A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require that Members of Congress substantiate the amounts they deduct as living expenses while away from home and to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to restore the former limitations on outside earned income.

Summary

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the provision allowing an income tax deduction without substantiation for living expenses of Members of Congress. Amends rule XLVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the amount of outside income a Member may earn to not more than 15 percent of the Member's aggregate salary. Provides that Members may not accept any honorarium of more than $1,000.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 28 April 1982

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