Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act

Bill: 114-hr-5649
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8]
Introduced: 2016-07-06
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Aviation and airports

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Military facilities and property

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2016-08-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-07-06
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act</strong></p> <p>This bill prohibits an aircraft under the jurisdiction of a military department that is available for the President's use from being used to transport a candidate for federal office to an event promoting the candidate's election campaign. </p> <p>This prohibition does not apply to the use of an aircraft to transport the President or Vice President to an event promoting the President's or Vice President's re-election campaign.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5649 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 6, 2016 Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit any military aircraft provided for the use of the President from being used to transport a candidate for election for Federal office to a campaign event.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Abusing the Presidential Plane Act . 2. Prohibiting military aircraft provided for President from being used to transport candidates to campaign events (a) Prohibition Subchapter I of chapter 134 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 2245a the following new section: 2246. Prohibiting use of certain aircraft to transport candidates to campaign events (a) An aircraft under the jurisdiction of a military department which is made available for the use of the President may not be used to transport a candidate for election for Federal office to an event promoting the candidate’s campaign for the election. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the use of an aircraft to transport the President or Vice President to an event promoting the President’s or Vice President’s campaign for re-election to the office of President or Vice President. (c) In this section, the terms candidate , election , and Federal office each have the meaning given such term in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 ). . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections of subchapter I of chapter 134 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 2245a the following new item: 2246. Prohibiting use of certain aircraft to transport candidates to campaign events. .