3.0.0 534 2026-01-17T01:29:24Z 2026-01-17T01:29:24Z Senate S S 2025-02-12 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/534 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-02-12T17:32:38Z 2025-02-12 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2025-02-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N Government Operations and Politics Family relationships 2025-07-03T14:00:50Z Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management 2025-07-03T14:00:40Z Inflation and prices 2025-07-03T14:00:44Z Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents 2025-07-03T14:00:31Z Wages and earnings 2025-07-03T14:00:35Z Government Operations and Politics 2025-05-12T14:31:45Z

00 2025-02-12 Introduced in Senate 2026-01-17T01:28:56Z <p><strong>Presidential Allowance Modernization Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill changes the compensation provided to future former Presidents and increases the compensation for the widow or widower of a future former President.</p><p>Currently, former Presidents receive an allowance equivalent to the annual rate of basic pay of the head of an executive department ($250,600 in 2025), as well as government-provided&nbsp;office space and office staff.</p><p>Under the bill, individuals who become former Presidents after enactment&nbsp;shall annually receive from the United States an annuity of $200,000 and a monetary allowance of $200,000.&nbsp;The allowance shall be reduced by the amount the former President's adjusted gross&nbsp;income and interest on certain tax-exempt bonds exceeds $400,000&nbsp;(although the reduction may be decreased to account for certain security-related expenditures). Both the annuity and allowance shall receive annual cost-of-living increases. The annuity and allowance shall not be payable for any period during which the former President holds a federal government position with a rate of pay other than a nominal rate.&nbsp;</p><p>Other changes made by the&nbsp;bill include (1) removing a statutory provision specifying that former Presidents receive government-provided office space and office staff,&nbsp;and (2) increasing from $20,000 to $100,000 the annual allowance for surviving spouses of individuals who become former Presidents after enactment and providing annual cost-of-living increases for such allowance.</p>

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