I 
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 oppor-
tunity to make gifts to the United States Government 
to be used for the purpose of providing public tours 
of the White House. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore the Tour Act’’. 
SEC. 2. GIFTS TO FUND PUBLIC TOURS OF THE WHITE 
HOUSE. 
Chapter 2 of title 3, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
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(1) by inserting after section 110 the following: 
‘‘§ 110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—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) the Secretary of the Treasury may accept 
for the Government a gift of— 
‘‘(A) money made only on the condition 
that it be used to provide public tours of the 
White House; 
‘‘(B) other intangible personal property 
made only on the condition that the property is 
sold and the proceeds from the sale used to pro-
vide public tours of the White House; and 
‘‘(2) the Administrator of General Services may 
accept for the Government a gift of tangible prop-
erty made only on the condition that it be sold and 
the proceeds from the sale be used to provide public 
tours of the White House. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO REJECT CERTAIN GIFTS.—The 
Secretary and the Administrator each may reject a gift 
under this section when the rejection is in the interest of 
the Government. 
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‘‘(c) CONVERSION
OF
NON-MONEY
GIFTS
TO 
MONEY.—The Secretary and the Administrator shall con-
vert a gift either of them accepts under subsection 
(a)(1)(B) or (2) of this section to money on the best terms 
available. If a gift accepted under subsection (a) of this 
section is subject to a gift or inheritance tax, the Secretary 
or the Administrator may pay the tax out of the proceeds 
of the gift or the proceeds of the redemption or sale of 
the gift. 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL ACCOUNT.—The Treasury has an ac-
count into which money received as gifts and proceeds 
from the sale or redemption of gifts under this section 
shall be deposited. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall make all 
funds in the account described under subsection (d) avail-
able to the Executive Office of the President, without fur-
ther appropriation, and such funds shall be used to pro-
vide public tours of the White House.’’; and 
(2) in the table of analysis for such chapter, by 
inserting after the item relating to section 110 the 
following: 
‘‘110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House.’’. 
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