S.Amdt. 658

SA 658. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

SEC. ___. PROHIBITION ON USE OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS
FOR EXPENSES INCURRED AT PROPERTY OWNED OR
OPERATED BY THE PRESIDENT OR THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY OF THE PRESIDENT.

No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise made available for fiscal year 2018 for the
Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to pay for
expenses incurred at a property owned or operated by the
individual serving as President or an immediate family member
of the individual serving as President if the payments would
result in a net financial benefit for the individual serving
as President or an immediate family member of the individual
serving as President.
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