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Former Presidents: Pensions, Facilities, and Services (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date May 18, 1984
Report Number IB80090
Authors Stephanie Smith, Government Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Former Presidents Act (72 Stat. 838) of 1958 provides financial andpractical means to those who have served as President of the United Statesand still retain certain implicit public duties. In 1958, the cost of formerPresidents to the public was an estimated $64,000. In FY84, approximately$27 million will be spent on benefits to former Presidents and their widows.Operation and maintenance of Presidential Libraries was approximately $14.9million in FY83. Increasing concern has been expressed by Congress and thepublic as to the amounts and the types of expenditures that have been made.