,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceah  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bf1 #bjai,mr4 
,posey introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,house ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
prohibit the payment of death gratuities
 to the surviving heirs of deceased     
,members of ,congress4  #a4 ,prohibiting
 payment of gratuities to survivors of  
members of ,congress  7a7 ,prohibition  
,no payment may be made from the        
applicable accounts of the ,house of    
,representatives1 the contingent fund of
 the ,senate1 or any other appropriated 
funds for a death gratuity payment to   
the widow1 widower1 or heirs-at-law of  
any ,member of ,congress who dies after 
the commencement of the ,congress to    
which the ,member has been elected4  7b7
 ,no effect on other payments to        
survivors ,nothing in subsection 7a7    
shall be construed to prohibit or affect
 the payment to any individual of any   
unpaid balance or salary or other sums  

due to a ,member of ,congress who dies  
after the commencement of the ,congress 
to which the ,member has been elected4  
#b4 ,definition ,for purposes of this   
,act1 a ,member of ,congress means a    
,senator or a ,representative in1 or    
,delegate or ,resident ,commissioner to1
 the ,congress4