[House Report 114-209]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st Session } { 114-209
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PRESIDENTIAL ALLOWANCE MODERNIZATION ACT
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July 16, 2015.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Chaffetz, from the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 1777]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 1777) to amend the Act of August
25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of
1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a
former President, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend
that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Committee Statement and Views.................................... 3
Section-by-Section............................................... 4
Explanation of Amendments........................................ 5
Committee Consideration.......................................... 5
Roll Call Votes.................................................. 5
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch..................... 5
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the
Committee...................................................... 6
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives............ 6
Duplication of Federal Programs.................................. 6
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings.............................. 6
Federal Advisory Committee Act................................... 6
Unfunded Mandate Statement....................................... 6
Earmark Identification........................................... 6
Committee Estimate............................................... 6
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate... 7
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported............ 8
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the
following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Allowance Modernization
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS.
(a) Relating to a Former President.--The first section of 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 by striking the matter before subsection (e) and inserting the
following:
``(a) Each former President shall be entitled for the remainder of
his or her life to receive from the United States--
``(1) an annuity at the rate of $200,000 per year, subject to
subsection (c); and
``(2) a monetary allowance at the rate of $200,000 per year,
subject to subsections (c) and (d).
``(b)(1) The annuity and allowance under subsection (a) shall each--
``(A) commence on the day after the individual becomes a
former President;
``(B) terminate on the last day of the month before the
former President dies; and
``(C) be payable by the Secretary of the Treasury on a
monthly basis.
``(2) The annuity and allowance under subsection (a) shall not be
payable for any period during which the former President holds an
appointive or elective position in or under the Federal Government to
which is attached a rate of pay other than a nominal rate.
``(c) Effective December 1 of each year, each annuity and allowance
under subsection (a) having a commencement date that precedes such
December 1 shall be increased by the same percentage as the percentage
by which benefit amounts under title II of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 401 and following) are increased, effective as of such December
1, as a result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)).
``(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the
monetary allowance payable under subsection (a)(2) to a former
President for any 12-month period may not exceed the amount by which--
``(A) the monetary allowance which (but for this subsection)
would otherwise be so payable for such 12-month period, exceeds
(if at all)
``(B) the applicable reduction amount for such 12-month
period.
``(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the `applicable reduction
amount' is, with respect to any former President and in connection with
any 12-month period, the amount by which--
``(i) the sum of (I) the adjusted gross income (as defined by
section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of the former
President for the last taxable year ending before the start of
such 12-month period, plus (II) any interest excluded from the
gross income of the former President under section 103 of such
Code for such taxable year, exceeds (if at all)
``(ii) $400,000, subject to subparagraph (C).
``(B) In the case of a joint return, subclauses (I) and (II) of
subparagraph (A)(i) shall be applied by taking into account both the
amounts properly allocable to the former President and the amounts
properly allocable to the spouse of the former President.
``(C) The dollar amount specified in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be
adjusted at the same time that, and by the same percentage as the
percentage by which, the monetary allowance of the former President is
increased under subsection (c) (disregarding this subsection).''.
(b) Relating to the Surviving Spouse of a Former President.--
(1) Increase in amount of monetary allowance.--Subsection (e)
of the section amended by subsection (a) is amended--
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ``$20,000 per
annum,'' and inserting ``$100,000 per year (subject to
paragraph (4)),''; and
(B) in the second sentence--
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'' at
the end;
(ii) in paragraph (3)--
(I) by striking ``or the government
of the District of Columbia''; and
(II) by striking the period and
inserting ``; and''; and
(iii) by adding after paragraph (3) the
following:
``(4) shall, after its commencement date, be increased at the
same time that, and by the same percentage as the percentage by
which, annuities of former Presidents are increased under
subsection (c).''.
(2) Coverage of widower of a former president.--Such
subsection (e), as amended by paragraph (1), is further
amended--
(A) by striking ``widow'' each place it appears and
inserting ``widow or widower''; and
(B) by striking ``she'' and inserting ``she or he''.
SEC. 3. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.
Nothing in this Act shall be considered to affect--
(1) any provision of law relating to the security or
protection of a former President or a member of the family of a
former President; or
(2) funding, under the law amended by this section or under
any other law, to carry out any provision of law described in
paragraph (1).
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION RULES.
(a) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Transition Rules.--
(1) Former presidents.--In the case of any individual who is
a former President on the date of enactment of this Act, the
amendment made by section 2(a) shall be applied as if the
commencement date referred in subsection (b)(1)(A) of the
section amended by this Act coincided with such date of
enactment.
(2) Widows.--In the case of any individual who is the widow
of a former President on the date of enactment of this Act, the
amendments made by section 2(b)(1) shall be applied as if the
commencement date referred to in subsection (e)(1) of the
section amended by this Act coincided with such date of
enactment.
Committee Statement and Views
PURPOSE AND SUMMARY
H.R. 1777, the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act,
would reform the pension and allowances provided to former
Presidents, reducing unnecessary costs to the taxpayer.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The Former Presidents Act (FPA)\1\ provides each former
President a pension equal to the annual salary for cabinet
secretaries\2\ and funding for staff, office space, travel, and
franked mail to assist their post-presidential life. Surviving
spouses are eligible for an annual pension of $20,000. Before
enactment of the FPA in 1958, former Presidents did not receive
a pension or other federal assistance. In addition to benefits
provided under the FPA, former Presidents are also provided
Secret Service protection\3\ and transition assistance 6 months
after inauguration day\4\.
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\1\3 U.S.C. Sec. 102 note.
\2\$203,700 in calendar year 2015.
\3\18 U.S.C. Sec. 3056.
\4\3 U.S.C. Sec. 102 note; PTA.
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In fiscal year 2015, Congress appropriated $3.252 million
for expenditures for former Presidents.\5\ Of this amount, the
General Services Administration (GSA) made $1.182 million in
rent payments for office space.\6\ The Administration requested
$3.277 million for these expenditures for fiscal year 2016.\7\
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\5\P.L. 113-235.
\6\CRS Report RL34631, Former Presidents: Pensions, Office
Allowances, and Other Federal Benefits, by Wendy Ginsberg, Daniel J.
Richardson.
\7\U.S. Office of Management and Budget, The Budget for Fiscal Year
2016: Appendix, pg. 1159.
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Recent former presidents have the opportunity to earn
millions from speaking fees after leaving office. Former
President Bill Clinton earned more than $100 million for
speeches between 2001 and 2013,\8\ and former President George
W. Bush has earned at least $15 million for more than 140 paid
speeches since he left office in 2009.\9\ Shortly after Ronald
Reagan left office in 1989, he collected a $2 million fee from
a Japanese audience.\10\
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\8\Rosalind S. Halderman, For Clintons, speech income shows how
their wealth is intertwined with charity, Wash. Post (Apr. 22, 2015).
\9\Joseph Morton, Ernst: Cap expense accounts for former presidents
at $200,000 per year, Omaha World-Herald (May 22, 2015).
\10\John Solomon and Matthew Mosk, For Clinton, New Wealth in
Speeches, Wash. Post (Feb. 23, 2007).
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Former presidents also earn millions from lucrative book
deals after leaving office. President Clinton received a $15
million advance for his 2004 memoir, and President George W.
Bush received $7 million for his memoir.\11\
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\11\Motoko Rich, Bush Book on Decisions is Set for 2010, N.Y. Times
(Mar. 18, 2009).
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Updating the pension and allowances provided to former
Presidents who earn significant incomes is needed given the
country's fiscal position.
H.R. 1777 amends the FPA, authorizing a $200,000 annual
pension for each former President and a $100,000 annual
survivor benefit for a surviving spouse of a former President.
The pension and the survivor benefit increase with the Social
Security cost of living adjustment. H.R. 1777 also provides an
annual allowance amount of $200,000 for all other
administrative costs, including travel, staff and office
expenses. The annual allowance amount is reduced by $1 for each
dollar a former President earns in outside income in excess of
$400,000. The annual allowance is adjusted by the annual Social
Security cost of living adjustment. The bill would not affect
funding for the protection of former Presidents or their
families.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
H.R. 1777, the Presidential Allowance Modernization Act,
was introduced on April 14, 2015 by Congressman Jason Chaffetz
(R-UT) and referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform. On May 19, 2015, the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform ordered H.R. 1777 favorably reported,
with an amendment. Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) is an
original cosponsor and Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI) is a
cosponsor.
Similar legislation, S. 1411, was introduced by Sen. Joni
Ernst (R-IA) on May 21, 2015, and referred to the Senate
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. S.
1411 was ordered reported by the Committee on June 24, 2015.
The legislation was introduced in the House on two prior
occasions and referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform: H.R. 248 (113th Congress), and H.R. 4093
(112th Congress). No further action was taken on either bill.
Section-by-Section
Section 1. Short title
Designates the short title of the bill as the
``Presidential Allowance Modernization Act.''
Section 2. Amendments
The bill sets the annual pension for each former president
at $200,000, plus the annual Social Security cost of living
adjustment. In setting the $200,000 annual pension, the bill
removes the current pay link to that of cabinet secretaries.
Former presidents are ineligible to collect the pension when
serving in an elected position in the federal government.
The bill provides a $200,000 annual allowance for all other
costs (except for security) associated with being a former
president. The annual allowance is reduced $1 for every dollar
a former president earns in outside income in excess of
$400,000. The annual allowance replaces amounts currently
provided for travel, staff, and office expenses; it is adjusted
by the annual Social Security cost of living adjustment.
The bill establishes a $100,000 survivor benefit for a
surviving spouse of a former president, plus the annual Social
Security cost of living adjustment. Currently, surviving
spouses receive a $20,000 annual pension.
Section 3. Rule of construction
The bill does not affect funding relating to the security
or protection of a former president or a family member of a
former president.
Section 4. Effective date; transition rules
The bill takes effect on the date of enactment.
Explanation of Amendments
Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) offered an amendment in the
nature of a substitute to the bill. The amendment removes the
references to the government of the District of Columbia, and
is consistent with the changes to the structure of the District
government made by the Home Rule Act of 1973. The amendment was
adopted by voice vote. The bill, as amended, was then adopted
and favorably reported to the House by voice vote.
Committee Consideration
On May 19, 2015 the Committee met in open session and
ordered reported favorably the bill, H.R. 1777, as amended, by
voice vote, a quorum being present.
Roll Call Votes
There were no recorded votes during Full Committee
consideration of H.R. 1777.
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch
Section 102(b)(3) of Public Law 104-1 requires a
description of the application of this bill to the legislative
branch where the bill relates to the terms and conditions of
employment or access to public services and accommodations.
This bill amends the Act of August 25, 1958, commonly known as
the ``Former Presidents Act of 1958'', with respect to the
monetary allowance payable to a former President. As such this
bill does not relate to employment or access to public services
and accommodations.
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee
In compliance with clause 3(c)(1) of rule XIII and clause
(2)(b)(1) of rule X of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, the Committee's oversight findings and
recommendations are reflected in the descriptive portions of
this report.
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives
In accordance with clause 3(c)(4) of rule XIII of the Rules
of the House of Representatives, the Committee's performance
goal or objective of this bill is to amend the Act of August
25, 1958, commonly known as the ``Former Presidents Act of
1958'', with respect to the monetary allowance payable to a
former President.
Duplication of Federal Programs
No provision of this bill establishes or reauthorizes a
program of the Federal Government known to be duplicative of
another Federal program, a program that was included in any
report from the Government Accountability Office to Congress
pursuant to section 21 of Public Law 111-139, or a program
related to a program identified in the most recent Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance.
Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings
The Committee estimates that enacting this bill does not
direct the completion of any specific rule makings within the
meaning of 5 U.S.C. 551.
Federal Advisory Committee Act
The Committee finds that the legislation does not establish
or authorize the establishment of an advisory committee within
the definition of 5 U.S.C. App., Section 5(b).
Unfunded Mandate Statement
Section 423 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act (as amended by Section 101(a)(2) of the Unfunded
Mandate Reform Act, P.L. 104-4) requires a statement as to
whether the provisions of the reported include unfunded
mandates. In compliance with this requirement the Committee has
received a letter from the Congressional Budget Office included
herein.
Earmark Identification
This bill does not include any congressional earmarks,
limited tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as defined in
clause 9 of rule XXI.
Committee Estimate
Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of
Representatives requires an estimate and a comparison by the
Committee of the costs that would be incurred in carrying out
this bill. However, clause 3(d)(2)(B) of that rule provides
that this requirement does not apply when the Committee has
included in its report a timely submitted cost estimate of the
bill prepared by the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office under section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974.
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate
With respect to the requirements of clause 3(c)(2) of rule
XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and section
308(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and with respect
to requirements of clause (3)(c)(3) of rule XIII of the Rules
of the House of Representatives and section 402 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Committee has received
the following cost estimate for this bill from the Director of
Congressional Budget Office:
H.R. 1777--Presidential Allowance Modernization Act
Summary: H.R. 1777 would decrease the pensions of former
Presidents, increase the pensions of surviving spouses of
former Presidents, and limit the allowances provided to each
former President for staff, office space, and other related
expenses. CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would
reduce outlays by $10 million over the 2016-2020 period,
assuming that appropriations are reduced by those amounts.
Enacting H.R. 1777 would not affect direct spending or
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.
The legislation contains no intergovernmental mandates as
defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would
not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal governments.
H.R. 1777 would impose a private-sector mandate, as defined
in UMRA, by decreasing the pensions of former Presidents. The
cost of complying with the mandate would be the total decrease
in pension income earned by former Presidents (who left office
before enactment of this bill) and would fall well below the
annual threshold established in UMRA for private-sector
mandates ($154 million in 2015, adjusted annually for
inflation).
Estimated cost to the Federal Government: The estimated
budgetary effect of H.R. 1777 is shown in the following table.
The savings fall in budget function 800 (general government).
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By fiscal year, in millions of dollars--
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2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2016-2020
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CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION
Estimated Authorization Level........................... -2 -2 -3 -3 -3 -12
Estimated Outlays....................................... -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -10
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Basis of estimate: For this estimate, CBO assumes that H.R.
1777 will be enacted near the beginning of fiscal year 2016.
After enactment, the annual pensions provided to former
Presidents would initially drop by about $4,000 to $200,000,
while a surviving spouse's pension would increase from $20,000
to $100,000 annually. Both of those pension amounts would be
indexed to inflation. Assuming that the former Presidents
currently collecting a pension continue to do so and because no
surviving spouse currently receives a pension (Nancy Reagan has
chosen to waive hers), the bill's provisions affecting such
benefits would result in savings totaling less than $150,000
over the next five years, CBO estimates.
In 2015, nearly $2.4 million was appropriated for
allowances to former Presidents--an average of $600,000 per
President. Such allowances are used to cover costs for offices,
staff, supplies, and other services intended to help former
Presidents perform duties related to their unofficial public
status. H.R. 1777 would reduce that amount to a maximum of
$200,000 per President, indexed to inflation. That allowance
would decrease by $1 for every dollar over $400,000 a former
President earned in the previous year, also indexed to
inflation. Based on publicly available information about the
income of former Presidents in recent years, CBO expects that
at least two former Presidents would earn enough that they
would not be eligible for an allowance beginning 2016. As a
result, assuming appropriations are reduced by the necessary
amounts each year, the bill would save about $1.6 million in
2016. After President Obama retires, savings would grow to $2.2
million in 2018; total savings over the 2016-2020 period would
be about $10 million.
Pay-as-You-Go considerations: None.
Estimated impact on state, local, and tribal governments:
H.R. 1777 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in
UMRA and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or
tribal governments.
Estimated impact on the private sector: H.R. 1777 would
impose a private-sector mandate, as defined in UMRA, by
decreasing the pensions of former Presidents. Under current
law, former Presidents receive an annual pension equal to the
rate of basic pay for Cabinet Secretaries which is $203,700 for
calendar year 2015. The bill would reduce an earned benefit of
former Presidents by decreasing their federal pension to
$200,000 per year, indexed to inflation. The cost of complying
with the mandate would be the total decrease in pension income
earned by the former Presidents (who left office before
enactment of this bill) and would fall well below the annual
threshold for private-sector mandates as established in UMRA
for private-sector mandates.
Estimate prepared by: Federal Costs: Dan Ready; Impact on
State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Jon Sperl; Impact on the
Private Sector: Paige Piper/Bach.
Estimate approved by: Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for
Budget Analysis.
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported
In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by
the bill, as reported, are shown as follows (existing law
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new
matter is printed in italic, and existing law in which no
change is proposed is shown in roman):
ACT OF AUGUST 25, 1958
(Public Law 85-745)
AN ACT To provide retirement, clerical assistants, and free mailing
privileges to former Presidents of the United States, and for other
purposes.
[(a) Each former President shall be entitled for the
remainder of his life to receive from the United States a
monetary allowance at a rate per annum, payable monthly by the
Secretary of the Treasury, which is equal to the annual rate of
basic pay, as in effect from time to time, of the head of an
executive department, as defined in section 101 of title 5,
United States Code. However, such allowance shall not be paid
for any period during which such former President holds an
appointive or elective office or position in or under the
Federal Government or the government of the District of
Columbia to which is attached a rate of pay other than a
nominal rate.
[(b) The Administrator of General Services shall, without
regard to the civil-service and classification laws, provide
for each former President an office staff. Persons employed
under this subsection shall be selected by the former President
and shall be responsible only to him for the performance of
their duties. Each former President shall fix basic rates of
compensation for persons employed for him under this paragraph
which in the aggregate shall not exceed $96,000 per annum,
except that for the first 30-month period during which a former
President is entitled to staff assistance under this
subsection, such rates of compensation in the aggregate shall
not exceed $150,000 per annum. The annual rate of compensation
payable to any such person shall not exceed the highest annual
rate of basic pay now or hereafter provided by law for
positions at level II of the Executive Schedule under section
5313 of title 5, United States Code. Amounts provided for
``Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents'' may be
used to pay fees of an independent contractor who is not a
member of the staff of the office of a former President for the
review of Presidential records of a former President in
connection with the transfer of such records to the National
Archives and Records Administration or a Presidential Library
without regard to the limitation on staff compensation set
forth herein.
[(c) The Administrator of General Services shall furnish for
each former President suitable office space appropriately
furnished and equipped, as determined by the Administrator, at
such place within the United States as the former President
shall specify.]
(a) Each former President shall be entitled for the remainder
of his or her life to receive from the United States--
(1) an annuity at the rate of $200,000 per year,
subject to subsection (c); and
(2) a monetary allowance at the rate of $200,000 per
year, subject to subsections (c) and (d).
(b)(1) The annuity and allowance under subsection (a) shall
each--
(A) commence on the day after the individual becomes
a former President;
(B) terminate on the last day of the month before the
former President dies; and
(C) be payable by the Secretary of the Treasury on a
monthly basis.
(2) The annuity and allowance under subsection (a) shall not
be payable for any period during which the former President
holds an appointive or elective position in or under the
Federal Government to which is attached a rate of pay other
than a nominal rate.
(c) Effective December 1 of each year, each annuity and
allowance under subsection (a) having a commencement date that
precedes such December 1 shall be increased by the same
percentage as the percentage by which benefit amounts under
title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 and
following) are increased, effective as of such December 1, as a
result of a determination under section 215(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)).
(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
the monetary allowance payable under subsection (a)(2) to a
former President for any 12-month period may not exceed the
amount by which--
(A) the monetary allowance which (but for this
subsection) would otherwise be so payable for such 12-
month period, exceeds (if at all)
(B) the applicable reduction amount for such 12-month
period.
(2)(A) For purposes of paragraph (1), the ``applicable
reduction amount'' is, with respect to any former President and
in connection with any 12-month period, the amount by which--
(i) the sum of (I) the adjusted gross income (as
defined by section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) of the former President for the last taxable year
ending before the start of such 12-month period, plus
(II) any interest excluded from the gross income of the
former President under section 103 of such Code for
such taxable year, exceeds (if at all)
(ii) $400,000, subject to subparagraph (C).
(B) In the case of a joint return, subclauses (I) and (II) of
subparagraph (A)(i) shall be applied by taking into account
both the amounts properly allocable to the former President and
the amounts properly allocable to the spouse of the former
President.
(C) The dollar amount specified in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall
be adjusted at the same time that, and by the same percentage
as the percentage by which, the monetary allowance of the
former President is increased under subsection (c)
(disregarding this subsection).
(e) The [widow] widow or widower of each former President
shall be entitled to receive from the United States a monetary
allowance at a rate of [$20,000 per annum,] $100,000 per year
(subject to paragraph (4)), payable monthly by the Secretary of
the Treasury, if such [widow] widow or widower shall waive the
right to each other annuity or pension to which [she] she or he
is entitled under any other Act of Congress. The monetary
allowance of such [widow] widow or widower--
(1) commences on the day after the former President
dies;
(2) terminates on the last day of the month before
such [widow] widow or widower--
(A) dies; or
(B) remarries before becoming 60 years of
age; [and]
(3) is not payable for any period during which such
[widow] widow or widower holds an appointive or
elective office or position in or under the Federal
Government [or the government of the District of
Columbia] to which is attached a rate of pay other than
a nominal rate[.]; and
(4) shall, after its commencement date, be increased
at the same time that, and by the same percentage as
the percentage by which, annuities of former Presidents
are increased under subsection (c).
(f) As used in this section, the term ``former President''
means a person--
(1) who shall have held the office of President of
the United States of America;
(2) whose service in such office shall have
terminated other than by removal pursuant to section 4
of article II of the Constitution of the United States
of America; and
(3) who does not then currently hold such office.
(g) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Administrator of General Services up to $1,000,000 for each
former President and up to $500,000 for the spouse of each
former President each fiscal year for security and travel
related expenses: Provided, That under the provisions set forth
in section 3056, paragraph (a), subparagraph (3) of title 18,
United States Code, the former President and/or spouse was not
receiving protection for a lifetime provided by the United
States Secret Service under section 3056 paragraph (a)
subparagraph (3) of title 18, United States Code; the
protection provided by the United States Secret Service expired
at its designated time; or the protection provided by the
United States Secret Service was declined prior to authorized
expiration in lieu of these funds.
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