I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3521 
To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 27, 2017 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To require reimbursement for costs associated with 
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 Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Padding Presi-
dential Pockets Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) On January 11, 2017, President-Elect 
Trump announced that management control of his 
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investments and business assets, commonly known 
as the ‘‘Trump Organization,’’ would be assumed by 
two of his sons, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric 
Trump prior to the Presidential Inauguration. 
(2) On January 19, 2017, President-Elect 
Trump transferred all his investments and business 
assets to the ‘‘Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust’’ 
whose purpose is to hold assets ‘‘for the exclusive 
benefit of Donald J. Trump’’, and as such has not 
divested his interest in his investments and holdings. 
(3) Donald Trump, Jr., is a trustee of the trust 
and, like his brother Eric Trump, serves as an Exec-
utive Vice President for the Trump Organization 
which is held in the trust. 
(4) Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump and 
other members of President Trump’s family receive 
physical protection at all times from the U.S. Secret 
Service pursuant to section 3056, title 18, United 
States Code. 
(5) Since President Trump’s election, Donald 
Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump have regularly traveled 
domestically and overseas in pursuit of the Trump 
Organization’s business interests and to promote the 
Trump brand. 
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(6) Each overseas trip taken by a U.S. Secret 
Service protectee requires the Service to incur sig-
nificant costs, including travel, lodging, and costs as-
sociated with coordinating with local security enti-
ties, embassies, and other overseas partners. 
(7) Each such overseas trip may require other 
Government agencies, such as the Department of 
State, to incur significant additional costs associated 
with security and logistics. 
(8) In January 2017, Eric Trump, on behalf of 
the Trump Organization, traveled to Uruguay to at-
tend meetings and a party. 
(9) In February 2017, Eric Trump, on behalf 
of the Trump Organization, traveled to the Domini-
can Republic to visit a resort project. 
(10) In February 2017, Donald Trump, Jr., 
and Eric Trump, on behalf of the Trump Organiza-
tion, traveled to the United Arab Emirates to attend 
a golf course ribbon-cutting ceremony. 
(11) In February 2017, Donald Trump, Jr., 
and Eric Trump, on behalf of the Trump Organiza-
tion, traveled to Canada to attend a hotel grand 
opening. 
(12) In April 2017, Eric Trump, on behalf of 
the Trump Organization, traveled to the United 
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Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to attend busi-
ness meetings at a golf course. 
(13) Additionally, since receiving Secret Service 
protection, Donald Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump 
have traveled domestically on a frequent and regular 
basis on behalf of the Trump Organization. 
(14) On February 3, 2017, the Washington 
Post reported that for just Eric Trump’s January 
2017 Uruguayan trip, hotel costs to the Federal 
Government were $97,830. 
(15) On July 12, 2017, the Washington Post 
reported that for the Trump family’s February 2017 
trip to Canada, the Department of State alone spent 
more than $15,000 to book hotel rooms at the 
Trump Hotel in Vancouver. 
(16) The Federal Government does not receive 
reimbursement for costs incurred to the Federal 
Government associated with protecting members of 
the President’s immediate family while on domestic 
or overseas travel on behalf of the Trump Organiza-
tion. 
SEC. 3. REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 
case of a person whom the United States Secret Service 
is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) or (2) of sec-
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tion 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, if that person 
travels domestically or internationally in furtherance of 
the business interests of an entity owned by or controlled 
by the President of the United States, or from which the 
President of the United States receives any financial ben-
efit, that person shall reimburse to the Treasury— 
(1) amount expended by the United States Se-
cret Service for the provision of such protection; and 
(2) any amount expended for other costs in-
curred by the Government pertaining to that travel. 
Æ 
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