PARADE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2919 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2919

           To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 14, 2025

  Mr. Veasey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
   Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on
   Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

           To prohibit the use of funds for certain parades.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Allocation of Resources
for Absurd Defense Expenditures Act'' or the ``PARADE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PARADES.

    (a) In General.--None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available for the Department of Defense or for the White House or the
Executive Office of the President may be used for a covered parade.
    (b) Covered Parade.--In this section, the term ``covered parade''
means a parade that--
            (1) is sponsored by the Department of Defense or by the
        White House or the Executive Office of the President; and
            (2) is specifically commemorating or paying tribute to the
        current President.
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