,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bfec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #ba1  
#bjai,mr4 ,merkley 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,markey1 and ,ms4 ,hirono7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was read twice
 and referred to the ,committee on      
,foreign ,relations  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
prohibit funding for heads of state     
meetings and multilateral summits at any
 ,trump ,organization-owned property4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,scrutinizing ,white ,house     
,activities that ,make ,profits ,act of 
#bjai or the ,,swamp ,act4  #b4         
,findings ,congress makes the following 
findings3  7#a7 ,the ,united ,states    
,government directing business to a     
property owned by the ,president of the 
,united ,states constitutes a profound  
financial conflict of interest4  7#b7   
,the delegates to the ,constitutional   
,convention included the emoluments     
clause to the ,united ,states           
,constitution 7,article ,i1 ,section #i1

 ,clause #h7 to guard against the       
corrupting influence of ,united ,states 
officeholders profiting from gifts from 
foreign governments4  7#c7 ,many experts
 agree that a plain reading of the      
emoluments clause prohibits the         
,president from directing business from 
a foreign state to a property owned by  
him4  #c4 ,prohibition on funding for   
heads of state meetings and multilateral
 summits  7a7 ,in general ,no funds     
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for fiscal year #bjbj or any other     
fiscal year may be obligated or expended
 to host any head of state meeting or   
multilateral summit at a covered        
property4  7b7 ,covered property defined
 ,for the purposes of the prohibition in
 subsection 7a71 the term covered       
property means-- 7#a7 ,trump            
,international ,hotel1 ,washington ,,dc2
  7#b7 ,trump ,tower1 ,new ,york2  7#c7 
,trump ,national ,doral ,golf ,resort2  
7#d7 ,mar-a-,lago ,club2 and  7#e7 any  
other property in which the ,president  

or his immediate family holds a majority
 ownership4