HR 121 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Congressional Budget Accountability Act

Introduced Jan 5, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Phil Gingrey R-GA

Latest action · Jan 5, 2011 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 5, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Congressional Budget Accountability Act - Requires any amounts remaining of House Members' Representational Allowances after all payments are made for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or, in fiscal years for which there is no federal budget deficit, to reduce the federal debt.

Cosponsors 65

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 5, 2011 to Mar 21, 2012; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-NH	Charles F. Bass	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-OH	Steve Stivers	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-MI	Tim Walberg	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-SC	Trey Gowdy	Original	Jan 5, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Jan 6, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jan 6, 2011
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Jan 6, 2011
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Jan 6, 2011
R-IL	Joe Walsh		Jan 6, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Jan 6, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jan 6, 2011
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Jan 6, 2011
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Jan 6, 2011
R-OK	James Lankford		Jan 7, 2011
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Jan 12, 2011
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Jan 12, 2011
R-MN	Chip Cravaack		Jan 12, 2011
R-CO	Cory Gardner		Jan 12, 2011
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Jan 12, 2011
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jan 12, 2011
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Jan 12, 2011
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		Jan 12, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Jan 12, 2011
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Jan 12, 2011
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Jan 12, 2011
R-NY	Nan A. S. Hayworth		Jan 12, 2011
R-FL	Richard B. Nugent		Jan 12, 2011
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jan 12, 2011
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp		Jan 12, 2011
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jan 18, 2011
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jan 18, 2011
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Jan 18, 2011
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jan 18, 2011
R-NJ	Jon Runyan		Jan 18, 2011
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jan 18, 2011
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jan 18, 2011
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jan 18, 2011
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jan 18, 2011
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Jan 19, 2011
D-NY	William L. Owens		Jan 19, 2011
R-VA	E. Scott Rigell		Jan 20, 2011
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jan 20, 2011
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Jan 20, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jan 20, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jan 24, 2011
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young		Jan 24, 2011
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Jan 24, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Jan 24, 2011
R-FL	Allen B. West		Feb 8, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Feb 8, 2011
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Feb 8, 2011
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Feb 9, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		Feb 10, 2011
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Mar 17, 2011
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Mar 30, 2011
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 24, 2011
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Jul 20, 2011
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Sep 8, 2011
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Dec 8, 2011
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Jan 17, 2012
R-TN	Diane Black		Jan 25, 2012
R-KS	Kevin Yoder		Feb 16, 2012
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher		Mar 21, 2012

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Jan 5, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House
Jan 5, 2011Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H492	Gary C. Peters D-MI	Jan 26, 2011
House	Debate and remarks H72	Phil Gingrey R-GA	Jan 6, 2011

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution that states, ``The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts . . .''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H45.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R40962	Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage	Report	Oct 13, 2026

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 81	A bill to direct unused appropriations for Senate Official Personnel and Office Expense Accounts to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.	Related bill	Jan 25, 2011
HR 262	MRA Act	Related bill	Jan 12, 2011
HR 297	To require amounts remaining in Members' representational allowances at the end of a fiscal year to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt, and for other purposes.	Related bill	Jan 18, 2011

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Short Titles as Introduced: Congressional Budget Accountability Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 5, 2011Introduced in House

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