‘‘(ii) $400,000, subject to subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(B) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a 
joint return, subclauses (I) and (II) of subpara-
graph (A)(i) shall be applied by taking into ac-
count both the amounts properly allocable to 
the former President and the amounts properly 
allocable to the spouse of the former President. 
‘‘(C) COST-OF-LIVING
INCREASES.—The 
dollar amount specified in subparagraph (A)(ii) 
shall be adjusted at the same time that, and by 
the same percentage by which, the monetary al-
lowance of the former President is increased 
under subsection (c) (disregarding this sub-
section). 
‘‘(3) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the terms ‘return’ and ‘return in-
formation’ have the meanings given those 
terms in section 6103(b) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘Secretary’ means the 
Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary 
of the Treasury’s delegate. 
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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A former President 
may not receive a monetary allowance under 
subsection (a)(2) unless the former President 
discloses to the Secretary, upon the request of 
the Secretary, any return or return information 
of the former President or spouse of the former 
President that the Secretary determines is nec-
essary for purposes of calculating the applicable 
reduction amount under paragraph (2) of this 
subsection. 
‘‘(C) CONFIDENTIALITY.—Except as pro-
vided in section 6103 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may not, with 
respect to a return or return information dis-
closed to the Secretary under subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(i) disclose the return or return in-
formation to any entity or person; or 
‘‘(ii) use the return or return informa-
tion for any purpose other than to cal-
culate the applicable reduction amount 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) INCREASED
COSTS
DUE
TO
SECURITY 
NEEDS.—With respect to the monetary allowance 
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that would be payable to a former President under 
subsection (a)(2) for any 12-month period but for 
the limitation under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, the Administrator of General Services, in co-
ordination with the Director of the United States 
Secret Service, shall determine the amount of the al-
lowance that is needed to pay the increased cost of 
doing business that is attributable to the security 
needs of the former President.’’. 
(b) SURVIVING
SPOUSES
OF
FORMER
PRESI-
DENTS.— 
(1) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF MONETARY AL-
LOWANCE.—Subsection (e) of the first section of the 
Former Presidents Act of 1958 is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘$20,000 per annum,’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000 
per year (subject to paragraph (4)),’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘or the govern-
ment of the District of Columbia’’; 
and 
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(II) by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following: 
‘‘(4) shall, after its commencement date, be in-
creased at the same time that, and by the same per-
centage by which, annuities of former Presidents are 
increased under subsection (c).’’. 
(2) COVERAGE
OF
WIDOWER
OF
A
FORMER 
PRESIDENT.—Subsection (e) of the first section of 
the Former Presidents Act of 1958, as amended by 
paragraph (1), is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘widow’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘widow or widower’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘she’’ and inserting ‘‘she 
or he’’. 
(c) SUBSECTION HEADINGS.—The first section of the 
Former Presidents Act of 1958 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e), by inserting after the sub-
section enumerator the following: ‘‘WIDOWS
AND 
WIDOWERS.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by inserting after the sub-
section enumerator the following: ‘‘DEFINITION.—’’; 
and 
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(3) in subsection (g), by inserting after the sub-
section enumerator the following: ‘‘AUTHORIZATION 
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—’’. 
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act or an amendment made by this 
Act shall be construed to affect— 
(1) any provision of law relating to the security 
or protection of a former President or a member of 
the family of a former President; or 
(2) funding, under the Former Presidents Act 
of 1958 or any other law, to carry out any provision 
of law described in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 4. APPLICABILITY. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall 
not apply to— 
(1) any individual who is a former President on 
the date of enactment of this Act; or 
(2) the widow or widower of an individual de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
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