# 116-hr-5131: Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act

116-hr-5131, Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-5131
- Congress: 116
- Title: Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2019-11-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act This bill requires anyone who receives Secret Service protection and travels in furtherance of the business interests or to the financial benefit of the President to reimburse the Treasury for costs incurred by the government pertaining to that travel, including for the provision of Secret Service protection.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2019-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-5131 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5131)

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- [116-hr-8598: Emergency Social Security COLA for 2021 Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8598)
- [116-hr-8595: To nullify the effect of Executive Order 13950 relating to combating race and s…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8595)
- [116-hr-8433: Preventing Future Pandemics Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8433)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5131 (as of 2025-11-18).