In the Senate of the United States, 
June 21, 2016. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1777) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Act of Au-
gust 25, 1958, commonly known as the ‘Former Presidents 
Act of 1958’, with respect to the monetary allowance payable 
to a former President, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with 
the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Presidential Allowance 
Modernization Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) FORMER PRESIDENTS.—The first section of the Act 
entitled ‘‘An Act to provide retirement, clerical assistants, 
and free mailing privileges to former Presidents of the 
United States, and for other purposes’’, approved August 
25, 1958 (commonly known as the ‘‘Former Presidents Act
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of 1958’’) (3 U.S.C. 102 note), is amended by striking the 
matter preceding subsection (e) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each former President shall be en-
titled for the remainder of his or her life to receive from 
the United States— 
‘‘(1) an annuity at the rate of $200,000 per 
year, subject to subsection (c); and 
‘‘(2) a monetary allowance at the rate of 
$200,000 per year, subject to subsections (c) and (d). 
‘‘(b) DURATION; FREQUENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The annuity and allowance 
under subsection (a) shall each— 
‘‘(A) commence on the day after the date on 
which an individual becomes a former President; 
‘‘(B) terminate on the date on which the 
former President dies; and 
‘‘(C) be payable by the Secretary of the 
Treasury on a monthly basis. 
‘‘(2) APPOINTIVE OR ELECTIVE POSITIONS.—The 
annuity and allowance under subsection (a) shall not 
be payable for any period during which a former 
President holds an appointive or elective position in 
or under the Federal Government to which is attached 
a rate of pay other than a nominal rate.
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‘‘(c) COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES.—Effective December 
1 of each year, each annuity and allowance under sub-
section (a) that commenced before that date shall be in-
creased by the same percentage by which benefit amounts 
under title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 
et seq.) are increased, effective as of that date, as a result 
of a determination under section 215(i) of that Act (42 
U.S.C. 415(i)). 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON MONETARY ALLOWANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, the monetary allowance pay-
able under subsection (a)(2) to a former President for 
any 12-month period— 
‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), may not exceed the amount by which— 
‘‘(i) the monetary allowance that (but 
for this subsection) would otherwise be so 
payable for such 12-month period, exceeds 
(if at all) 
‘‘(ii) the applicable reduction amount 
for such 12-month period; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be less than the amount de-
termined under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the term ‘applicable reduction 
amount’ means, with respect to any former 
President and in connection with any 12-month 
period, the amount by which— 
‘‘(i) the sum of— 
‘‘(I) the adjusted gross income (as 
defined in section 62 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986) of the former 
President for the most recent taxable 
year for which a tax return is avail-
able; and 
‘‘(II) any interest excluded from 
the gross income of the former Presi-
dent under section 103 of such Code for 
such taxable year, exceeds (if at all) 
‘‘(ii) $400,000, subject to subparagraph 
(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 allo-
cable to the spouse of the former President.
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‘‘(C) COST-OF-LIVING INCREASES.—The dol-
lar 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. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—A former President 
may not receive a monetary allowance under 
subsection (a)(2) unless the former President dis-
closes 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
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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 re-
spect to a return or return information disclosed 
to the Secretary under subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) disclose the return or return infor-
mation to any entity or person; or 
‘‘(ii) use the return or return informa-
tion for any purpose other than to calculate 
the applicable reduction amount under 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) INCREASED
COSTS
DUE
TO
SECURITY 
NEEDS.—With respect to the monetary allowance that 
would be payable to a former President under sub-
section (a)(2) for any 12-month period but for the 
limitation under paragraph (1), the Administrator of 
General Services, in coordination with the Director of 
the United States Secret Service, shall determine the 
amount of the allowance that is needed to pay the in-
creased cost of doing business that is attributable to 
the security needs of the former President.’’. 
(b) SURVIVING SPOUSES OF FORMER PRESIDENTS.—
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(1) INCREASE IN AMOUNT OF MONETARY ALLOW-
ANCE.—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 government 
of the District of Columbia’’; and 
(II) by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; 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 para-
graph (1), is amended—
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(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 WID-
OWERS.—’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by inserting after the sub-
section enumerator the following: ‘‘DEFINITION.—’’; 
and 
(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).
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SEC. 4. TRANSITION RULES. 
(a) FORMER PRESIDENTS.—In the case of any indi-
vidual who is a former President on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the amendment made by section 2(a) shall be 
applied as if the commencement date referred in subsection 
(b)(1)(A) of the first section of the Former Presidents Act 
of 1958, as amended by section 2(a), coincided with such 
date of enactment. 
(b) WIDOWS.—In the case of any individual who is 
the widow of a former President on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the amendments made by section 2(b)(1) shall 
be applied as if the commencement date referred to in sub-
section (e)(1) of the first section of the Former Presidents 
Act of 1958, as amended by section 2(b)(1), coincided with 
such date of enactment. 
SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY. 
For a former President receiving a monetary allow-
ance under the Former Presidents Act of 1958 on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, the limitation under 
subsection (d)(1) of the first section of that Act, as amended 
by section 2(a), shall apply to the monetary allowance of 
the former President, except to the extent that the applica-
tion of the limitation would prevent the former President 
from being able to pay the cost of a lease or other contract 
that is in effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of this Act and under which the former President makes