[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1462 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1462

 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports on the 
          cost of presidential travel, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2019

Mr. O'Halleran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports on the 
          cost of presidential travel, 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 ``Protecting Defense Dollars Act''.

SEC. 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.
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