Serve the People, Not the Swamp Act

United States116th CongressHR-765House of Representatives
Latest legislative activity: Mar 5, 2019

Summary

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Serve the People, Not the Swamp Act

This bill prohibits certain congressional recesses until Congress has approved the annual appropriations bills and a budget resolution that projects a balanced budget. It also (1) imposes a five-year ban on lobbying by Members of Congress and certain executive branch officials, and (2) excludes future Members of Congress from the Federal Employees Retirement System.

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  1. Introduced in House

  2. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Oversight and Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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