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I 116th CONGRESS1st Session H. R. 706 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 22, 2019 Mr. Ted Lieu of California (for himself, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Sánchez, and Mr. Cicilline) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, and House Administration, 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 A BILL To strengthen transparency and accountability within the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
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Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the Restoring the Public Trust Act. (b)
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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Title I—No Personal Enrichment for Federal Employees Subtitle A—Stop Waste And Misuse by the President Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Findings. Sec. 103. Reimbursal for costs of protection. Subtitle B—Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards Sec. 111. Short title. Sec. 112. Prohibition on use of funds for travel on private aircraft. Subtitle C—E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Sec. 121. Short title. Sec. 122. Findings. Sec. 123. Use of public office for private gain. Subtitle D—Curb Objectionable Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional Payments to Trump Sec. 131. Short title. Sec. 132. Findings. Sec. 133. Sense of the Congress. Sec. 134. Reports. Sec. 135. Definitions. Subtitle E—Relatives In Government Getting Employment Dishonorably Sec. 141. Short title. Sec. 142. Employment of relatives; restrictions. Subtitle F—Determining if Regulatory Actions are in the Interest of the Nation or the Swamp Sec. 151. Short title. Sec. 152. Requiring greater transparency for regulatory conflicts of interest. Sec. 153. ACUS study and report on regulatory conflicts of interest. Sec. 154. Judicial review. Sec. 155. Effective date. Title II—Rooting Out Conflicts of Interest Subtitle A—Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Report on security clearances for individuals working in the White House and Executive Office of the President. Subtitle B—Divestiture of Certain Financial Interests of Federal Officers and Employees and Spouses Sec. 211. Divestiture of certain financial interests of Federal officers and employees and spouses. Subtitle C—Presidential Tax Transparency Sec. 221. Short title. Sec. 222. Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency. Subtitle D—White House Open Data Sec. 231. Short title. Sec. 232. White House visitor log and employee information. Subtitle E—Prohibitions on making certain contracts with Federal Government or receiving Federal funds Sec. 241. Prohibitions on making certain contracts with Federal Government or receiving Federal funds. Title III—Increased Oversight and Strengthening Agencies Responsible for Rooting Out Corruption Sec. 301. Congressional notification of change in status of Inspector General. Sec. 302. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General.
<enum>I</enum><header>No Personal Enrichment for Federal Employees</header> <subtitle id="H5C1AFBE74A044BB093780C40A30C3282"><enum>A</enum><header>Stop Waste And Misuse by the President</header> <section id="H633193AEDE8940149218C7BCE65DC244" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop Waste And Misuse by the President Act of 2019</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>SWAMP Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H11BE5D831B07436EBF4C73DDF65110C1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Congress finds as follows:</text> <paragraph id="H950F87C268204AA2ADDFEBC9AA10779F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Presidential travel to commercial entities owned in whole or in part by the President or First Family results in the American taxpayer effectively subsidizing the President’s businesses.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E29CA6F06054D0F907F843A311D1D66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Given current expenditures, President Trump is on track to spend more during his first year of office than all eight years of the Obama administration combined.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H48081D33ACD641A19BC71A539554F02E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>It is unacceptable for the President to maintain an interest in traveling to properties in which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. Government is responsible for renting space for personnel in said private commercial entities.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9DFC28DFEB6F4003B183E784B470BC1E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Every time the President travels to Mar-a-Lago, he necessarily promotes his private business interests via free press at the Government’s expense.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5596A010732949508B5BBA9692F6BBDE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The State Department’s recent promotion of Mar-a-Lago on its official website raises serious ethics concerns.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H67EDA3ECC5C5486A87D462ECB533F87B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>As of April 14, 2017, President Trump has cost the U.S. taxpayer unprecedented amounts of money, including the following estimated costs:</text> <subparagraph id="H2C91C4A1E71F4319B0AE0A9023468CF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For trips to Mar-a-Lago:</text> <clause id="H09D8E3E2F8C44C51BEC2090F99F02C68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Total cost for security in Palm Beach: $3,700,000 (each trip).</text> </clause><clause id="HE9AA318C5B69441E87AEEF2D62C8AA1B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Roundtrip flights from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, to West Palm, Florida: $700,000.</text> </clause><clause id="HDB4626447EB2418B9F52B492E73C54DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Overtime for local law enforcement during Trump’s trips: $60,000/day.</text> </clause><clause id="H55E4BF15A5814F798EADCCB3FBB40AED"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Total golf cart rentals ordered by the Secret Service <quote>for POTUS visit</quote>: $35,185.</text> </clause><clause id="HAFC15734771840BCA618EB70E4DACEF2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Estimated loss of business due to airport closure: $30,000/weekend.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H109B9D56466746CD88531A236852774A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For Trump Tower:</text> <clause id="H603C450EFC9A477AB48DFDE6F5A1F86A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Request for additional Secret Service funding to secure Trump Towers: $60,000,000.</text> </clause><clause id="H81AF71A900514E8489CF5A7C050A1592"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>New York Police Department security costs: $127,000–$146,000/day.</text> </clause><clause id="H1CF05D34A19F4B8CA025589D0A696A7C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text><quote>Elevator services</quote> ordered by the Secret Service: $64,000.</text> </clause><clause id="H32AC6434614F4338B68CC2F8EFF3FF16"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Air Force One flights to New York City: $180,000/hour.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6CBEBC8751FD4601AC24FD5395F70D7B"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proposed 2017 Federal spending bill includes reimbursements for millions of dollars spent by Florida and New York to protect the President and First Family, and facilitate their travel. While localities should be reimbursed, the taxpayer should not be responsible for said reimbursement.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H8E091EF2BC8F48B38A6E565500946A19"><enum>103.</enum><header>Reimbursal for costs of protection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of a person whom the United States Secret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, if that person, while traveling for official business or for personal purposes, stays in a hotel or other establishment providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person has an ownership or financial interest, that person shall reimburse to the Treasury—</text> <paragraph id="HA092EF7217BD4A20AC29DA1C1DB7780C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any amount expended by the United States Secret Service for the provision of such protection; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H55361FC446E94573B51315D0C5C1CF73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any amount expended for other costs incurred by the Government pertaining to that stay.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFFDB4901D33B475281C6BDD8174FD9FD"><enum>B</enum><header>Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards</header> <section id="H4AEF7B11A08D4444A37BDA0F6C76E4C9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules and Standards Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>SWAMP FLYERS Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H10A6719ADA0C46D1A3DFC32750B8CFF3"><enum>112.</enum><header>Prohibition on use of funds for travel on private aircraft</header> <subsection id="H7B0ABE4CA1D04037BF6C3492377C80A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, no Federal funds appropriated or otherwise made available in any fiscal year may be used to pay the travel expenses of any senior political appointee for travel on official business on a non-commercial, private, or chartered flight.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3916D8473044420385ED34273A43223C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply—</text> <paragraph id="H4643AEDA75124D0087B312CF02182175"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if no commercial flight was available for the travel in question, consistent with subsection (c); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6CEB28FFB9741C1A6974B4205D8C546"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to any travel on aircraft owned or leased by the Government.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04474B32C8F14A3AADDC77B5D1F7E1D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certification</header> <paragraph id="H375ED5DC4AD342B4B263C0D23870C66F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any senior political appointee who travels on a non-commercial, private, or chartered flight under the exception provided in subsection (b)(1) shall, not later than 30 days after the date of such travel, submit a written statement to Congress certifying that no commercial flight was available.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE7B9DD4C50B947A294E08249BF75145A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any statement submitted under paragraph (1) shall be considered a statement for purposes of applying section 1001 of title 18, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD96D8DE0CBF04C10A282324CFDB56A8D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of senior political appointee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subtitle, the term <term>senior political appointee</term> means any individual occupying—</text> <paragraph id="H7A03C1C9984B4749B011512FC5C24CBD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a position listed under the Executive Schedule (subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95F0D04AA7F64A35A54231B80DD25FF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a Senior Executive Service position that is not a career appointee as defined under section 3132(a)(4) of such title; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28373DCFE5AA4554881409C79ABAD705"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a position of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB6C108555E824F1E95268FFB04CA539B"><enum>C</enum><header>E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials</header> <section id="H90A4C1E9884D49F2A9D47FF1E3E40F4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H5BCD904DD1994E3DB012AD04AE4CA2F5"><enum>122.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HE56AA43DF4244358B6F0B55E539BB15A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During his time as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt faced more than 12 separate ethics investigations including by the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General, the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives, the Executive Office of the President, the Government Accountability Office, and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H82E5A399527041DE8E6C5EE2998BBB2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On October 2, 2017, the Department of the Interior’s Inspector General confirmed they were investigating Secretary Ryan Zinke’s taxpayer-funded flights, including $12,375 on a chartered flight from Las Vegas to Montana where he spoke to a hockey team that is owned by one of Secretary Zinke’s largest political donors.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0A940CACB9224F459023E58205E7D850"><enum>(3)</enum><text>On March 14, 2018, CNN reported that Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson knew about a dining set worth $31,000 that was ordered for Carson’s office, knowledge of which he had previously denied.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC1DFAF98E4A84E798FEE787D29B04416"><enum>(4)</enum><text>On March 20, 2018, it was publicly reported that Scott Pruitt secured a sub-market lease for a Washington, DC, condominium owned by the wife of a lobbyist who represented clients with matters pending before the Environmental Protection Agency, and told the Washington Examiner that he was <quote>dumbfounded that that’s controversial</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6C2AD6D18C2B4AEE924460D4764E3CBE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>On April 4, 2018, the New York Times reported that Scott Pruitt used a loophole in the Safe Water Drinking Act to give raises to his aides that had been explicitly denied by the White House.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBA11D845450042279238AEC5FA7EF4C4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>On April 16, 2018, the Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt had spent nearly $3,000,000 of taxpayer funds on security and travel since taking office in February 2017.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0217C4E686A14F8498A988BE21B0B5F1"><enum>(7)</enum><text>On April 26, 2018, Politico reported that Scott Pruitt spent over $105,000 of taxpayer funds on first-class flights, citing since-debunked threats to his personal security.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCEDEF94B9F57479CA7547592B0F9A54E"><enum>(8)</enum><text>On June 5, 2018, the Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt used official channels to pressure Chick-fil-A Chief Executive Officer Dan Cathy into securing a restaurant franchise for his wife.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAFCB5DF2EA7B44F5831C0E8967DD458F"><enum>(9)</enum><text>On June 6, 2018, the Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt forced aides to help him secure a used <quote>Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF2CBDFBB28754600B7DD23E2B17BD6BC"><enum>(10)</enum><text>On June 8, 2018, the Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt forced his security detail to help him acquire high-end hand lotion and to pick up his dry cleaning.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8E58ED1F0A2343F08B5A1CC79FC32430"><enum>(11)</enum><text>On July 2, 2018, the Washington Post reported that Scott Pruitt recruited a staff member to help his wife find a job, the salary for which he stipulated should be no less than $200,000.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74504C723BAC452C9E811408A2D4D99F"><enum>(12)</enum><text>On July 5, 2018, Scott Pruitt resigned amid myriad scandals and massive public pressure.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H10E8F4D9CA804D10AA7D7AA1F2D12937"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On July 13, 2018, Forbes reported on Wilbur Ross’ massive conflicts of interest, including having taken meetings with a trade association whose members included a car manufacturer whose investors included Ross himself. The same report noted that Wilbur Ross took meetings with companies whose investors included his wife.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H582AF331008B432E84D7E6828A27D163"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On July 13, 2018, The New York Times reported that Tom Price repeatedly violated Government travel rules, wasting at least $314,000 of taxpayer funds by using chartered jets and military air travel instead of commercially available flights.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H7EEF3B2302F24973BEE6054899C5BC56"><enum>123.</enum><header>Use of public office for private gain</header> <subsection id="H2296356F8E5E4AF09F332E49D3E91553"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/93">Chapter 93</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DFB7E9DC3544A55A7F4238B95F2A20D" style="USC"> <section id="HC53C205D0E074E3D82D9771106E0FD22"><enum>1925.</enum><header>Use of public office for private gain</header> <subsection id="HC41C5D28F68D4889BDA25691EDCFA26B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use for private gain</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, being a covered Federal officer or employee, uses his public office for—</text> <paragraph id="H64CA5F4E44174983B788AFBCEA95162C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>his own private gain;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6BBCF1A5BA464E5CA090EA7E1944A08F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the endorsement of any product, service or enterprise; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF6EF0716352E48989EB5A4276CD13AA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the private gain of a friend, relative, or a person with whom the covered Federal officer or employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, including a nonprofit organization of which the covered Federal officer or employee is an officer or member, and a person with whom the employee has or seeks employment or business relations,</text> </paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection">shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not more than 5 years, or both.</continuation-text></subsection><subsection id="HE59827818B124409A1E963F7D19A2F89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coercion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Whoever, being a covered Federal officer or employee, uses or permits the use of his Government position or title or any authority associated with his public office in a manner that is intended to coerce or induce another person, including a subordinate, to provide any benefit, financial or otherwise, to himself or to a friend, relative, or person with whom the covered Federal officer or employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not more than 5 years, or both.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8F02BFB3B7BB4D019D27B7059E3BA018"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered Federal officer or employee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, the term <term>covered Federal officer or employee</term> means any of the following officers or employees of the Federal Government:</text> <paragraph id="H8FE4839F9F68484FBC03949FD4E67D48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H382F8F5D6CE64D7680F064307A3FD3C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5EF8893DB78249C8AEFFB86B4E59DA8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6875B35620804333A60004B4DF417951"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications (or Director of Communications).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3EAAD4FB23CB468883F04FC7F6FA1017"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Press Secretary.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H14559F33F08A42D2BDC72DDABC6A43AE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Senior Advisor to the President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7431A168CBDE40E2B2FD58EACA807CE6"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H03639A3882E34B2C8647A36DDEBA3FC7"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H884E70C5078C4AF0A0FB50D3097CF34F"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4B3923A10BB448C87EA5DA0210B6FB5"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Director of the National Economic Council.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6AFA8BB4C877424B8CD6B1979CA7E57C"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Director of the Domestic Policy Council.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H63505C51A7AF4D1E82CF9D9504FE7A33"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H529B6AEE8D0E49E0A003F1535AF1E87E"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE36660D507084774913267714F950B6B"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Press Secretary to the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H348931EC47C74D66B55688F55F6262B6"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Senior Advisor to the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCD47057D52CA494C9271803381DC7C05"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor or Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCBF084464F6A40348FA4F7D0C9D7E583"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5B655E3A29494B61BF2966F8C514608D"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistant to the President and White House Counsel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6352E538F9FF4D0F9AE34C5DCD0E21EE"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1CEE7F92FA994056A79A0711AF684579"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Any officer or employee whose appointment is made by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC793337FEDA24C1F988851D05C8E15C9"><enum>(21)</enum><text>The President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H417B84E1EFFF4608B7B9B6228981467D"><enum>(22)</enum><text>The Vice President.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HFA454E70AA8F4720B3AC08AC5123B9A0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/18/93">chapter 93</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item related to section 1924 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D286961314C4FEDBE72863905E275E5" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">1925. Use of public office for private gain. </toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H20C05F3720774E19B5FE8B2C35D24597"><enum>D</enum><header>Curb Objectionable Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional Payments to Trump</header> <section id="H2675783794134C28B6D5C3B824A28EEA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>131.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Curb Objectionable Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional Payments to Trump Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>CORRUPT Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HB8F20E2DDBF34311AEE1A26CD210F566" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>132.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDABB6EE1D80244D8AC3DE9368C289096"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Kleptocracy is a tool used by autocratic leaders, including Vladimir Putin, to exploit state resources; it involves the operation of sophisticated networks for the purpose of self-enrichment.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H75D84AF0D43F4141906446BBD8831A51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Unlike prior presidents, President Trump has refused to sell his business interests or divest himself of assets that present potential conflicts of interest.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFBB66C65221742679019A8A3F597158A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Article I of the Constitution states that <quote>no Person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H31A414B9BE6B47FCAC17EAA7AA95FBF0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Foreign governments and foreign-held companies have already shifted business to the President’s companies in order to curry favor with the Administration.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6478FC16A5844CAC90EFDF56A34B9492"><enum>(5)</enum><text>According to reports, the Trump International Hotel has generated at least $19,700,000 in income for the President between September 2016 and April 2017.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7ACE5984D2AC483D8E647A9F0BF8A705"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The National Security Council and State Department have allegedly used taxpayers’ money to pay for staff to stay at Trump hotels and resorts, thereby benefitting the President.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H9A6B7F45D07B4876B5FCE95974202C73"><enum>133.</enum><header>Sense of the Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H5D785985BB784306BE94A44028CDE4D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>kleptocrats such as Vladimir Putin pose a threat to United States national security by undermining financial and Government institutions;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4EA6BCDE5BDF4DCCB9EB6945D0C3C033"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the United States must take all steps necessary to defend itself against kleptocratic practices; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1E336711A0F54BFAA841B8F5AC235961"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal funds should not be expended in a manner that enriches the President or any of his close relatives or associates.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H60EA93F485A947BA959CD93355A82718"><enum>134.</enum><header>Reports</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HD78B655C9E454DC1A6733A6A7C1D7AB4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall submit to the Office of Government Ethics a report on the amount expended by that agency in fiscal year 2018 at, or any payments made to, any covered property and shall include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE209E7E7953144A28FA4BC3154722486"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any hotel stay using per diem or other funds; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D8A72F836414343A6A02E587343D13C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the rental of any conference room or meeting facility.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20306039AB714B28BD7ED191C50A6722"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office of Government Ethics Report</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Office of Government Ethics shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report on funds expended by any agency at, or any payments made to, a covered property in fiscal year 2018.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H26E0B0635EC2455FACE081F035980712"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>At the end of the next fiscal year following the date of the enactment of this Act, and at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report on the direct and indirect ways that funds appropriated to agencies have benefitted a covered property, including—</text> <paragraph id="HA58607BF64E544ACA961F6462692C61E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>funds expended by any agency at, or any payments made to, a covered property in the previous fiscal year;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H934B3F57908F4FD1A7B78DD8D75CDB10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>regulatory actions in the previous fiscal year with a beneficial impact on a covered property; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H077C2522465248928151A6063ED42E65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>indirect expenditures with vendors conducting more than $1,000,000 in business with a covered individual or with the owners of a covered property in the previous fiscal year.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H00AD45372D92458883AD7EC3163D5C16"><enum>135.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H0EDCC588765D47A6A2135A0B60AB8E46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency</header><text>The term <term>agency</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H05C66A0485264CC9AF2D8E887FF9F744"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has the meaning given the term—</text> <clause id="H370493474CA04428931ED1746A5A572C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>Executive agency</term> under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDDF5FC6312984A7FA8D800A05FDCA8A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>military department</term> under section 102 of title 5, United States Code; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B4410094E5C46D0BC32410E16D660EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>means—</text> <clause id="H16F72B2977804C129978B0AC9DB151A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other establishment in the executive branch (including the Executive Office of the President, the United States Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory Commission);</text> </clause><clause id="HA661F2179B8048E4A130A21D15356027"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an office, agency, or other establishment in the legislative branch; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCEA9439062B24FC6BA6D9A8E520E25C7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an office, agency, or other establishment in the judicial branch.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H35FA45D811414D76817339B00D1D1BED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered individual</header><text>The term <term>covered individual</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H06AA50EA37B6406A8C73BF1A8F59A005"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the President;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6391531AFADD49028679F544D271E1BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a relative of the President; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DC35B72F7B0413AA92129D72020D161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>with respect to an agency that is an Executive department, the head of the Executive department.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9CA8F32837694BBC8408CD00DBF2FD0A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered property</header><text>The term <term>covered property</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H034AC0F1E63F4A9B91DB4B398930CE61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any property controlled by the Trump Organization; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F57BB7AD1A5481BA759125425BE6121"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an organization or business controlled by or associated with a covered person (including any known shell company), any member of the President’s family, or any employee of the Trump Organization.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8679F2AAEAB14BE4957E244776015D11"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Executive department</header><text>The term <term>Executive department</term> has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H1383D4F0DEE74D269F831B2AA218D730"><enum>E</enum><header>Relatives In Government Getting Employment Dishonorably</header> <section id="H62FDC37FE6DE45FC8B24F61B6A04126A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>141.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Relatives In Government Getting Employment Dishonorably Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>RIGGED Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H02D06ED34B9640259A47BC9D460F753D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>142.</enum><header>Employment of relatives; restrictions</header> <subsection id="HE30E8248A4B0496897383B709F5E0F99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3110 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H99023E679FCB40269F759C91FC7F87D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H85DEC8AB8AD54AB7AC2EFA21A5E6D5B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting <quote>, including the White House Office and the Executive Office of the President</quote> after <quote>Executive agency</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD39A0E898DA44052AD16578550011D82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2BCE3CF1B9E4C1BA302F144658C96D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2E622DD89AD43AD814D46DC154D8F96" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEB7C6A625A004A48A6CFA02FD19D9003"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><term>civilian position</term> means any existing or newly created position in an agency, including a position acting in a professional or official capacity as a consultant or advisor, regardless of whether such position is voluntary, gratuitous, or authorized by law to be compensated;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1CF0195301374D908DA2359CF18E9F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>A public official may not</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public official may not</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H59690A6F382C4571B5FEFD0B3CA8B432"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAEE9FADB53E14D68AD4C4DD47F0DE976"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>shall be removed immediately and</quote> after <quote>in violation of this section</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H976905DABDB84F2AB3905946337C15B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as pay</quote> and inserting <quote>as salary or expenses</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE6F15DD747E2420A9E15A409E6EC29A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of prohibited personnel practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2302(a)(2)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting <quote>, including the White House Office,</quote> after <quote>Executive agency</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HA9AFFF690BDF4463AE49440D5F53C840"><enum>F</enum><header>Determining if Regulatory Actions <enum-in-header>a</enum-in-header>re in the Interest of the Nation or the Swamp</header> <section commented="no" id="H19E430E9EBB64ADC80E848C9166CC90C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>151.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Determining if Regulatory Actions are in the Interest of the Nation or the Swamp Act of 2019</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>DRAIN the Swamp Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="H04ED3A81635D446EADB43BA7CEFBBC29"><enum>152.</enum><header>Requiring greater transparency for regulatory conflicts of interest</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H9B5D0DC95BB34A66A0BA8157E333AC6E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Part I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 6, the following new chapter:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01712CFA187E489FB0FF0444AD20FC89" style="USC"> <chapter commented="no" id="H93C41283B2D3422E8FDB9CD912554B80"><enum>6A</enum><header>Publication of Information Relating to Regulatory Conflicts of Interest</header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H93C41283B2D3422E8FDB9CD912554B80" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="HA68E29DCBB0241F29FB264B304E73E19" level="section">621. Definitions.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="H76785059036E4F7EB1963D8B17120132" level="section">622. Agency submission to Comptroller General.</toc-entry></toc> <section commented="no" id="H76785059036E4F7EB1963D8B17120132"><enum>621.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H73A38754F20F4BFEA7FD7D130DCB2367"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency; rule; rule making</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>agency</term>, <term>rule</term>, and <term>rule making</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 551.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H06C97A196A44467D877919025AAE731A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Major rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>major rule</term> has the meaning given that term in section 804.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H77D8A9CE94AE4F759CAC463635F412CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Regulatory conflict of interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>regulatory conflict of interest</term> means a major rule that has a substantial pecuniary benefit to a covered person.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA66FF15781CE41669F6CD7000920AB62"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Covered person</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered person</term> means the President, senior advisors to the President, including special advisors that do not receive an official salary, the head of the agency issuing the rule, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, or any individual who serves on a Regulatory Reform Task Force established by section 3 of Executive Order 13777.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HA68E29DCBB0241F29FB264B304E73E19"><enum>622.</enum><header>Agency submission to Comptroller General</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H03159EDF76F84F8DA0F3159CCB57B984"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulatory Conflicts of Interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than September 30 of each fiscal year, the head of each agency shall submit to the Comptroller General of the United States in such a manner as the Comptroller General may reasonably require, for each major rule that the agency proposes or finalizes during that fiscal year, an assessment and quantification of any regulatory conflict of interest pertaining to that major rule.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9CD23EBB34314F1698E8B6B6F9336E4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Nothing in this chapter shall apply to any rule that an agency for good cause finds (and incorporates the finding and a brief statement of each reason therefor in the rule issued) that notice and public procedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary to the public interest.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H619B785648564C92AD0F2EEDA10690A2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Major rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before a major rule may take effect, the head of the agency promulgating such rule shall submit to the Comptroller General and publish in the Federal Register the report required pursuant to subsection (a).</text></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA11831BF03E9453FBB8ABC8F2BA95F1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of chapters for part I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 6, the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEC53F1464CA04B07A9D7D3929DCA3F72" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry level="section"><toc-enum>6A.</toc-enum><level-header level="section">Publication of Information Relating to Regulatory Conflicts of Interest</level-header><target>621</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H47BF5497203F45B2B067527531E556FE"><enum>153.</enum><header>ACUS study and report on regulatory conflicts of interest</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H90D1A03372A44BD89EAF9C1784A633E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrative Conference of the United States shall conduct a study on—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD8E250CC8FDA447CB8C54BE1D7F3E56F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compliance by agencies with this subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA2532C06C91E4B8CACBA21019B41B6AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>effective measures to minimize regulatory conflicts of interest (as that term is defined in section 621(3) of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 152(a)).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H665B9546FAA546A88D6829B0AB2E1359"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrative Conference of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that contains the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H56F0CBBFC4D64A92842386F87B05F636"><enum>154.</enum><header>Judicial review</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H872977BD538A4A418B82636E3D413BEE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agency statements on Regulatory Conflicts of Interest</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H82A77D330C1441F2B88C0A4A267931D6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Compliance or noncompliance by any agency with the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6A">chapter 6A</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 152(a), shall be subject to judicial review only in accordance with this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4C846C5202CF4548BF9061FEF77469F2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limited review of agency compliance or noncompliance</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2740D362EF8A439D81D9DF7E2D2BEBB9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agency compliance or noncompliance with the provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/6A">chapter 6A</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, as added by section 152(a), shall be subject to judicial review only under section 706(1) of title 5, United States Code, and only as provided under subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA9CDEAF2F00C4B6C9AF46CC83FD3862C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Failure to prepare written statement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an agency fails to prepare the written statement (including the preparation of the estimates, analyses, statements, or descriptions) under such chapter, a court may compel the agency to prepare such written statement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC9E6D7FE8B474E65BF73D146E21C67BE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Review of agency rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any judicial review under any other Federal law of an agency rule for which a written statement is required under such chapter 6A, the inadequacy or failure to prepare such statement shall not be used as a basis for staying, enjoining, invalidating or otherwise affecting such agency rule.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8FD201C9D46D4E30957D27E978BDDEC1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certain information as part of record</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any information generated under such chapter 6A that is part of the rule making record for judicial review under the provisions of any other Federal law may be considered as part of the record for judicial review conducted under such other provisions of Federal law.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9ABF1CD3A10244399DC1388690A7D01C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Application of other Federal law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any petition under paragraph (2) the provisions of such other Federal law shall control all other matters, such as exhaustion of administrative remedies, the time for and manner of seeking review and venue, except that if such other Federal law does not provide a limitation on the time for filing a petition for judicial review that is less than 1 year, such limitation shall be 1 year after a final rule is promulgated by the appropriate agency.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H037D52A61D04424A8F9F6ED67D1BA322"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial review and rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (a)—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5DCC33A6443E4AE6ABCC5284FBA19542"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any information submitted under this section shall not be subject to judicial review; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD44395FFAB2A48608DB67B8648433061"><enum>(2)</enum><text>no provision of this subtitle shall be construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any person in any administrative or judicial action.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HF1BB1F4C09D74731BA7F5495576AAB87"><enum>155.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle shall take effect beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any agency rule for which a general notice of proposed rule making is made on or after such date.</text> </section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Rooting Out Conflicts of Interest </header> <subtitle id="HF4665CE8C8164B58BBDAA045F9E9C72A"><enum>A</enum><header>Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets</header> <section id="H75BA4EFD55B243F9B3BF78BB0A8A6736" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>CLEARANCES Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H39F89BDDCE114465A414433B5A81C508"><enum>202.</enum><header>Report on security clearances for individuals working in the White House and Executive Office of the President</header> <subsection id="H1220B51B00E54CF8A4DFB622426CE4C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subpart I of part III of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding after section 10106 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H248AAD41F38B475B95E092B5CD9E63B9" style="USC"> <chapter id="H4579870242EC4D278167F6488606B692"><enum>102</enum><header>Security Clearances</header> <toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H4579870242EC4D278167F6488606B692" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="HD97E65163D624EBBBDC5EF68ED08253D" level="section">Sec.</toc-entry> <toc-entry idref="HD97E65163D624EBBBDC5EF68ED08253D" level="section">10201. Report on individuals working in the White House and Executive Office of the President.</toc-entry></toc> <section id="HD97E65163D624EBBBDC5EF68ED08253D"><enum>10201.</enum><header>Report on individuals working in the White House and Executive Office of the President</header> <subsection id="HA42FB62E81F2469CA732C4E233C54231"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this section and every 3 months thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on security clearance information on any individual working in the White House or the Executive Office of the President, including—</text> <paragraph id="HA78088A61EFD42A69E00FF1ED2EFF34E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the President’s staff or any other individual in the White House or Office whose function is to advise or assist the President; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H514E39CF9621412CAFF43F8DD81DB8C7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any individual who is detailed from the Government, a university, a think tank, or the private sector to the White House or the Office.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32721173EAD8400C92BA3D54EE6CBDE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report requirements</header><text>A report submitted under subsection (a) shall include the following:</text> <paragraph id="HDFE6F90DDE2B476A9535EC808E8C2C63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The name and position of any individual working in the White House or the Office and who holds a security clearance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF5BD914C4C2C46F5B07E5B812FB5AB20"><enum>(2)</enum><text>With respect to any detailee, the entity or agency from which the individual was detailed from.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA3B234BBD60946C7A115D833B55FA7A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any clearance listed pursuant to paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3CDF90DF282D47B7A864EAF062351558"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the clearance is temporary or permanent and level of the clearance;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96312A3E59C24B75A465349A222439BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date the background investigation was initiated and the date of adjudication (if any); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB9DDB49D96945A88BF94F92F5F5A75D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date of any interim reports or notifications from the investigating agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8145974E31024F32B6438654B7B05AA9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The name and position of any individual working in the White House or the Office who was granted a security clearance by the President or other authorizing personnel despite an unfavorable recommendation from the White House Security Office or an agency, and the date the decision was made to grant the clearance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF28F8D331FAA444E959C15E3440E8712"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The name and position of any individual not contained in any list above whom the President has provided access to classified information, the date the information was so provided, and the level of classification of the information.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0391539CFBEE4637BA7C3256F3B85073"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The name and position of any individual working in the White House or Office—</text> <subparagraph id="H965C2F2EEAE743F29C82958A232A71D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whose security clearance has been revoked or suspended and the date of such revocation or suspension; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB00B69AE8BD3486B8234BF02113049EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>who held an interim security clearance for a period longer than one year, and a justification from the White House Counsel as to why it is in the national security interest of the United States to keep the employee in the position without a permanent security clearance.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H881620609233483098317D2CAAED7304"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="HE4A4B168D417464A980D954DE2F24715"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>appropriate congressional committees</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H06F1B2BA096C49C2BBF336E2D9494E61"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Oversight and Reform and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DE658DE448C4F35BB71E537C36876BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committees on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary of the Senate; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H165B170473254A188C081BB721241F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>Office</term> means the Executive Office of the President.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H247A60F230E94842B1CA10B417E627AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of chapters for such title is amended by adding after the item relating to chapter 101 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43B2D985A7174025B821A5524F30E757" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>102.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Security Clearances</level-header><target>10201</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4CB274F292584EEF9E391C04254673D7"><enum>B</enum><header>Divestiture of Certain Financial Interests of Federal Officers and Employees and Spouses</header> <section id="H87BFDFB65D4C42B88C2380277D9A10D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>211.</enum><header>Divestiture of certain financial interests of Federal officers and employees and spouses</header> <subsection id="HF4BE9E3EBD8C4D029A95E70C2ABDA5B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text> <paragraph id="HBDAC65013F6D422EA0797FAC9417BE3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered significant business interest</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="H8CCBDB4949D64C4893416A0ED2CB8CFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any financial interest of a covered officer or employee in a corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, proprietorship, or any other business entity of which the covered officer or employee is—</text> <clause id="H998F223D1E05446E82A5806249F2C4AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a trustee;</text> </clause><clause id="HBDDE1889082142188F6979CD681C2ED0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a partner;</text> </clause><clause id="H9CA1C6C9679441B9BE855F13A1E3821C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an officer;</text> </clause><clause id="HA3F8BF43663D42EABF4E20D5E7418209"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a director; or</text> </clause><clause id="H6FBB751C56414FE48B3C16F685D59BD9"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a shareholder who holds more than 10 percent of any class of equity securities; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3047FE78B77F45F8B58FAEC3EF6CD894"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not include any financial interest consisting of obligations issued by the Treasury, diversified mutual funds that qualify for a regulatory exemption, or residential property that is not held for the production of rental or other income;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5984CF13CADB487AA55D5789D9A8F4C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the terms <term>conflict-free holding</term> and <term>qualified blind trust</term> have the meanings given those terms in sections 102(f)(3) and 102(f)(8), respectively, of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H849A042AD213409A825CF6EF5F3C6B08"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>covered officer or employee</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HA76CACBE910246C4BBF4C8588177566C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any individual occupying a position—</text> <clause id="H89A3632377F8481F81DF64B5BF156813"><enum>(i)</enum><text>listed under the Executive Schedule (subchapter II of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code);</text> </clause><clause id="H282F92112EAA4474A9F512426FA05271"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the Senior Executive Service as a noncareer appointee (as that term is defined in section 3132(a) if such title);</text> </clause><clause id="HEAE97347E65C4AB093CB3B81F4D184CB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>of a confidential or policy-determining character under schedule C of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; or</text> </clause><clause id="H5440629A406445D49D93FEB394E6938D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the executive branch whose appointment is made by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE26A2F5FEEAF42A09E90953309EDA37F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any individual occupying any of the following positions:</text> <clause id="H80184628174D4739B1BBA2AB42CB2C0B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.</text> </clause><clause id="H6BA448C471B043D3BAEAFDC8452AACA9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff.</text> </clause><clause id="H3FC6F879EC364A7F962F3743F650407D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff.</text> </clause><clause id="H21D1C8811C4E4EB598570237D7504FF3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications (or Director of Communications).</text> </clause><clause id="HA8318A0486A044B4B4D3A1FFDFF27C12"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Press Secretary.</text> </clause><clause id="H11CEACFBC895481A8EBDCB97013CA356"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Senior Advisor to the President.</text> </clause><clause id="HADA55BED907741C89870C8AFCDB3DF96"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary.</text> </clause><clause id="H98973D138D104F488EB1DA5DA58992D7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism.</text> </clause><clause id="H1596EED8DD564219BA65DAEF387BA133"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President.</text> </clause><clause id="H700C9C4CC9A1400DB8D26CE92AD7D7A8"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Director of the National Economic Council.</text> </clause><clause id="H7F976ECF5B4B4BA092D54EAC1C585075"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>Director of the Domestic Policy Council.</text> </clause><clause id="H2B16C1DF012340C3B7B663A703D03487"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="HFF9FCFBCD39940759BBF86E5F50CA4A2"><enum>(xiii)</enum><text>Special Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="HD266E7372D4D4753A61C13C20264C051"><enum>(xiv)</enum><text>Press Secretary to the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="H439CE3818E054226BE76AACC0D8FF365"><enum>(xv)</enum><text>Senior Advisor to the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="H9C9D0C8689B840FB87D634C8607164E2"><enum>(xvi)</enum><text>Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor or Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="H0382986F29E2403EA9FD9AF14030D313"><enum>(xvii)</enum><text>Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the Vice President.</text> </clause><clause id="HCB5152C34BDE44C190B473519ABC69EE"><enum>(xviii)</enum><text>Assistant to the President and White House Counsel.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC011210B9DBB444FB88A777E88E2D988"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Divestiture of covered significant business interest</header> <paragraph id="HF94C3685C2B244008AA792E8DFF234D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A covered officer or employee or the spouse of any such an officer or employee shall divest of any covered significant business interest by transferring such interest to a qualified blind trust.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA7C4A3F0032C4629AE9723704DB85539"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Trustee duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within a reasonable period of time after the date a covered significant business interest is transferred to a qualified blind trust under paragraph (1), the trustee of the qualified blind trust shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HD19B65CE58164C519AE683F0E972EBC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sell the interest; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B1AE229F42840D5B0E5D7E187B501EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use the proceeds of the sale of the interest to purchase conflict-free holdings.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3E222D3636D04CCFA2ADC16C85D9D145"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General, the attorney general of any State, or any person aggrieved by any violation of subsection (b) may seek declaratory or injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction if there is probable cause to believe that a covered officer or employee or the spouse of such an officer or employee has not complied with such subsection.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HD606C15D2535411BAF9101C1CC2DBF62"><enum>C</enum><header>Presidential Tax Transparency</header> <section id="HECC292EB7317442B9607D6867F3F62C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Presidential Tax Transparency Act of 2019</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HF509C46B4F6C45BE82C87A09C5403AC3"><enum>222.</enum><header>Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency</header> <subsection id="H212A83FBC4CF48278E4741C79456C624"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> <paragraph id="H8A9379BEEE1441FFB794376CB11B1B11"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered candidate</term> means a candidate of a major party in a general election for the office of President or Vice President.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3A077B6747C74D3AA7F17D7B572C6857"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term <term>major party</term> has the meaning given the term in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9002">section 9002</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H307DBB9066054C14AB1820D6FB1CEC96"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>income tax return</term> means, with respect to an individual, any return (as such term is defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6103">section 6103(b)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) of such individual other than—</text> <subparagraph id="HEABCF1BAF5824F86A39401F5AE1BCF57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information returns issued to persons other than such individual; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDAE01A48997D4DAB86633FE028159A54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>declarations of estimated tax.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D18856733E44C0B99854026EA9656A8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury or the delegate of the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB3787C2FF71492F96242FC9C34CBAD9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure</header> <paragraph id="H99355FA3FC664575B7E43C0828855B46"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header> <subparagraph id="HEEF51570F8234B1BB5B552D8B239D410"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Candidates for President and Vice President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 15 days after the date on which an individual becomes a covered candidate, the individual shall submit to the Federal Election Commission a copy of the individual’s income tax returns for the 10 most recent taxable years for which a return has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AAD958B6C5418C8E12F0565E1A88D9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>President and Vice President</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each taxable year for an individual who is the President or Vice President, not later than the due date for the return of tax for the taxable year, such individual shall submit to the Federal Election Commission a copy of the individual’s income tax returns for the taxable year and for the 9 preceding taxable years.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA22955DD533F4AF38D100AAAEAA63964"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Transition rule for sitting Presidents and Vice Presidents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, an individual who is the President or Vice President on such date of enactment shall submit to the Federal Election Commission a copy of the income tax returns for the 10 most recent taxable years for which a return has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H52FB82BC8EF64D9AA75C3A2D93368F4C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Failure to disclose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any requirement under paragraph (1) to submit an income tax return is not met, the chairman of the Federal Election Commission shall submit to the Secretary a written request that the Secretary provide the Federal Election Commission with the income tax return.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H085AD74E30C84EF790AA2F4BDA8CCD5A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publicly available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The chairman of the Federal Election Commission shall make publicly available each income tax return submitted under paragraph (1) in the same manner as a return provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6103">section 6103(l)(23)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H66F77EED761A41F79AD87CA84660958C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Treatment as a report under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, any income tax return submitted under paragraph (1) or provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6103">section 6103(l)(23)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by this section) shall, after redaction under paragraph (3) or subparagraph (B)(ii) of such section, be treated as a report filed under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1A41158F18544CF9764748988939A65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Disclosure of returns of Presidents and Vice Presidents and certain candidates for President and Vice President</header> <paragraph id="HFBE5B7053BAD43FE9543BD28DE3A34C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6103">Section 6103(l)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block id="HB517F072628143C7B3924A0EE27D5437" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3A1B40B6948644C0B9903B7E57B67C6C"><enum>(23)</enum><header>Disclosure of return information of Presidents and Vice Presidents and certain candidates for President and Vice President</header> <subparagraph id="HD4535E5B2D31467EA9124E062BB63C6A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon written request by the chairman of the Federal Election Commission under section 1(b)(2) of the <short-title>Presidential Tax Transparency Act of 2019</short-title>, the Secretary shall provide copies of any return which is so requested to officers and employees of the Federal Election Commission whose official duties include disclosure or redaction of such return under this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D5B4959CD374F0AAE5F19C264647233"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Disclosure to the public</header> <clause id="H9D32D61A812C4B049203C839E470E830"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The chairman of the Federal Election Commission shall make publicly available any return which is provided under subparagraph (A).</text> </clause><clause id="HF166919ECABC41F99C36FCBD082ED2C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Redaction of certain information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before making publicly available under clause (i) any return, the chairman of the Federal Election Commission shall redact such information as the Federal Election Commission and the Secretary jointly determine is necessary for protecting against identity theft, such as social security numbers.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBE1EE60FF56342EAA383D4D013DEFDA3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC5178189955E40259CA8BA8E0C174059"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>or (22)</quote> and inserting <quote>(22), or (23)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H52E41E67D3624C9FAB227FD0748DA2FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)(ii) by striking <quote>or (22)</quote> and inserting <quote>(22), or (23)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A069943E90C4A2A84022790140BE288"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to disclosures made on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HCFB7B78A67524B04AC44E7A0C99DCAB4"><enum>D</enum><header>White House Open Data </header> <section id="H74FCA02BC8104A48B0DB8BBA20D16151" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>231.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>White House Open Data Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="H7AB06B71C2484E2799150247C194B8D4"><enum>232.</enum><header>White House visitor log and employee information</header> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76D9BBFFC6FA4F7980109D31F73AEFAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To publish</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Office of the President shall make available on a publicly available website in an easily searchable and downloadable format the following information:</text> <paragraph id="H25E20E6EF83E4B5CA592170FF22328C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Visitor records for any location where the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business, which shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A90B27FEC814EF4BCBAB50AC58E0163"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include the name of each visitor, the name of each individual with whom the visitor met, and the purpose of the visit; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86C9194D83764824B6D7854ACEE8F61E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be updated every 30 days.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9E90DA1E39044CEB9EF69819782C77BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The annual salary of each White House employee, which shall be updated quarterly.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFACABA825B83499595D5D7664ED0059E"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The most recent financial disclosure statement for each White House employee filed pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), which shall be updated annually.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9B73C29B7613446DB303E16F32273F08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c)(3), the requirement described in subsection (a) does not apply to any visitor record that relates to—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HDABA844053E047079DF32B92D30C1CAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the social security number, taxpayer identification number, birth date, home address, or personal phone number of an individual, the name of an individual who is less than 18 years old, or a financial account number;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B233F1D03C24B299853C62E9CA5D08F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a law enforcement concern;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF5E64B044DF54AFC93FE76A594B155F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a national security threat;</text> </paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16E826455CC949D889F6152C9069BC98"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the personal safety of an employee of the Executive Office of the President; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89D7A7FADC43436AA4B752305FB17DCB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>personal visits that do not involve any official or political business.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0CC734860E64C29B35412048B856E92"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Records withheld</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a visitor record excepted under subsection (b), the Executive Office of the President shall—</text> <paragraph id="HC0821080EFBF4161B5EF1DEC917A07B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>disclose the number of records withheld every 30 days;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H64D1F2CC183A4FC1B97D91996CCA3AA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>post any such excepted record on the website described under subsection (a) if the Executive Office of the President determines that the record is no longer subject to an exception described in subsection (b); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD2C450C0BDBF4271829A5D37A67BE87D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>notwithstanding subsection (b), post any reasonably segregable portion that is not covered by an exception described in subsection (b) of any such excepted record on the website described under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBE1E36A29EF64A0CA1A10B61E4FBD5C3"><enum>E</enum><header>Prohibitions on making certain contracts <enum-in-header>w</enum-in-header>ith Federal Government or receiving Federal funds</header> <section id="H6542B513731542FEA75BD2CE20A15385" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>241.</enum><header>Prohibitions on making certain contracts with Federal Government or receiving Federal funds</header> <subsection id="HB803A2E9352B449EB738A2A0C8703AD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contracts with Federal Government</header> <paragraph id="HD6104FB8AE2D45C8820509D235B6D24D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>The following may not enter into or benefit from a contract or agreement with the Federal Government, or any part thereof:</text> <subparagraph id="H8F2405AB02B149949B06BDE29CC1AC16"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A8B9E6089644FC8B1B1CB83599B0276"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Vice President.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D933B3872DA4FB2AAE988566510E8F7"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An immediate family member of the President.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H18ECD290E8FC43F88BF2EE3A0F6E4AD5"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An immediate family member of the Vice President.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43911BBE672A4FEEA93305D6E6D3F882"><enum>(E)</enum><text>A covered significant business interest.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF657B602544A4F2AA3E931EB9F60EABF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HB64F087246124D7E803D422355F504B3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A contract or agreement with the Federal Government entered into or negotiated before or after the period in which the President or the Vice President, as applicable, serves in office.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF367E47803E142BE8D448764C7D4809E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract for employment with the Federal Government or a contract for service in the Armed Forces, or any benefits provided under such employment or service.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FEC7C08363346BCB1757C5BC3927F9A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Receipt of Federal funds</header> <paragraph id="H06A61C687B324AFCB08906310D839322"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Federal Government may not obligate or expend Federal funds with the President, the Vice President, or a covered significant business interest.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC0FF546CDB324BA09C1B05B7BC89EF42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header> <subparagraph id="H6143C68EB3674829BDC1CD6295EBFEC9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Entitlements</header><text>The Federal Government may obligate or expend Federal funds the President or the Vice President is entitled to by law for discharging an official duty, including annual salary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE60458790914EEA92310FDCAD296DDD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Obligations</header><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to Federal funds obligated or expended before or after the period in which the President or the Vice President, as applicable, serves in office.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6B7D33EF05274365B2EFBEADBDA57224"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of Construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act may be construed to limit any payment to the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or Vice President, or covered significant business interest of any Federal benefit for which the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President or Vice President, or covered significant business interest would otherwise be eligible.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6E52482D04924E44B0D9E6AAF60F2593"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H39AF22BF76F14AC2BB9E235894B729E6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract or agreement with Federal Government</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>contract or agreement with the Federal Government</term> means a procurement contract or grant, a land use contract, or a lease created, funded, or controlled by the Federal Government, respectively.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H428FF68BF803480DB285228DC60E2BD0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered significant business interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered significant business interest</term> means any corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, proprietorship, or any other business entity of which the President, the Vice President, an immediate family member of the President, or an immediate family member of the Vice President is—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C970559DA0148229C670B57FC4EDED0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a trustee;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2DDFF2F2BE2B4C0285DC50649719FC1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a partner;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB44644BF57B5431E88ABD9D345FAB557"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an officer;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9924C10C62E44D18ABB842CFD8F38FCF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a director; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6F88DA1115C439A81714779467FD1B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a shareholder who holds more than 10 percent of any class of equity securities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HADE9A79E43B341AABACB132283C6489F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Immediate family member</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>immediate family member</term> means a spouse, parent, sibling, child, or dependent relative.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H162B8784B3DE46689D9F0B49DA78297C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Application</header> <paragraph id="H10B07F396A0B40AEA2CCB4B72AEA6E47"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contract or agreement with Federal Government</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a)(1) applies to contracts or agreements with the Federal Government entered into, revised, or renewed after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B15FC4FD9154B96ABFBAD491303698A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal funds</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a)(2) applies to Federal funds obligated after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Increased Oversight and Strengthening Agencies Responsible for Rooting Out Corruption</header> <section id="H3933A21D70164EB0B7693F41FED3F45B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Congressional notification of change in status of Inspector General</header> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H866A3DEC21D94081B8F790165DC76F5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Change in status of Inspector General of offices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC712341AB29F47998B670891A2029EFD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, is placed on paid or unpaid non-duty status,</quote> after <quote>is removed from office</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H627AB0C22BB2472B97D388BBA89B2185"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, change in status,</quote> after <quote>any such removal</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6F463123D66E4F81B0334AE25200F59E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, change in status,</quote> after <quote>before the removal</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE9838353FE60444F8A66A8A9606BB8A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Change in status of Inspector General of designated Federal entities</header><text>Section 8G(e)(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFEFEA6B7D76147FEA6D5200E45C702D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, is placed on paid or unpaid non-duty status,</quote> after <quote>office</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H440B82FFF503478F9872F9F1E0B8C357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, change in status,</quote> after <quote>any such removal</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8283C508D07842EF8FA3A90722BCCAE3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, change in status,</quote> after <quote>before the removal</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5926A122551C4E54A4966FA723836BD8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H6FE22C62400441B58E4A13D833F295FF"><enum>302.</enum><header>Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H09D9E1309DA349788E4D10E4F99D9B0E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3349d">section 3349d</external-xref> the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1CA9618F6156447384FFAE128C8C01F9" style="USC"> <section commented="no" id="HC17070D6FB5C47A7A0CB4DDF0E1F508F"><enum>3349e.</enum><header>Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If the President fails to make a formal nomination for a vacant Inspector General position within the period beginning on the date on which the vacancy occurred and ending on the day that is 210 days after that date, the President shall communicate, within 30 days after the end of such period, to Congress in writing —</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6B4B33BC2B4E492E9583BD686EEADD46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the reasons why the President has not yet made a formal nomination; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7D7BB372FEE1488592C9F946113A81E9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a target date for making a formal nomination.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEB05584E40EC405AA6AED9444E33CCC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/33">chapter 33</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 3349d the following new item:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF547D2EC4FA146409D66A17824D44EB1" style="OLC"> <toc container-level="quoted-block-container" idref="H1CA9618F6156447384FFAE128C8C01F9" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration"> <toc-entry idref="HC17070D6FB5C47A7A0CB4DDF0E1F508F" level="section">3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H98F1F09A0B5D42709A88396685B48829"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any vacancy first occurring on or after that date.</text> </subsection></section>