I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2524 
To prevent the enrichment of certain Government officers and employees 
or their families through Federal funds or contracting, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 6, 2023 
Mr. RUIZ introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Accountability 
A BILL 
To prevent the enrichment of certain Government officers 
and employees or their families through Federal funds 
or contracting, 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; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Public Service Spending Integrity Act’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Americans’ trust in government is essential 
to our democracy. 
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(2) Allowing public service by an elected official 
to seemingly converge with their own personal gain 
is corrosive to Americans’ faith in government. 
(3) Members of Congress and the executive 
branch have substantial power and discretion over 
the disbursement of public funds, and with that 
comes the obligation to create a barrier between 
public service and personal gain. 
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS AND CON-
TRACTING AT BUSINESSES OWNED BY CER-
TAIN GOVERNMENT OFFICERS AND EMPLOY-
EES. 
(a) LIMITATION ON FEDERAL FUNDS.—Beginning in 
fiscal year 2024 and in each fiscal year thereafter, no Fed-
eral funds may be obligated or expended for purposes of 
procuring goods or services at any business owned or con-
trolled by a covered individual or any family member of 
such an individual, unless such obligation or expenditure 
of funds is authorized under the Presidential Protection 
Assistance Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–524). 
(b) PROHIBITION
ON CONTRACTS.—No Executive 
agency may enter into or hold a contract with a business 
owned or controlled by a covered individual or any family 
member of such an individual. 
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(c) DETERMINATION OF OWNERSHIP.—For purposes 
of this section, a business shall be deemed to be owned 
or controlled by a covered individual or any family member 
of such an individual if the covered individual or member 
of family (as the case may be)— 
(1) is a member of the board of directors or 
similar governing body of the business; 
(2) directly or indirectly owns or controls more 
than 50 percent of the voting shares of the business; 
or 
(3) is the beneficiary of a trust which owns or 
controls more than 50 percent of the business and 
can direct distributions under the terms of the trust. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means— 
(A) the President; 
(B) the Vice President; 
(C) the head of any Executive department 
(as that term is defined in section 101 of title 
5, United States Code); and 
(D) any individual occupying a position 
designated by the President as a Cabinet-level 
position. 
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