,president1 by and with the advice  
and consent of the ,senate2 and  7#b7 in
 a position of a confidential or        

policy-determining character under      
schedule ,c of subpart ,c of part #bac  
of title #e of the ,code of ,federal    
,regulations4