,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adfb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,mr4 ,o',halleran introduced the   
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a  
,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of    
,defense to submit periodic reports on  
the cost of presidential travel1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,protecting   
,defense ,dollars ,act4  #b4 ,reports on
 cost of presidential travel  7a7       
,report required ,not later than #ij    
days after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 and every #ij days           
thereafter1 the ,secretary of ,defense1 
in consultation with the ,secretary of  
the ,air ,force1 shall submit to the    
,chairman and ,ranking ,member of the   
,committee on ,armed ,services of the   
,house of ,representatives a report     
detailing the direct and indirect costs 
to the ,department of ,defense in       
support of presidential travel4 ,each   

such report shall include costs incurred
 for travel to a property owned or      
operated by the individual serving as   
,president or an immediate family member
 of such individual4  7b7 ,immediate    
family member defined ,in this section1 
the term immediate family member means  
the spouse of such individual1 the adult
 or minor child of such individual1 or  
the spouse of an adult child of such    
individual4