,i #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #bcgj ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #be1 #bjai,mr4 ,smith of ,washington 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1 ,ms4 ,de,gette1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,case1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,mr4 ,brown of ,maryland1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,ms4 ,sewell of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,trone1 ,mrs4 ,kirkpatrick1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,gomez1 ,ms4 ,houlahan1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4 ,scanlon1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,moulton1 ,mr4 ,khanna1 ,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new ,york1 and ,ms4 ,kaptur7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,house ,administration ,a ,,bill ,to provide an allowance to offices of ,members of the ,house of ,representatives which shall be available for the compensation of interns1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,house ,intern ,pay ,act of #bjai4 #b4 ,allowance for compensation of interns in ,house ,member offices 7a7 ,establishment of allowance ,there is established for the ,house of ,representatives an allowance which shall be available for the compensation of interns who serve in the offices of ,members of the ,house of ,representatives during a calendar year4 7b7 ,amount per office2 allocation of unused allowances among other offices 7#a7 ,amount ,the amount of the allowance under this section with respect to the office of a ,member of the ,house of ,representatives for a calendar year shall be established by the ,committee on ,house ,administration of the ,house of ,representatives1 and 7subject to the allocation described in paragraph 7#b77 shall be an equivalent amount for all such offices4 7#b7 ,allocation of unused allowances 7,a7 ,in general ,if1 by not later than the applicable deadline described in subparagraph 7,b71 an office of a ,member of the ,house of ,representatives does not certify to the ,committee on ,house ,administration that the office will use the entire amount of the allowance established for the office under this section with respect to a calendar year1 the ,committee may allocate the unused portion of such office's allowance among the allowances established for other offices of the ,house for such calendar year4 7,b7 ,applicable deadline ,the applicable deadline described in this subparagraph with respect to a calendar year is such date established by the ,committee on ,house ,administration which is not earlier than ,january #ca of the year and not later than ,june #cj of the year4 7c7 ,minimum compensation rate 7#a7 ,requirement ,each intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section shall be paid for each pay period at a rate which is equal to or greater than the minimum compensation rate for the pay period4 7#b7 ,definition ,in paragraph 7#a71 the minimum compensation rate for a pay period is equal to-- 7,a7 in the case of pay periods occurring during the first fiscal year in which this ,act is in effect1 #ae per hour2 and 7,b7 in the case of pay periods occurring during any succeeding fiscal year1 the rate applicable under this paragraph for pay periods occurring during the previous fiscal year increased by the estimated percentage change in the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban ,consumers 7as published by the ,department of ,labor7 for the most recent fiscal year preceding such fiscal year4 7d7 ,benefit exclusion ,section #ajd7;b7 of the ,house of ,representatives ,administrative ,reform ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ecba7;b77 shall apply with respect to an intern who is compensated under the allowance under this section in the same manner as such section applies with respect to an intern who is compensated under the ,members' ,representational ,allowance4 7e7 ,no effect on payment of interns under ,members' ,representational ,allowance ,nothing in this section may be construed to affect the use of the ,members' ,representational ,allowance for the compensation of interns1 as provided under section #ajd of the ,house of ,representatives ,administrative ,reform ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ecba74 7f7 ,regulations ,this section shall be carried out in accordance with regulations promulgated by the ,committee on ,house ,administration of the ,house of ,representatives1 including regulations to establish the timing and procedures for the allocation of amounts of unused portions of allowances under subsection 7b77#b74 7g7 ,conforming amendment ,section #abj of the ,legislative ,branch ,appropriations ,act1 #bjai 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ecbb;a7 is hereby repealed4 7h7 ,definitions ,in this section-- 7#a7 the term intern has the meaning given such term in section #ajd7;c77#b7 of the ,house of ,representatives ,administrative ,reform ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #ecba7;c77#b772 and 7#b7 the term ,member of the ,house of ,representatives means a ,representative in1 or a ,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1 the ,congress4 #c4 ,authorization of appropriations ,there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section-- 7#a7 for the first fiscal year in which this ,act is in effect1 #ac1gei1bjj1 to be allocated on a pro rata basis for each day of such fiscal year which occurs after the date of the enactment of this ,act2 and 7#b7 for each succeeding fiscal year1 the amount authorized under this section for the previous fiscal year increased by the estimated percentage change in the ,consumer ,price ,index for ,all ,urban ,consumers 7as published by the ,department of ,labor7 for the most recent fiscal year preceding such fiscal year4 #d4 ,effective date ,this ,act and the amendments made by this ,act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this ,act1 and shall apply to the pay period which is in effect on such date and each succeeding pay period4