From Roll Call:
House members who practice medicine can’t take in more money than they pay in professional and administrative fees, like malpractice insurance. Some members offer pro bono services in an effort to keep practicing and maintain their credentials without running afoul of the law.
For Harris, a member of the GOP Doctors Caucus, “it just became too complicated.”
He’s now hoping to make it less complicated. Harris is advocating language in the fiscal 2025 Legislative Branch spending bill that would clarify the right of medical professionals to work for compensation while in Congress — though they would still be beholden to an annual second-income cap, which in calendar year 2023 was $31,815, according to the House Ethics Committee.
Despite concerns from Democrats that the carve-out could create potential conflicts of interest and privileges a small subset of members, the language was included in the bill that the House Appropriations Committee advanced last week.
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