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House bill · 106th Congress · Did not become law

To require any amounts appropriated for Members' Representational Allowances for the House of Representatives for a fiscal year that remain after all payments are made from such Allowances for the year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.

H.R. 2171Introduced Jun 10, 1999Policy area: Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Tim Roemer D-IN
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Where it went

Latest action: Jun 10, 1999 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

57 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 26 Democrats

30 of 57 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.

John Baldacci (D-ME), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Julia Carson (D-IN), Michael Castle (R-DE), Bob Clement (D-TN), Howard Coble (R-NC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), Robert Cramer (D-AL), Nathan Deal (R-GA), Phil English (R-PA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Tillie Fowler (R-FL), George Gekas (R-PA), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Bill Goodling (R-PA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Baron Hill (D-IN), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Sue Kelly (R-NY), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Ron Kind (D-WI), Steven Kuykendall (R-CA), Jim Leach (R-IA) and 27 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tim Roemer.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-3 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.