Protecting Defense Dollars Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1462 To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports on the cost of presidential travel, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Mr. O’HALLERAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense to submit periodic reports on the cost of presidential travel, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Defense 4 Dollars Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REPORTS ON COST OF PRESIDENTIAL TRAVEL. 6 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 90 days 7 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 8 days thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 9 with the Secretary of the Air Force, shall submit to the 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:47 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1462.IH H1462 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1462 IH Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 1 Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report 2 detailing the direct and indirect costs to the Department 3 of Defense in support of presidential travel. Each such re- 4 port shall include costs incurred for travel to a property 5 owned or operated by the individual serving as President 6 or an immediate family member of such individual. 7 (b) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.—In this 8 section, the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ means the 9 spouse of such individual, the adult or minor child of such 10 individual, or the spouse of an adult child of such indi- 11 vidual. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:47 Mar 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1462.IH H1462 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS