Presidential Budget Accountability Act

Bill: 118-hr-857
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
Introduced: 2023-02-07
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Presidential Budget Accountability Act</b></p> <p>This bill restricts the use of federal funds for presidential travel if the President's budget is not submitted to Congress by the first Monday in February as required by law. </p> <p>Specifically, if the President's budget is not submitted to Congress on or before the first Monday in February of a year, federal funds may not be used for the cost of travel by the President during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of February of that year and ending on the date the budget is submitted.</p> <p>For the purposes of this bill, <i>federal funds</i> includes funds provided for</p> <ul> <li>the expense allowance of the President,</li> <li> travel expenses of the President,</li> <li>entertainment expenses of the President, and</li> <li>subsistence expenses in connection with the travel of the President. </li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 857 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2023 Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Ms. Mace , and Mr. Cline ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , 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 A BILL To amend title 31, United States Code, to limit the use of Federal funds for travel by the President if the President’s annual budget submission to Congress is late, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Presidential Budget Accountability Act . 2. Limitation on use of Federal funds for presidential travel expenses if President’s budget is late Section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) If the budget under subsection (a) is not submitted to Congress on or before the first Monday in February of a year, no Federal funds may be obligated or expended for the cost of travel by the President during the period beginning on the first Tuesday of February of such year and ending on the date the budget is submitted. For purposes of this subsection, the term Federal funds includes amounts made available for— (1) the expense allowance of the President under section 102 of title 3; (2) travel expenses of the President under section 103 of title 3; (3) entertainment expenses of the President under section 105(d)(3) of title 3; and (4) subsistence expenses in connection with the travel of the President in section 105(d)(4) of title 3. .