TRUMPED Act of 2017
Latest action · May 23, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 23, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayers Require Urgent Mandatory Protection from Egregious Debt Act of 2017 or the TRUMPED Act of 2017
This bill allows state and local governments to recover their costs for providing protection to government officials and other individuals allowed Secret Service protection who travel to those jurisdictions for a period of more than 24 hours to visit real property in which such officials or individuals, or their spouses, have any ownership interest. The bill also grants a recovery right to any business that is significantly adversely affected by the provision of such protection.
The Secret Service shall report to the homeland security committees of Congress detailing the costs of protecting officials and individuals granted such protection since January 20, 2017.
The bill waives the sovereign immunity of the United States ito the extent required to enable the recovery of costs allowed by this bill.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 25, 2017 to Jun 21, 2017.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Darren Soto | May 25, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 21, 2017 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2017Introduced in House
- May 23, 2017Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- May 23, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- May 23, 2017Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E701)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Federal officials
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government liability
- Government Operations and Politics
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Protection of officials
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2017Introduced in House
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