To prohibit the use of Federal funds to pay the President a settlement for costs associated with being investigated by the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Prohibits the use of the Claims and Judgment Fund and other federal funds to pay the President, the President's relatives, or associated entities for costs tied to criminal or civil matters.
Who Benefits and How
Taxpayers and the federal Treasury could be protected from using public money for those personal or affiliated legal costs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The President, relatives, and associated entities would lose access to potential federal reimbursement, and agencies would need to enforce the restriction.
Key Provisions
- Blocks Claims and Judgment Fund payments for covered presidential legal costs.
- Bars any other federal funds from being used for the same purpose.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits the use of the Claims and Judgment Fund and other federal funds to pay the President, the President's relatives, or associated entities for costs tied to criminal or civil matters.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Prohibits the use of the Claims and Judgment Fund and other federal funds to pay the President, the President's relatives, or associated entities for costs tied to criminal or civil matters.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Federal taxpayers and the Treasury
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- The President, relatives, and associated entities seeking reimbursement of covered legal costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Crockett introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Federal taxpayers and the Treasury, The President, relatives, and associated entities seeking federal reimbursement of covered legal costs
Positive-direction: Federal taxpayers and the Treasury
Negative-direction: The President, relatives, and associated entities seeking federal reimbursement of covered legal costs
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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