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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3203 

To provide the people of the United States with an opportunity to make 

gifts to the United States Government to be used for the purpose of 

providing public tours of the White House. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013 

Mr. GRAYSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To provide the people of the United States with an opportunity to make gifts to the United States Government 

to be used for the purpose of providing public tours 

of the White House. 

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 Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore the Tour Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. GIFTS TO FUND PUBLIC TOURS OF THE WHITE 

6 HOUSE. 

7 Chapter 2 of title 3, United States Code, is amend8 ed— 

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1 (1) by inserting after section 110 the following: 

2 ‘‘§ 110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To provide the people of the 

4 United States with an opportunity to make gifts to the 

5 United States Government to be used for the purpose of 

6 providing public tours of the White House— 

7 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Treasury may accept 

8 for the Government a gift of— 

9 ‘‘(A) money made only on the condition 

10 that it be used to provide public tours of the 

11 White House; 

12 ‘‘(B) other intangible personal property 

13 made only on the condition that the property is 

14 sold and the proceeds from the sale used to pro15 vide public tours of the White House; and 

16 ‘‘(2) the Administrator of General Services may 

17 accept for the Government a gift of tangible prop18 erty made only on the condition that it be sold and 

19 the proceeds from the sale be used to provide public 

20 tours of the White House. 

21 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO REJECT CERTAIN GIFTS.—The 

22 Secretary and the Administrator each may reject a gift 

23 under this section when the rejection is in the interest of 

24 the Government. 

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1 ‘‘(c) CONVERSION OF NON-MONEY GIFTS TO

2 MONEY.—The Secretary and the Administrator shall con3 vert a gift either of them accepts under subsection 

4 (a)(1)(B) or (2) of this section to money on the best terms 

5 available. If a gift accepted under subsection (a) of this 

6 section is subject to a gift or inheritance tax, the Secretary 

7 or the Administrator may pay the tax out of the proceeds 

8 of the gift or the proceeds of the redemption or sale of 

9 the gift. 

10 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The Treasury has an ac11 count into which money received as gifts and proceeds 

12 from the sale or redemption of gifts under this section 

13 shall be deposited. 

14 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall make all 

15 funds in the account described under subsection (d) avail16 able to the Executive Office of the President, without fur17 ther appropriation, and such funds shall be used to pro18 vide public tours of the White House.’’; and 

19 (2) in the table of analysis for such chapter, by 

20 inserting after the item relating to section 110 the 

21 following: 

‘‘110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House.’’. 

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