HR 4775
116th 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 2019
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 15, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Oct 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Oct 21, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Stop Waste And Misuse by the President Act of 2019 or the SWAMP Act of 2019
This bill requires the President, Vice President, President-elect, Vice President-elect, or an immediate family member of such an official, 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 specified expenses. Specifically, Treasury must be reimbursed (1) any amount expended by the Secret Service for protection, and (2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the government pertaining to that stay.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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