Sponsors (5)
This bill increases transparency and seeks to prevent presidential self-dealing (and recoup certain protective costs) at the cost of denying some federal tort remedies, creating new administrative and privacy burdens, and exposing provisions (notably a 100% tax) to likely legal challenges.
People who pay federal taxes and federal protective agencies: private-benefit travel protected by the Secret Service tied to presidential business must be reimbursed to the Treasury, improving accountability for use of protective resources and potentially recouping government costs.
The public and oversight bodies: new reporting and disclosure requirements for presidential libraries, officials' contacts, and immediate family business activity increase transparency and make it easier to detect and assess conflicts of interest and private influence while a president is in office.
The President, Vice President, and federal defendants: barring certain FTCA suits while an individual holds or later obtains the presidency or vice presidency reduces litigation risk and lowers potential defense and settlement costs for the federal government.
People harmed by federal conduct: the bill bars FTCA claims by anyone who is or becomes President or Vice President and applies retroactively to pending claims, denying injured parties a federal tort remedy and potentially extinguishing long-standing claims.
Presidential associates, the Treasury, and Secret Service: requiring reimbursement for private-benefit protective travel creates administrative burdens to calculate, bill, and collect costs, risks litigation over what counts as reimbursable 'government costs,' and may produce unexpected, substantial bills for individuals tied to presidential business.
Donors, nonprofits running presidential libraries, officials, and immediate family members: new reporting, publication, and fine provisions create ongoing compliance and privacy burdens, may deter private fundraising or advocacy for libraries, and increase time and costs for officials and families.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Requires reimbursement for Secret Service costs tied to presidential business travel, bans presidents from running businesses while in office with reporting and a 100% tax, restricts library fundraising, and narrows FTCA claims by Presidents/VPs.
Official title: To require reimbursement for costs associated with Presidential travel, and for other purposes.
Introduced December 17, 2025 by Bonnie Watson Coleman · Last progress December 17, 2025
Requires reimbursement to the Treasury when Secret Service protection is used for travel that furthers a President’s private business interests, bans solicitation and requires reporting related to presidential libraries/museums while a President is in office, bars Presidents from running businesses while serving (with reporting by certain family members and a 100% tax on any such business income), and amends the Federal Tort Claims Act to exclude claims brought by or by someone who becomes President or Vice President while a claim is pending. It also creates daily penalties for failure to file required presidential-library reports.