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Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act
To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the President or Vice President to reimburse the Treasury for Secret Service protection costs and other government expenses incurred during travel for personal business interests. The bill prohibits the President from creating, operating, serving on the board of, or being involved in day-to-day operations of any business while in office, and subjects any income earned in violation of this prohibition to a 100 percent tax. If immediate family members of the President engage in prohibited business activities, they must submit quarterly reports to Congress and certify that their activities do not benefit the sitting President. The bill also prohibits the President from soliciting donations for presidential libraries while in office and modifies the Federal Tort Claims Act to exclude claims brought by the President or Vice President.
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Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Bonnie Watson Coleman’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BEIGENE $13,400
- PRINCETON UNIVERSITY $11,150
- WINNING STRATEGIES WASHINGTON $8,600
- NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF HEALTH $7,600
- GHO VENTURES, LLC $7,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bonnie Watson Coleman → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Dec 17, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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. · house
- Dec 17, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2025
Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Mrs. McIver, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, 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
A BILL
To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and for other purposes.
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 “Stop Padding Presidential Pockets Act”.
SEC. 2. REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the case of a person whom the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, if that person travels domestically or internationally in furtherance of the business interests of an entity owned by or controlled by the President of the United States, or from which the President of the United States receives any financial benefit, that person shall reimburse to the Treasury—
(1) amount expended by the United States Secret Service for the provision of such protection; and
(2) any amount expended for other costs incurred by the Government pertaining to that travel.
SEC. 3. EXCEPTIONS TO FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.
(a) In General.—Section 2680 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(o) Any claim, without regard to when the act or omission giving rise to the claim occurred, brought by—
“(1) the President;
“(2) the Vice President; or
“(3) an individual who subsequently becomes President or Vice President while the claim is pending.”.
(b) Applicability.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any claim pending on, or brought on or after, the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON SOLICITATION OF DONATIONS.
(a) In General.—A person whom the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, may not solicit any donation for a presidential library or museum while that president is in office. Each such person shall submit an annual report to the Archivist of the United States on each interaction with another party that pertains to a presidential library and museum.
(b) Private Entities.—Each private entity that administers or lobbies for a presidential library or museum shall submit an annual report to the Archivist of the United States on the financial activities of that private entity that pertain to the presidential library or museum.
(c) Penalty.—Whoever fails to submit a report required to be submitted under this section shall be fined $1,000 each day that the report is not submitted.
SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON PRESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES.
The President may not create a business, operate a business, serve on a board of directors of any business, or be part of any day-to-day operations of a business while in office. If an immediate family member of the President engages in any conduct prohibited on the part of the President in this section, that immediate family member shall submit quarterly reports to Congress and publish a certification that their conduct is not enriching or benefitting the sitting President of the United States. If the President creates, operates, or serves on a board of directors of any business, any income the President earns from such creation, operation, or service shall be subject to a tax of 100 percent. <all>
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