[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3203 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3203

To provide the people of the United States with an opportunity to make 
  gifts to the United States Government to be used for the purpose of 
               providing public tours of the White House.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2013

 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide the people of the United States with an opportunity to make 
  gifts to the United States Government to be used for the purpose of 
               providing public tours of the White House.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Restore the Tour Act''.

SEC. 2. GIFTS TO FUND PUBLIC TOURS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.

    Chapter 2 of title 3, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by inserting after section 110 the following:
``Sec. 110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House
    ``(a) In General.--To provide the people of the United States with 
an opportunity to make gifts to the United States Government to be used 
for the purpose of providing public tours of the White House--
            ``(1) the Secretary of the Treasury may accept for the 
        Government a gift of--
                    ``(A) money made only on the condition that it be 
                used to provide public tours of the White House;
                    ``(B) other intangible personal property made only 
                on the condition that the property is sold and the 
                proceeds from the sale used to provide public tours of 
                the White House; and
            ``(2) the Administrator of General Services may accept for 
        the Government a gift of tangible property made only on the 
        condition that it be sold and the proceeds from the sale be 
        used to provide public tours of the White House.
    ``(b) Authority To Reject Certain Gifts.--The Secretary and the 
Administrator each may reject a gift under this section when the 
rejection is in the interest of the Government.
    ``(c) Conversion of Non-Money Gifts to Money.--The Secretary and 
the Administrator shall convert a gift either of them accepts under 
subsection (a)(1)(B) or (2) of this section to money on the best terms 
available. If a gift accepted under subsection (a) of this section is 
subject to a gift or inheritance tax, the Secretary or the 
Administrator may pay the tax out of the proceeds of the gift or the 
proceeds of the redemption or sale of the gift.
    ``(d) Special Account.--The Treasury has an account into which 
money received as gifts and proceeds from the sale or redemption of 
gifts under this section shall be deposited.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--The Secretary shall make all funds in the 
account described under subsection (d) available to the Executive 
Office of the President, without further appropriation, and such funds 
shall be used to provide public tours of the White House.''; and
            (2) in the table of analysis for such chapter, by inserting 
        after the item relating to section 110 the following:

``110A. Gifts to fund public tours of the White House.''.
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