Title: THUG Act
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
Trump's Heist Undermines the G7 Act or the THUG Act
This bill prohibits the use of federal funds for any purpose relating to the 46th G7 Summit and the Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, unless the Secret Service certifies to Congress that such an expenditure is necessary to provide required protection to a person. (The G7 Summit is a meeting of the seven largest major advanced economies, as determined by the International Monetary Fund.)
The President shall provide to the Government Accountability Office and Congress all documents and communications relating to the decision to host the summit at the Trump National Doral Miami.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4744 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4744

To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain 
   agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 18, 2019

 Ms. Frankel (for herself, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain 
   agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Trump's Heist Undermines the G7 
Act'' or the ``THUG Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS.

    (a) Transmission Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the 
Comptroller General of the United States and to the committees listed 
in subsection (b) copies of each document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication that relates to the decision to 
host the 46th G7 Summit at the Trump National Doral Miami.
    (b) Committees Listed.--The committees listed in this subsection 
are the following:
            (1) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
        Oversight and Reform, the Committee on Homeland Security, the 
        Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
            (2) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on 
        Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on 
        Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
        Senate.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR HOSTING THE G7 SUMMIT AT 
              THE TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL MIAMI.

    (a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to 
enter into any new contract, grant, or cooperative agreement for any 
purpose relating to the 46th G7 Summit with the Trump National Doral 
Miami, Miami, Florida.
    (b) Waiver.--The prohibition under subsection (a) may be waived if 
the Director of the Secret Service certifies to the committees listed 
in section 2(b) that an obligation or expenditure is necessary to carry 
out the duties of the Director under section 3056 of title 18, United 
States Code, or any other duty under law (including Presidential 
memorandum) to provide protection to a person.
    (c) G7 Defined.--In this Act, the term ``G7'' means the 
organization of leading economies commonly known as the ``G7'' that 
includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and 
the United States as members, with the European Union as an observer.
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