TRUMPED Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-2610
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]
Introduced: 2017-05-23
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Congressional oversight

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government liability

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Protection of officials

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2017-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-05-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Taxpayers Require Urgent Mandatory Protection from Egregious Debt Act of 2017 or the TRUMPED Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill allows state and local governments to recover their costs for providing protection to government officials and other individuals allowed Secret Service protection who travel to those jurisdictions for a period of more than 24 hours to visit real property in which such officials or individuals, or their spouses, have any ownership interest. The bill also grants a recovery right to any business that is significantly adversely affected by the provision of such protection.</p> <p>The Secret Service shall report to the homeland security committees of Congress detailing the costs of protecting officials and individuals granted such protection since January 20, 2017.</p> <p>The bill waives the sovereign immunity of the United States ito the extent required to enable the recovery of costs allowed by this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2610 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 23, 2017 Mr. Hastings introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To require reimbursement from certain public officials whose travel results in unusual costs relating to protection of those officials, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayers Require Urgent Mandatory Protection from Egregious Debt Act of 2017 or as the TRUMPED Act of 2017 . 2. Reimbursement required In the case of any person who the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, if that person travels to any real property in which that person or the spouse of that person has any ownership interest (including any licensing agreement) for any period of time longer than 24 hours— (1) each State or unit of local government wherein the real property is located may recover, in a civil action against the person accorded such protection, any costs incurred by such State or unit of local government in connection with the provision of such protection; and (2) if any business that is near that property is significantly adversely affected by the provision of such protection, that business may bring an action for appropriate relief against the person accorded such protection. 3. Report Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the U.S. Secret Service shall submit a report to the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate detailing the costs of protecting those granted protection under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, since January 20, 2017, for visits to real property lasting longer than 24 hours in which they or a spouse have an ownership interest. 4. Sovereign immunity The sovereign immunity of the United States is hereby waived to the extent required to enable recovery in an action under section 2.