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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4775 

To limit the amount of expenditure on Presidential travel, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 21, 2019 

Mr. TED LIEU of California introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Oversight and 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 

A BILL 

To limit the amount of expenditure on Presidential travel, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Waste And 

5 Misuse by the President Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘SWAMP 

6 Act of 2019’’. 

7 SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 

8 The Congress finds as follows: 


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1 (1) Presidential travel to commercial entities 

2 owned in whole or in part by the President or First 

3 Family results in the American taxpayer effectively 

4 subsidizing the President’s businesses. 

5 (2) President Trump spent more during his 

6 first four months in office than President Obama 

7 did, on average, in roughly two years. 

8 (3) It is unacceptable for the President to 

9 maintain an interest in traveling to properties in 

10 which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. 

11 Government is responsible for renting space for per12 sonnel in said private commercial entities. 

13 (4) Every time the President travels to Mar-a14 Lago, he necessarily promotes his private business 

15 interests via free press at the Government’s expense. 

16 (5) The State Department’s promotion of Mar17 a-Lago on its official website raises serious ethics 

18 concerns. 

19 (6) As of October 17, 2019, President Trump 

20 has cost the U.S. taxpayer unprecedented amounts 

21 of money, including the following estimated costs: 

22 (A) For trips to Mar-a-Lago: 

23 (i) Total cost for security in Palm 

24 Beach: $3,700,000 (each trip). 


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1 (ii) Roundtrip flights from Joint Base 

2 Andrews, Maryland, to West Palm, Flor3 ida: $700,000. 

4 (iii) Overtime for local law enforce5 ment during Trump’s trips: $60,000/day. 

6 (B) For Trump Tower: 

7 (i) Request for additional Secret Serv8 ice funding to secure Trump Towers: 

9 $60,000,000. 

10 (ii) New York Police Department se11 curity costs: $127,000–$146,000/day. 

12 (iv) Air Force One flights to New 

13 York City: $180,000/hour. 

14 (7) As of October 17, 2019, the President has 

15 spent the following number of days at various prop16 erties he owns: 

17 (A) 99 days at Mar-a-Lago. 

18 (B) 90 days at Trump National 

19 Bedminster. 

20 (C) 76 days at Trump National Potomac. 

21 (D) 59 days at Trump International West 

22 Palm. 

23 (E) 22 days at Trump International Hotel. 

24 (F) 20 days at Trump Tower. 


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1 SEC. 103. REIMBURSAL FOR COSTS OF PROTECTION. 

2 In the case of a person whom the United States Se3 cret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) 

4 or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, 

5 if that person, while traveling for official business or for 

6 personal purposes, stays in a hotel or other establishment 

7 providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person 

8 has an ownership or financial interest, that person shall 

9 reimburse to the Treasury— 

10 (1) any amount expended by the United States 

11 Secret Service for the provision of such protection; 

12 and 

13 (2) any amount expended for other costs in14 curred by the Government pertaining to that stay. 

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