Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act

This bill would require the President, Vice President, and certain others protected by the Secret Service to repay the Treasury for Secret Service protection and other government costs when they travel to support businesses owned or controlled by the President, or that financially benefit the President. It would bar the President and Vice President from bringing claims against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, including pending claims. It would bar these protected people from asking for donations to a presidential library or museum while the President is in office, and would require annual reports to the Archivist, with a fine of $1,000 per day for missing reports. It would also bar the President from creating, running, or serving on the board of a business while in office, tax any such business income at 100 percent, and require family members who do these things to file quarterly reports with Congress.

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Sponsors

• Bonnie Watson Coleman Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors