Protecting Defense Dollars Act

Bill: 116-hr-1462
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2019-02-28
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Defense spending

Family relationships

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Travel and tourism
Latest action: action_date: 2019-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-02-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Defense Dollars Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to periodically report to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives DOD's costs in support of presidential travel. Each such report shall include costs incurred for travel to a property owned or operated by the individual serving as President or an immediate family member of such individual.<br> </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1462 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2019 Mr. O'Halleran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports on the cost of presidential travel, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Defense Dollars Act . 2. Reports on cost of presidential travel (a) Report required Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report detailing the direct and indirect costs to the Department of Defense in support of presidential travel. Each such report shall include costs incurred for travel to a property owned or operated by the individual serving as President or an immediate family member of such individual. (b) Immediate family member defined In this section, the term immediate family member means the spouse of such individual, the adult or minor child of such individual, or the spouse of an adult child of such individual.