To prohibit the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or the Vice President, and certain businesses from contracting with or receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7582 To prohibit the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or the Vice President, and certain businesses from contracting with or receiving Federal funds, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 13, 2020 Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To prohibit the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or the Vice President, and certain businesses from contracting with or receiving Federal funds, 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. PROHIBITIONS ON MAKING CERTAIN CON- 3 TRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR 4 RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDS. 5 (a) CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:47 Aug 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7582.IH H7582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7582 IH (1) PROHIBITION.—The following may not 1 enter into or benefit from a contract or agreement 2 with the Federal Government, or any part thereof: 3 (A) The President. 4 (B) The Vice President. 5 (C) An immediate family member of the 6 President. 7 (D) An immediate family member of the 8 Vice President. 9 (E) A covered significant business interest. 10 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 11 to the following: 12 (A) A contract or agreement with the Fed- 13 eral Government entered into or negotiated be- 14 fore or after the period in which the President 15 or the Vice President, as applicable, serves in 16 office. 17 (B) A contract for employment with the 18 Federal Government or a contract for service in 19 the Armed Forces, or any benefits provided 20 under such employment or service. 21 (b) RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 22 (1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para- 23 graph (2), the Federal Government may not obligate 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:47 Aug 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7582.IH H7582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7582 IH or expend Federal funds with the President, the Vice 1 President, or a covered significant business interest. 2 (2) EXCEPTIONS.— 3 (A) ENTITLEMENTS.—The Federal Gov- 4 ernment may obligate or expend Federal funds 5 the President or the Vice President is entitled 6 to by law for discharging an official duty, in- 7 cluding annual salary. 8 (B) OBLIGATIONS.—Paragraph (1) does 9 not apply to Federal funds obligated or ex- 10 pended before or after the period in which the 11 President or the Vice President, as applicable, 12 serves in office. 13 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 14 may be construed to limit any payment to the President, 15 the Vice President, an immediate family member of the 16 President or Vice President, or covered significant busi- 17 ness interest of any Federal benefit for which the Presi- 18 dent, the Vice President, an immediate family member of 19 the President or Vice President, or covered significant 20 business interest would otherwise be eligible. 21 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 (1) CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL 23 GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘contract or agreement 24 with the Federal Government’’ means a procurement 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:47 Aug 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7582.IH H7582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 7582 IH contract or grant, a land use contract, or a lease 1 created, funded, or controlled by the Federal Gov- 2 ernment, respectively. 3 (2) COVERED SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS INTER- 4 EST.—The term ‘‘covered significant business inter- 5 est’’ means any corporation, company, association, 6 firm, partnership, proprietorship, or any other busi- 7 ness entity of which the President, the Vice Presi- 8 dent, an immediate family member of the President, 9 or an immediate family member of the Vice Presi- 10 dent is— 11 (A) a trustee; 12 (B) a partner; 13 (C) an officer; 14 (D) a director; or 15 (E) a shareholder who holds more than 10 16 percent of any class of equity securities. 17 (3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER.—The term 18 ‘‘immediate family member’’ means a spouse, par- 19 ent, sibling, child, or dependent relative. 20 (e) APPLICATION.— 21 (1) CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT WITH FEDERAL 22 GOVERNMENT.—The prohibition under subsection 23 (a)(1) applies to contracts or agreements with the 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:47 Aug 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7582.IH H7582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 7582 IH Federal Government entered into, revised, or re- 1 newed after the date of the enactment of this Act. 2 (2) FEDERAL FUNDS.—The prohibition under 3 subsection (a)(2) applies to Federal funds obligated 4 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:47 Aug 03, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7582.IH H7582 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS