[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4744 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4744
To prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain
agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 18, 2019
Ms. Frankel (for herself, Mr. Cohen, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, 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 prohibit the obligation or expenditure of Federal funds for certain
agreements relating to the 46th G7 Summit, 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 ``Trump's Heist Undermines the G7
Act'' or the ``THUG Act''.
SEC. 2. TRANSMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS.
(a) Transmission Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the
Comptroller General of the United States and to the committees listed
in subsection (b) copies of each document, record, memo,
correspondence, or other communication that relates to the decision to
host the 46th G7 Summit at the Trump National Doral Miami.
(b) Committees Listed.--The committees listed in this subsection
are the following:
(1) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Oversight and Reform, the Committee on Homeland Security, the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) The Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR HOSTING THE G7 SUMMIT AT
THE TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL MIAMI.
(a) Prohibition.--No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to
enter into any new contract, grant, or cooperative agreement for any
purpose relating to the 46th G7 Summit with the Trump National Doral
Miami, Miami, Florida.
(b) Waiver.--The prohibition under subsection (a) may be waived if
the Director of the Secret Service certifies to the committees listed
in section 2(b) that an obligation or expenditure is necessary to carry
out the duties of the Director under section 3056 of title 18, United
States Code, or any other duty under law (including Presidential
memorandum) to provide protection to a person.
(c) G7 Defined.--In this Act, the term ``G7'' means the
organization of leading economies commonly known as the ``G7'' that
includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and
the United States as members, with the European Union as an observer.
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