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SWAMP Act
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S. 2653 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2653


To prohibit funding for heads of state meetings and multilateral summits at any Trump Organization-owned property.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 21, 2019

Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Hirono) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To prohibit funding for heads of state meetings and multilateral summits at any Trump Organization-owned property.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Scrutinizing White House Activities that Make Profits Act of 2019” or the “SWAMP Act”.

SEC. 2. Findings.

Congress makes the following findings:

(1) The United States Government directing business to a property owned by the President of the United States constitutes a profound financial conflict of interest.

(2) The delegates to the Constitutional Convention included the emoluments clause to the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 9, Clause 8) to guard against the corrupting influence of United States officeholders profiting from gifts from foreign governments.

(3) Many experts agree that a plain reading of the emoluments clause prohibits the President from directing business from a foreign state to a property owned by him.

SEC. 3. Prohibition on funding for heads of state meetings and multilateral summits.

(a) In general.—No funds appropriated or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2020 or any other fiscal year may be obligated or expended to host any head of state meeting or multilateral summit at a covered property.

(b) Covered property defined.—For the purposes of the prohibition in subsection (a), the term “covered property” means—

(1) Trump International Hotel, Washington DC;

(2) Trump Tower, New York;

(3) Trump National Doral Golf Resort;

(4) Mar-a-Lago Club; and

(5) any other property in which the President or his immediate family holds a majority ownership.