Title: CORRUPT Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Curb Objectionable Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional Payments to Trump Act or the CORRUPT Act
This bill establishes reporting requirements for federal agencies regarding funds spent at, or payments made to (1) properties controlled by the Trump Organization; or (2) an organization or business controlled by or associated with the President, a relative of the President, the head of an executive department, or an employee of the Trump Organization.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1524 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1524

 To require annual reports on funds expended by the Federal Government 
          with the Trump Organization, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2019

 Mr. Gallego (for himself, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mrs. Lawrence, 
    Mr. Raskin, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Jayapal, and Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require annual reports on funds expended by the Federal Government 
          with the Trump Organization, 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 ``Curb Objectionable Redirection of 
Resources and Unconstitutional Payments to Trump Act'' or the ``CORRUPT 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Kleptocracy is a tool used by autocratic leaders, 
        including Vladimir Putin, to exploit state resources; it 
        involves the operation of sophisticated networks for the 
        purpose of self-enrichment.
            (2) Unlike prior presidents, President Trump has refused to 
        sell his business interests or divest himself of assets that 
        present potential conflicts of interest.
            (3) Article I of the Constitution states that ``no Person 
        holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, 
        without the consent of the Congress, accept any present, 
        emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any 
        King, Prince, or foreign State''.
            (4) Foreign governments and foreign-held companies have 
        already shifted business to the President's companies in order 
        to curry favor with the Administration.
            (5) According to reports, the Trump International Hotel has 
        generated at least $19,700,000 in income for the President 
        between September 2016 and April 2017.
            (6) The National Security Council and State Department have 
        allegedly used taxpayers' money to pay for staff to stay at 
        Trump hotels and resorts, thereby benefitting the President.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) kleptocrats such as Vladimir Putin pose a threat to 
        United States national security by undermining financial and 
        Government institutions;
            (2) the United States must take all steps necessary to 
        defend itself against kleptocratic practices; and
            (3) Federal funds should not be expended in a manner that 
        enriches the President or any of his close relatives or 
        associates.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    (a) Agency Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the 
Office of Government Ethics a report on the amount expended by that 
agency in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 at, or any payments made to, any 
covered property and shall include--
            (1) any hotel stay using per diem or other funds; or
            (2) the rental of any conference room or meeting facility.
    (b) Office of Government Ethics Report.--Not later than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Government 
Ethics shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on funds 
expended by any agency at, or any payments made to, a covered property 
in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.
    (c) Annual Report.--At the end of the next fiscal year following 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and at the end of each fiscal 
year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall submit to Congress a report on the direct and indirect ways that 
funds appropriated to agencies have benefitted a covered property, 
including--
            (1) funds expended by any agency at, or any payments made 
        to, a covered property in the previous fiscal year;
            (2) regulatory actions in the previous fiscal year with a 
        beneficial impact on a covered property; and
            (3) indirect expenditures with vendors conducting more than 
        $1,000,000 in business with a covered individual or with the 
        owners of a covered property in the previous fiscal year.

SEC. 5. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency''--
                    (A) has the meaning given the term--
                            (i) ``Executive agency'' under section 105 
                        of title 5, United States Code; and
                            (ii) ``military department'' under section 
                        102 of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) means--
                            (i) any other establishment in the 
                        executive branch (including the Executive 
                        Office of the President, the United States 
                        Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
                        Commission);
                            (ii) an office, agency, or other 
                        establishment in the legislative branch; and
                            (iii) an office, agency, or other 
                        establishment in the judicial branch.
            (2) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' 
        means--
                    (A) the President;
                    (B) a relative of the President; and
                    (C) with respect to an agency that is an Executive 
                department, the head of the Executive department.
            (3) Covered property.--The term ``covered property'' 
        means--
                    (A) any property controlled by the Trump 
                Organization; or
                    (B) an organization or business controlled by or 
                associated with a covered person (including any known 
                shell company), any member of the President's family, 
                or any employee of the Trump Organization.
            (4) Executive department.--The term ``Executive 
        department'' has the meaning given the term in section 101 of 
        title 5, United States Code.
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