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HR 2414 115th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Protection of officials Transportation costs

SWAMP Act of 2017

Introduced: May 11, 2017 Introduced by: Lieu, Ted Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jun 7, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
May 11, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
May 11, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Waste And Misuse by the President Act of 2017 or the SWAMP Act of 2017

This bill requires the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, or an immediate family member of such an official, whom the U.S. Secret Service is authorized to protect and who, while traveling, stays in a hotel or other establishment providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person has an ownership or financial interest, to reimburse to the Treasury: (1) any amount expended by the Secret Service for such protection, and (2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the government pertaining to that stay.

What's happening now June 7, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 18
D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Aug 25, 2017
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Aug 25, 2017
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 19, 2017
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 14, 2017
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 8, 2017
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 8, 2017
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · May 25, 2017
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · May 25, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 25, 2017
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · May 25, 2017
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 25, 2017
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · May 23, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 23, 2017
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · May 23, 2017
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 23, 2017
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · May 23, 2017
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 11, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2414: SWAMP Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2414/
MLA
"H.R. 2414: SWAMP Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2414/.
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H.R. 2414, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2414/.
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