President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2025 budget request includes funding to prepare for the possibility that he loses reelection to former President Donald Trump.
The General Services Administration’s proposal includes $11.2 million for presidential transition activities, with $7.2 million of that set aside for the potential new president to get operations up and running.
“These funds may be used at the discretion of the President-Elect, Vice President-Elect, or their designees to provide suitable office space for transition activities; provide compensation to transition office staff; acquire communications services; provide allowances for travel and subsistence; and for printing and postage costs associated with the transition,” the GSA outlined in a congressional justification.
