[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 658. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

         At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS 
                   FOR EXPENSES INCURRED AT PROPERTY OWNED OR 
                   OPERATED BY THE PRESIDENT OR THE IMMEDIATE 
                   FAMILY OF THE PRESIDENT.

         No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
     otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for the 
     Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to pay for 
     expenses incurred at a property owned or operated by the 
     individual serving as President or an immediate family member 
     of the individual serving as President if the payments would 
     result in a net financial benefit for the individual serving 
     as President or an immediate family member of the individual 
     serving as President.
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