# 119-s-4486: 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.

119-s-4486, 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., is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY); status in_committee (as of 2026-05-23).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4486
- Congress: 119
- Title: 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.
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-11
- Sponsor: Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] (R-KY)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Congress
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-05-23

## 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. - 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.

## Provisions PRIA read

- New review for White House projects: benefit, low. 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 c…

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## Sources
- [119-s-4486 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4486)

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- [119-s-3362: Health Marketplace and Savings Accounts for All Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3362)
- [119-s-3248: Health Savings Accounts For All Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3248)
- [119-s-2886: America’s CHILDREN Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2886)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4486 (as of 2026-05-23).