[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2298 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2298

   To amend the Former Presidents Act of 1958 to provide that former 
 Presidents may not receive Government funded office space, staff, or 
             free use of the mail, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 2, 2017

Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to 
   the Committee on Appropriations, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Former Presidents Act of 1958 to provide that former 
 Presidents may not receive Government funded office space, staff, or 
             free use of the mail, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Former Presidents Amendment Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON OFFICE SPACE, OFFICE STAFF, AND FREE USE OF THE 
              MAIL FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS.

    (a) Office Space and Staff.--
            (1) In general.--The Act entitled ``An Act to provide 
        retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing privileges to 
        former Presidents of the United States, and for other 
        purposes'', approved August 25, 1958 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and
                    (B) in subsection (g), by striking ``and travel''.
            (2) Rescission.--Any unobligated amounts available for 
        office space or staff of former Presidents, including amounts 
        made available under ``General Services Administration--
        Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents'', are 
        rescinded.
    (b) Mail.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3214 of title 39, United States 
        Code, is repealed.
            (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
        32 of such title is amended by striking the item relating to 
        section 3214.
    (c) Application.--This section shall take effect on October 1, 
2018.
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