,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dgge  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #ba1        
#bjai,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,oversight and ,reform1 and in addition 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for
 a period to be subsequently determined 
by the ,speaker1 in each case for       
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
limit the amount of expenditure on      
,presidential travel1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this       
subtitle may be cited as the ,stop      
,waste ,and ,misuse by the ,president   
,act of #bjai or the ,,swamp ,act of    
#bjai4  #ajb4 ,findings ,the ,congress  
finds as follows3  7#a7 ,presidential   
travel to commercial entities owned in  
whole or in part by the ,president or   
,first ,family results in the ,american 
taxpayer effectively subsidizing the    

,president's businesses4  7#b7          
,president ,trump spent more during his 
first four months in office than        
,president ,obama did1 on average1 in   
roughly two years4  7#c7 ,it is         
unacceptable for the ,president to      
maintain an interest in traveling to    
properties in which he has a direct     
financial interest1 as the ,u4,s4       
,government is responsible for renting  
space for personnel in said private     
commercial entities4  7#d7 ,every time  
the ,president travels to ,mar-a-,lago1 
he necessarily promotes his private     
business interests via free press at the
 ,government's expense4  7#e7 ,the      
,state ,department's promotion of       
,mar-a-,lago on its official website    
raises serious ethics concerns4  7#f7   
,as of ,october #ag1 #bjai1 ,president  
,trump has cost the ,u4,s4 taxpayer     
unprecedented amounts of money1         
including the following estimated costs3
  7,a7 ,for trips to ,mar-a-,lago3 7i7  
,total cost for security in ,palm       

,beach3 #c1gjj1jjj 7each trip74  7ii7   
,roundtrip flights from ,joint ,base    
,andrews1 ,maryland1 to ,west ,palm1    
,florida3 #gjj1jjj4  7iii7 ,overtime for
 local law enforcement during ,trump's  
trips3 #fj1jjj_/;day4  7,b7 ,for ,trump 
,tower3 7i7 ,request for additional     
,secret ,service funding to secure      
,trump ,towers3 #fj1jjj1jjj4  7ii7 ,new 
,york ,police ,department security      
costs3 #abg1jjj-adf1jjj_/;day4  7iv7    
,air ,force ,one flights to ,new ,york  
,city3 #ahj1jjj_/;hour4  7#g7 ,as of    
,october #ag1 #bjai1 the ,president has 
spent the following number of days at   
various properties he owns3  7,a7 #ii   
days at ,mar-a-,lago4  7,b7 #ij days at 
,trump ,national ,bedminster4  7,c7 #gf 
days at ,trump ,national ,potomac4  7,d7
 #ei days at ,trump ,international ,west
 ,palm4  7,e7 #bb days at ,trump        
,international ,hotel4  7,f7 #bj days at
 ,trump ,tower4  #ajc4 ,reimbursal for  
costs of protection ,in the case of a   
person whom the ,united ,states ,secret 

,service is authorized to protect under 
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 of section       
#cjef7;a7 of title #ah1 ,united ,states 
,code1 if that person1 while traveling  
for official business or for personal   
purposes1 stays in a hotel or other     
establishment providing daily-rate      
accommodation in which that person has  
an ownership or financial interest1 that
 person shall reimburse to the          
,treasury--  7#a7 any amount expended by
 the ,united ,states ,secret ,service   
for the provision of such protection2   
and  7#b7 any amount expended for other 
costs incurred by the ,government       
pertaining to that stay4