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HR 4093 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Presidential Allowance Modernization Act

Introduced: February 28, 2012 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Feb 28, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Presidential Allowance Modernization Act - Revises provisions relating to presidential pensions to allow former Presidents an annuity of $200,000 and an additional monetary allowance of $200,000 per year. Reduces such pension by the amount that a President's adjusted gross income in a taxable year exceeds $400,000. 

Increases from $20,000 to $100,000 the annual annuity of a surviving spouse of a former President.

What's happening now February 28, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 1
DUNCAN, JOHN
· May 9, 2012
Conaway, K.
· May 8, 2012
Jenkins, Lynn
· May 8, 2012
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Schweikert, David
Arizona · May 8, 2012
Altmire, Jason
· Feb 28, 2012
Gowdy, Trey
· Feb 28, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4093: Presidential Allowance Modernization Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4093/
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"H.R. 4093: Presidential Allowance Modernization Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4093/.
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H.R. 4093, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4093/.
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