,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gbea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ah1 #bjbj,mr4 
,johnson of ,louisiana 7for himself and 
,mrs4 ,lesko7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to provide for reductions in  
the ,members' ,representational         
,allowance of ,members of the ,house of 
,representatives who fail to appear to  
cast votes or record presence in the    
,house at any time during which proxy   
voting is permitted in the ,house4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,proxy ,vote ,windfall ,prohibition 
,act4  #b4 ,reduction in ,members'      
,representational ,allowance of members 
failing to appear while proxy voting is 
permitted ,section #aja of the ,house of
 ,representatives ,administrative       
,reform ,technical ,corrections ,act 7#b
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ecda7 is amended-- 7#a7 by  
redesignating subsections 7c7 through   
7e7 as subsections 7d7 through 7f72 and 

7#b7 by inserting after subsection 7b7  
the following new subsection3  7b7      
,reductions  7#a7 ,failure to appear to 
cast votes or record presence in ,house 
at any time during which proxy voting is
 permitted  7,a7 ,in general ,if1 at any
 time during which proxy voting is      
permitted in the ,house of              
,representatives1 including during a    
covered period under ,house ,resolution 
#ife1 ,one ,hundred ,sixteenth          
,congress1 a ,member of the ,house fails
 to appear in person in the ,house to   
cast a vote or record the ,member's     
presence in response to a quorum call1  
the ,committee on ,house ,administration
 shall reduce the ,members'             
,representational ,allowance for such   
,member for the remainder of the fiscal 
year by the amount which would have been
 paid from the ,allowance for the       
,member's travel expenses if the ,member
 had been present in the ,house to cast 
the vote or to record the ,member's     
presence at the quorum call4  7,b7      

,exception for failure resulting from   
carrying out other official and         
representational duties ,subparagraph   
7,a7 does not apply if1 at the time of a
 vote or quorum call1 a ,member is in   
the ,district of ,columbia but fails to 
appear in person in the ,house to cast a
 vote or record the ,member's presence  
in response to the quorum call because  
the ,member is carrying out other       
official and representational duties4   
7#b7 ,corresponding reduction to        
aggregate ,,mra funds ,the aggregate    
amount available under the ,members'    
,representational ,allowances for the   
,house of ,representatives for a fiscal 
year shall be reduced by the amount of  
any reductions made under paragraph 7#a7
 for the fiscal year4  4