To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3521| House
| Updated: 9/6/2017
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (1)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act of 2017 This bill requires that if any of specified persons the U.S. Secret Service is authorized to protect (the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, or their immediate families) travel domestically or internationally in furtherance of the business interests of an entity owned by or controlled by the President, or from which the President receives any financial benefit, such person shall reimburse the Treasury: (1) the amount expended by the Secret Service for such protection, and (2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the government pertaining to that travel.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtection of officialsTransportation costs
To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-3521| House
| Updated: 9/6/2017
Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act of 2017 This bill requires that if any of specified persons the U.S. Secret Service is authorized to protect (the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, or their immediate families) travel domestically or internationally in furtherance of the business interests of an entity owned by or controlled by the President, or from which the President receives any financial benefit, such person shall reimburse the Treasury: (1) the amount expended by the Secret Service for such protection, and (2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the government pertaining to that travel.
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Cosponsors (1)
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Government ethics and transparency, public corruptionPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtection of officialsTransportation costs