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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4388 
To limit the amount of expenditure on Presidential travel, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2021 
Mr. LIEU (for himself, Mr. BEYER, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. JAYAPAL, and 
Mr. PETERS) 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. 
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 subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Waste And 
Misuse by the President Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘SWAMP 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
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(1) Presidential travel to commercial entities 
owned in whole or in part by the President or First 
Family results in the American taxpayer effectively 
subsidizing the President’s businesses. 
(2) President Trump spent more during his 
first four months in office than President Obama 
did, on average, in roughly two years. 
(3) It is unacceptable for the President to 
maintain an interest in traveling to properties in 
which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. 
Government is responsible for renting space for per-
sonnel in said private commercial entities. 
(4) Every time the President travels to Mar-a- 
Lago, he necessarily promotes his private business 
interests via free press at the Government’s expense. 
(5) The State Department’s promotion of Mar- 
a-Lago on its official website raises serious ethics 
concerns. 
(6) As of October 17, 2019, President Trump 
has cost the U.S. taxpayer unprecedented amounts 
of money, including the following estimated costs: 
(A) For trips to Mar-a-Lago: 
(i) Total cost for security in Palm 
Beach: $3,700,000 (each trip). 
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(ii) Roundtrip flights from Joint Base 
Andrews, Maryland, to West Palm, Flor-
ida: $700,000. 
(iii) Overtime for local law enforce-
ment during Trump’s trips: $60,000/day. 
(B) For Trump Tower: 
(i) Request for additional Secret Serv-
ice funding to secure Trump Towers: 
$60,000,000. 
(ii) New York Police Department se-
curity costs: $127,000–$146,000/day. 
(iii) Air Force One flights to New 
York City: $180,000/hour. 
(7) As of October 17, 2019, the President has 
spent the following number of days at various prop-
erties he owns: 
(A) 99 days at Mar-a-Lago. 
(B) 
days 
at 
Trump 
National 
Bedminster. 
(C) 76 days at Trump National Potomac. 
(D) 59 days at Trump International West 
Palm. 
(E) 22 days at Trump International Hotel. 
(F) 20 days at Trump Tower. 
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SEC. 3. REIMBURSAL FOR COSTS OF PROTECTION. 
In the case of a person whom the United States Se-
cret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
if that person, while traveling for official business or for 
personal purposes, stays in a hotel or other establishment 
providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person 
has an ownership or financial interest, that person shall 
reimburse to the Treasury— 
(1) any amount expended by the United States 
Secret Service for the provision of such protection; 
and 
(2) any amount expended for other costs in-
curred by the Government pertaining to that stay. 
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