,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ehj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1      
#bjai,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,ms4     
,hassan1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 and ,ms4 ,sinema7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  ,to  
amend the ,act of ,august #be1 #aieh1   
commonly known as the ,former           
,presidents ,act of #aieh1 with respect 
to the monetary allowance payable to a  
former ,president1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,presidential       
,allowance ,modernization ,act of #bjai4
  #b4 ,amendments  7a7 ,former          
,presidents ,the first section of the   
,act entitled ,an ,act to provide       
retirement1 clerical assistants1 and    
free mailing privileges to former       
,presidents of the ,united ,states1 and 
for other purposes1 approved ,august    
#be1 #aieh 7commonly known as the       

,former ,presidents ,act of #aieh7 7#c  
,u4,s4,c4 #ajb note71 is amended by     
striking the matter preceding subsection
 7e7 and inserting the following3  7a7  
,annuities and allowances  7#a7 ,annuity
 ,each former ,president shall be       
entitled for the remainder of his or her
 life to receive from the ,united       
,states an annuity at the rate of       
#bjj1jjj per year1 subject to           
subsections 7b77#b7 and 7c71 to be paid 
by the ,secretary of the ,treasury4     
7#b7 ,allowance ,the ,administrator of  
,general ,services is authorized to     
provide each former ,president a        
monetary allowance at the rate of       
#bjj1jjj per year1 subject to the       
availability of appropriations and      
subsections 7b77#b71 7c71 and 7d74  7b7 
,duration2 frequency  7#a7 ,in general  
,the annuity and allowance under        
subsection 7a7 shall each-- 7,a7        
commence on the day after the date on   
which an individual becomes a former    
,president2  7,b7 terminate on the date 

on which the former ,president dies2 and
  7,c7 be payable on a monthly basis4   
7#b7 ,appointive or elective positions  
,the annuity and allowance under        
subsection 7a7 shall not be payable for 
any period during which a former        
,president holds an appointive or       
elective position in or under the       
,federal ,government to which is        
attached a rate of pay other than a     
nominal rate4  7c7 ,cost-of-,living     
increases ,effective ,december #a of    
each year1 each annuity and allowance   
under subsection 7a7 that commenced     
before that date shall be increased by  
the same percentage by which benefit    
amounts under title ,,ii of the ,social 
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dja et   
seq47 are increased1 effective as of    
that date1 as a result of a             
determination under section #bae7;i7 of 
that ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dae7;i774  7d7
 ,limitation on monetary allowance  7#a7
 ,in general ,notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section1 the monetary 

allowance payable under subsection      
7a77#b7 to a former ,president for any  
#ab-month period--  7,a7 except as      
provided in subparagraph 7,b71 may not  
exceed the amount by which-- 7i7 the    
monetary allowance that 7but for this   
subsection7 would otherwise be so       
payable for such #ab-month period1      
exceeds 7if at all7  7ii7 the applicable
 reduction amount for such #ab-month    
period2 and  7,b7 shall not be less than
 the amount determined under paragraph  
7#d74  7#b7 ,definition  7,a7 ,in       
general ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71
 the term applicable reduction amount   
means1 with respect to any former       
,president and in connection with any   
#ab-month period1 the amount by which-- 
7i7 the sum of-- 7,i7 the adjusted gross
 income 7as defined in section #fb of   
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf7  
of the former ,president for the most   
recent taxable year for which a tax     
return is available2 and  7,,ii7 any    
interest excluded from the gross income 

of the former ,president under section  
#ajc of such ,code for such taxable     
year1 exceeds 7if at all7  7ii7         
#djj1jjj1 subject to subparagraph 7,c74 
7,b7 ,joint returns ,in the case of a   
joint return1 subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,ii7
 of subparagraph 7,a77i7 shall be       
applied by taking into account both the 
amounts properly allocable to the former
 ,president and the amounts properly    
allocable to the spouse of the former   
,president4  7,c7 ,cost-of-living       
increases ,the dollar amount specified  
in subparagraph 7,a77ii7 shall be       
adjusted at the same time that1 and by  
the same percentage by which1 the       
monetary allowance of the former        
,president is increased under subsection
 7c7 7disregarding this subsection74    
7#c7 ,disclosure requirement  7,a7      
,definitions ,in this paragraph-- 7i7   
the terms return and return information 
have the meanings given those terms in  
section #fajc7;b7 of the ,internal      
,revenue ,code of #aihf2 and  7ii7 the  

term ,secretary means the ,secretary of 
the ,treasury or the ,secretary of the  
,treasury's delegate4  7,b7 ,requirement
 ,a former ,president may not receive a 
monetary allowance under subsection     
7a77#b7 unless the former ,president    
discloses to the ,secretary1 upon the   
request of the ,secretary1 any return or
 return information of the former       
,president or spouse of the former      
,president that the ,secretary          
determines is necessary for purposes of 
calculating the applicable reduction    
amount under paragraph 7#b7 of this     
subsection4  7,c7 ,confidentiality      
,except as provided in section #fajc of 
the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf   
and notwithstanding any other provision 
of law1 the ,secretary may not1 with    
respect to a return or return           
information disclosed to the ,secretary 
under subparagraph 7,b7--  7i7 disclose 
the return or return information to any 
entity or person2 or  7ii7 use the      
return or return information for any    

purpose other than to calculate the     
applicable reduction amount under       
paragraph 7#b74  7#d7 ,increased costs  
due to security needs ,with respect to  
the monetary allowance that would be    
payable to a former ,president under    
subsection 7a77#b7 for any #ab-month    
period but for the limitation under     
paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection1 the  
,administrator of ,general ,services1 in
 coordination with the ,director of the 
,united ,states ,secret ,service1 shall 
determine the amount of the allowance   
that is needed to pay the increased cost
 of doing business that is attributable 
to the security needs of the former     
,president4  4  7b7 ,surviving spouses  
of former ,presidents  7#a7 ,increase in
 amount of monetary allowance           
,subsection 7e7 of the first section of 
the ,former ,presidents ,act of #aieh is
 amended-- 7,a7 in the first sentence1  
by striking #bj1jjj per annum1 and      
inserting #ajj1jjj per year 7subject to 
paragraph 7#d7712 and  7,b7 in the      

second sentence-- 7i7 in paragraph 7#b71
 by striking and at the end2  7ii7 in   
paragraph 7#c7-- 7,i7 by striking or the
 government of the ,district of         
,columbia2 and  7,,ii7 by striking the  
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7  
by inserting after paragraph 7#c7 the   
following3  7#d7 shall1 after its       
commencement date1 be increased at the  
same time that1 and by the same         
percentage by which1 annuities of former
 ,presidents are increased under        
subsection 7c74  4  7#b7 ,coverage of   
widower of a former ,president          
,subsection 7e7 of the first section of 
the ,former ,presidents ,act of #aieh1  
as amended by paragraph 7#a71 is        
amended--  7,a7 by striking widow each  
place it appears and inserting widow or 
widower2 and  7,b7 by striking she and  
inserting she or he4  7c7 ,subsection   
headings ,the first section of the      
,former ,presidents ,act of #aieh is    
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7e71 by    
inserting after the subsection          

enumerator the following3 ,widows and   
widowers4--2  7#b7 in subsection 7f71 by
 inserting after the subsection         
enumerator the following3               
,definition4--2 and  7#c7 in subsection 
7g71 by inserting after the subsection  
enumerator the following3 ,authorization
 of appropriations4--4  #c4 ,rule of    
construction ,nothing in this ,act or an
 amendment made by this ,act shall be   
construed to affect-- 7#a7 any provision
 of law relating to the security or     
protection of a former ,president or a  
member of the family of a former        
,president2 or  7#b7 funding1 under the 
,former ,presidents ,act of #aieh or any
 other law1 to carry out any provision  
of law described in paragraph 7#a74  #d4
 ,applicability ,this ,act and the      
amendments made by this ,act shall not  
apply to-- 7#a7 any individual who is a 
former ,president on the date of        
enactment of this ,act2 or  7#b7 the    
widow or widower of an individual       
described in paragraph 7#a74