--- description: Congress is looking to budget more than $120 million to cover the cost of security for the Trump family through a spending agreement title: Congress Budgets $120 Million to Pay Security Costs for Trump's Family image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Congress Budgets $120 Million to Pay Security Costs for President Trump's Family by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 1, 2017 9:04 PM CUT by [Lisa Marie Segarra](/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 1, 2017 9:04 PM CUT [Congress](http://time.com/money/4759408/congress-just-introduced-a-bill-that-would-drastically-roll-back-consumer-financial-protections/ "undefined") is looking to budget more than $120 million to cover the cost of security for President Donald Trump and his family through a bipartisan spending agreement. The agreement appears likely to pass this week, according to the [New York _Times._](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/secret-service-trump-protection.html?smid=tw-share "undefined") Approximately half of the money would be allocated to the Secret Service and most of the those funds will go toward protection of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4747185/donald-trump-call-space-station-astronauts/ "undefined") while traveling, along with security for Trump Tower in New York City. Another $60 million will be used to [reimburse places](http://time.com/4761742/donald-trump-security-costs-government-reimbursement/ "undefined") like New York City and Palm Beach County in Florida, which have been using local law enforcement to protect Trump’s residences, according to the _Times_. This funding allocation comes after both areas have claimed the travel from Trump administration has driven up costs. The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department estimated it spends [$60,000 daily on overtime pay](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/politics/political-pulse/os-trump-mar-a-lago-tax-20170410-story.html "undefined") to protect the president when he travels to Mar-a-Lago, which has been referred to as the the [“Winter White House.”](http://time.com/4755004/common-cause-state-department-mar-a-lago/ "undefined") [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-new-york-idUSKBN17X1Y5?il=0 "undefined") reported that New York City spends more than $100,000 each day to protect Trump’s family, and up to $300,000 when the president is in town. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4762234/congress-donald-trump-security-costs-trump-tower/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4762234/congress-donald-trump-security-costs-trump-tower/"},"headline":"Congress Budgets $120 Million to Pay Security Costs for President Trump's Family","datePublished":"2017-05-01T21:04:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:41:27.777Z","description":"About half the funding will go toward reimbursing municipalities for security costs","url":"https://time.com/4762234/congress-donald-trump-security-costs-trump-tower/","keywords":["Congress","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4762234/congress-donald-trump-security-costs-trump-tower/","name":"Congress Budgets $120 Million to Pay Security Costs for President Trump's Family"}}]}] ```