I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4744 
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain 
agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 18, 2019 
Ms. FRANKEL (for herself, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, 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 prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds 
for certain agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Trump’s Heist Under-
mines the G7 Act’’ or the ‘‘THUG Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS. 
(a) TRANSMISSION REQUIRED.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Presi-
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dent shall transmit to the Comptroller General of the 
United States and to the committees listed in subsection 
(b) copies of each document, record, memo, correspond-
ence, or other communication that relates to the decision 
to host the 46th G7 Summit at the Trump National Doral 
Miami. 
(b) COMMITTEES LISTED.—The committees listed in 
this subsection are the following: 
(1) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Reform, the Committee on 
Homeland Security, the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
(2) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Com-
mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR HOSTING 
THE G7 SUMMIT AT THE TRUMP NATIONAL 
DORAL MIAMI. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—No Federal funds may be obli-
gated or expended to enter into any new contract, grant, 
or cooperative agreement for any purpose relating to the 
46th G7 Summit with the Trump National Doral Miami, 
Miami, Florida. 
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(b) WAIVER.—The prohibition under subsection (a) 
may be waived if the Director of the Secret Service cer-
tifies to the committees listed in section 2(b) that an obli-
gation or expenditure is necessary to carry out the duties 
of the Director under section 3056 of title 18, United 
States Code, or any other duty under law (including Presi-
dential memorandum) to provide protection to a person. 
(c) G7 DEFINED.—In this Act, the term ‘‘G7’’ means 
the organization of leading economies commonly known as 
the ‘‘G7’’ that includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States as 
members, with the European Union as an observer. 
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