,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajhe  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #g1        
#bjai,mrs4 ,lesko 7for herself1 ,mr4    
,gosar1 ,mr4 ,meadows1 ,mr4 ,schweikert1
 ,mr4 ,biggs1 ,mr4 ,davidson of ,ohio1  
and ,mr4 ,chabot7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
  ,a ,,bill  ,to require any amounts    
remaining in ,members' ,representational
 ,allowances at the end of a fiscal year
 to be deposited in the ,treasury and   
used for deficit reduction or to reduce 
the ,federal debt4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,give it 
,back to the ,taxpayers ,act4  #b4      
,requiring amounts remaining in members'
 representational allowances to be used 
for deficit reduction or to reduce the  
,federal debt  7a7 ,in general          
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 any amounts appropriated for       
,members' ,representational ,allowances 
for the ,house of ,representatives for a

 fiscal year which remain after all     
payments are made under such ,allowances
 for the year shall be deposited in the 
,treasury and used for deficit          
reduction1 except that in the case of a 
fiscal year for which there is no       
,federal budget deficit1 such amounts   
shall be used to reduce the ,federal    
debt 7in such manner as the ,secretary  
of the ,treasury considers appropriate74
  7b7 ,definition ,as used in this ,act1
 the term 8,member of the ,house of     
,representatives0 means a               
,representative in1 or a ,delegate or   
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress4  7c7 ,effective date ,this   
,act shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year #bjai and each succeeding fiscal   
year4