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Clarifying any potential misunderstanding as to whether actions taken by President-elect Donald Trump constitute a violation of the Emoluments Clause, and calling on President-elect Trump to divest his interest in, and sever his relationship to, the Trump Organization. Calls upon President-elect Donald J. Trump to: (1) follow the precedent established by prior Presidents and convert his assets to conflict-free holdings, adopt blind trusts, or take other equivalent measures to ensure compliance with the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution; and (2) not use the powers or opportunities of his position as President-elect or President of the United States for any purpose related to the Trump Organization. Declares that in the absence of such actions or specific authorization by Congress, Congress regards dealings that Donald Trump, as President, may have through his companies with foreign governments or entities owned or controlled by foreign governments to be potential violations of such clause.

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Peter Welch (D)*,  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  Brendan Boyle (D),  André Carson (D),  David Cicilline (D),  Katherine Clark (D),  Steve Cohen (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  Jim Cooper (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Peter DeFazio (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Theodore Deutch (D),  Michael Doyle (D),  Gene Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Jared Huffman (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Bill Keating (D),  Ron Kind (D),  Ann Kuster (D),  James Langevin (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  David Loebsack (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),  Stephen Lynch (D),  Doris Matsui (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Chellie Pingree (D),  Stacey Plaskett (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Tim Ryan (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Adam Schiff (D),  José Serrano (D),  Louise Slaughter (D),  Jackie Speier (D),  Bennie Thompson (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (on 01/04/2017)

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