115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades.
February 8, 2018
Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Plaskett, Ms. Lee, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Polis, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Sires, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Pallone, Mr. Raskin, and Mr. Gene Green of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Preventing Allocation of Resources for Absurd Defense Expenditures Act” or the “PARADE Act”.
SEC. 2. Prohibition on use of funds for certain parades.
(a) In general.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense or for the White House or the Executive Office of the President may be used for a covered parade.
(b) Covered parade.—In this section, the term “covered parade” means a parade that—
(1) is sponsored by the Department of Defense or by the White House or the Executive Office of the President; and
(2) is not a parade that has been held to commemorate a holiday or special event during the ten-year period preceding the date of the enactment of this Act.