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119-s-4486119th Congress

A bill to amend title 3, United States Code, to prescribe a process to authorize certain activities at the Executive Residence at the White House, and for other purposes.

Sponsored By: Senator Paul, Rand [R-KY]

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Summary

This bill would create a new formal process requiring Congressional oversight for Executive Residence projects over $1 million. It ties authorization to committee review and requires semiannual reporting.

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  • White House and the President would have to send detailed descriptions of any Executive Residence activity or improvement with aggregate cost over $1 million to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
  • The committee chairs can require all information needed for review, including classified material, and the President may proceed only after each chair publishes a statement in the Congressional Record that they received and reviewed the submission.
  • The President or a designee must submit semiannual progress reports by June 1 and December 1 on all authorized activities, including required details and expected work before the next report.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

New review for White House projects

This bill would require the President to send a description to two congressional committee chairs for any Executive Residence project that would cost more than $1,000,000. The description would include changes to previously authorized work and all information the Chairs need to review it, even if classified. Each Chair would have to publish in the Congressional Record that they received and reviewed the submission before the President could carry out the work. The President would also send progress reports by June 1 and December 1 each year with expected progress before the next report.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Paul, Rand [R-KY]

KY • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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