,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #ea  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,june   
#bh1 #bjai,ms4 ,lofgren submitted the   
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,oversight and ,reform  ,,concurrent    
,,resolution  ,calling on ,president    
,donald ,j4 ,trump to comply with the   
,emoluments ,clause of the ,united      
,states ,constitution4  ,whereas article
 #a1 section #i1 clause #h of the       
,united ,states ,constitution states3 no
 person holding any office of profit or 
trust ''' shall1 without the consent of 
the ,congress1 accept of any present1   
emolument1 office1 or title of any kind 
whatever1 for any king1 prince1 or      
foreign state2 ,whereas in ,federalist  
,no4 #bb 7,alexander ,hamilton7 it is   
said1 ,one of the weak sides of         
republics1 among their numerous         
advantages1 is that they afford too easy
 an inlet to foreign corruption2        
,whereas the delegates to the           

,constitutional ,convention specifically
 designed the ,emoluments ,clause as an 
antidote to potentially corrupting      
foreign practices of a kind that the    
,framers had observed during the period 
of the ,confederation2 ,whereas the word
 emoluments means profit1 salary1 fees1 
or compensation which would include     
direct payment as well as other benefits
 including extension of credit1         
forgiveness of debt1 or the granting of 
rights of pecuniary value2 ,whereas in  
#bjji1 the ,office of ,legal ,counsel   
clarified that corporations owned or    
controlled by foreign governments       
presumptively qualify as foreign ,states
 under the ,foreign ,emoluments ,clause2
 ,whereas against the advice of ethics  
attorneys and the ,office of ,government
 ,ethics1 the ,president has refused to 
divest his ownership stake in his       
businesses2 ,whereas the then-,director 
of the nonpartisan ,office of           
,government ,ethics said that the       
,president's transfer of his business   

holdings to a trust managed by family   
members is meaningless and does not meet
 the standards that ''' every president 
in the past four decades has met2       
,whereas ,congress has previously given 
its consent for sitting presidents to   
accept foreign emoluments1 after being  
given the opportunity to review the     
gift2 ,whereas ,congress can only give  
its consent for emoluments received by a
 president if the president provides    
information on the emoluments he has    
received from foreign sources1 including
 the amount1 the source1 and the        
circumstances under which the emolument 
was received2 ,whereas ,president ,trump
 has failed to provide ,congress the    
opportunity to review any information   
related to emoluments he has received   
and continues to receive1 denying       
,congress the opportunity to fulfill its
 duty to review and consent to the      
emoluments2 ,whereas the ,president is a
 part owner of an office building on the
 ,avenue of the ,americas in ,new ,york 

,city1 reportedly carrying a #iej       
million loan1 partially held by the     
,industrial and ,commercial ,bank of    
,china2 ,whereas the ,governments of    
,afghanistan1 ,india1 ,iraq1 ,kuwait1   
,qatar1 ,malaysia1 ,saudi ,arabia1      
,slovakia1 and ,thailand all leased     
space in ,trump ,world ,tower in        
,manhattan during the first eight months
 of the presidency2 ,whereas since the  
start of his presidency1 the ,government
 of ,china has approved #dj new         
trademarks to ,president ,trump and his 
companies2 ,whereas in ,january and     
,february #bjag1 the ,saudi ,government 
paid #bgj1jjj for a lobbying firm's     
hotel room and other expenses at ,trump 
,international ,hotel ,washington1 ,,dc2
 ,whereas on ,february #be1 #bjag1 the  
,embassy of ,kuwait held its ,national  
,day ,celebration at ,trump             
,international ,hotel in ,washington1   
,,dc1 reportedly spending an estimated  
amount between #dj1jjj and #fj1jjj on   
the celebration2 ,whereas the ,prime    

,ministers of ,malaysia and ,romania    
have stayed at the ,trump ,international
 ,hotel during official visits to       
,washington1 ,,dc2 ,whereas in          
,september1 ,turkish ,airlines1 which is
 partly owned by the ,turkish           
,government1 held its ,world ,golf ,cup 
at the ,trump ,national ,golf           
,club--,,dc in ,potomac ,falls1         
,virginia2 ,whereas government-run      
television networks in the ,united      
,kingdom and ,vietnam pay royalties for 
broadcasting spinoffs of the ,celebrity 
,apprentice1 a show for which the       
,president retains his ,executive       
,producer title2 and ,whereas the       
,president continues to engage in       
business transactions with foreign      
governments by maintaining a business   
interest in over #ejj entities          
including1 both commercial and          
residential real estate properties1     
management and media companies1 and     
shell corporations set up to capitalize 
on licensing deals3 ,now1 therefore1 be 

it  ,that ,congress-- 7#a7 calls on     
,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump to take   
measures1 consistent with the advice of 
the ,office of ,legal ,ethics and       
precedent set by previous ,presidents1  
to ensure compliance with the           
,emoluments ,clause of the ,united      
,states ,constitution2  7#b7 declares   
,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump's receipt 
of foreign emoluments without the       
opportunity for ,congressional review   
and consent a violation of the          
,emoluments ,clause of the ,united      
,states ,constitution2 and  7#c7 directs
 ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump to       
disclose to ,congress all information   
related to foreign emoluments received1 
including but not limited to personal   
and business tax documents1 to enable   
,congress to fulfill its ,constitutional
 duty to ensure that ,federal           
officeholders are free of corruption4