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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><calendar>Calendar No. 294</calendar><congress>119th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1498</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20250428">April 28, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S399">Mr. Hawley</sponsor> (for himself, <cosponsor name-id="S434">Mr. Moreno</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S414">Mr. Ossoff</cosponsor>, <cosponsor name-id="S380">Mr. Peters</cosponsor>, and <cosponsor name-id="S322">Mr. Merkley</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSGA00" added-display-style="italic" deleted-display-style="strikethrough">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee-name></action-desc></action><action stage="Reported-in-Senate"><action-date date="20251210">December 10, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Reported by <sponsor name-id="S348">Mr. Paul</sponsor>, with an amendment</action-desc><action-instruction>Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic</action-instruction></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="idcc856b1ddf1c471aa03c5979ec799248" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="id69EE7B4A3A804F339FEF5DF1FA91CFEE" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>2.</enum><header>Banning insider trading in Congress</header><subsection id="id4431553CEDD64D118171AB95B62D7ACF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">Chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id650DB2DF228B45A995ADDA2CCACAE070" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><subchapter id="id15109DFE420243379CF020AC9EE1BAAA" style="OLC"><enum>IV</enum><header>Banning insider trading in Congress</header><section id="id67a63ee06986481bbd5c2b35de16ccbd"><enum>13161.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text><paragraph id="id36439fd7681e410781fc58e2d1962738"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered financial instrument</header><subparagraph id="id572E7630B5F24C2B93671D632DDD6F7E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>covered financial instrument</term> means—</text><clause id="id5f9ee68c074d4f9f8c81c3993b6ba795"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any investment in—</text><subclause id="id680D261A0C6F4B1A94230AACDD82EAF7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a security (as defined in section 3(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c(a)</external-xref>));</text></subclause><subclause id="idA64B5968FB5B4DBEAE962F1B4D45B032"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a security future (as defined in that section); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id5F7780DF021F46648047FF4887686564"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a commodity (as defined in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1a">7 U.S.C. 1a</external-xref>)); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8df32512baf64f49883bf53325907ed0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any economic interest comparable to an interest described in clause (i) that is acquired through synthetic means, such as the use of a derivative, including an option, a warrant, or other similar means.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id540A39F7B32642F2AF1A2ED139335CA7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>covered financial instrument</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id9815e35239e948489ede8da429403f8b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a diversified mutual fund;</text></clause><clause id="id2a5b3d79485f450f878f45d2510bd955"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a diversified exchange-traded fund;</text></clause><clause id="id63b611f75e8a430d8f0e284d5f85a6e7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a United States Treasury bill, note, or bond; or</text></clause><clause id="id0995da3d1a964d578d96e1aa8129b3e0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>compensation from the primary occupation of a spouse or dependent child of a Member of Congress.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9A15AAB1CDC54DC394F1A3282926602A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dependent child; Member of Congress</header><text>The terms <quote>dependent child</quote> and <term>Member of Congress</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 13101. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb733c432e0f4028b8af78988afc355b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Supervising ethics committee</header><text>The term <quote>supervising ethics committee</quote> means, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4bb2a2ec7cb4a4994570e0779102f19"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7b66283f42a482ea0d951819b0c1aa7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idB57EBDB2A5B442A8B6AAE1DED54E6142"><enum>13162.</enum><header>Prohibition on certain transactions and holdings involving covered financial instruments</header><subsection id="id87A1D28BFBA34995ACD59CF191AB3B7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), a Member of Congress, or any spouse of a Member of Congress, may not, during the term of service of the Member of Congress, hold, purchase, or sell any covered financial instrument.</text></subsection><subsection id="idEA3A32B0511346F3BE9F441B80AF676D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The prohibition under subsection (a) shall not apply to a sale by a Member of Congress, or a spouse of a Member of Congress, that is completed by the date that is—</text><paragraph id="idDFE4ACA1820F49EC81E1F95315FD6A69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a Member of Congress serving on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act</short-title>, 180 days after that date of enactment; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id325E9035778F45A2B8AB901E6466C088"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for any Member of Congress who commences service as a Member of Congress after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act</short-title>, 180 days after the first date of the initial term of service.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf9c06bfdf92245a9815aa12eef9e3cdf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Penalties</header><paragraph id="id4498BAED8960484D9F6A88E677424034"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Disgorgement</header><text>A Member of Congress shall disgorge to the Treasury of the United States any profit from a transaction or holding involving a covered financial instrument that is conducted in violation of this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA37BB9E6C8644F12A9112606D3AA5C9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fines</header><text>A Member of Congress who holds or conducts a transaction involving, or whose spouse holds or conducts a transaction involving, a covered financial instrument in violation of this section may be subject to a civil fine assessed by the applicable supervising ethics committee under section 13164.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2ab6956343674d66af0f8d6a9957e30a"><enum>13163.</enum><header>Certification of compliance</header><subsection id="id9B1C97EE36E441F18CA99B2B08013E7C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less frequently than annually, each Member of Congress shall submit to the applicable supervising ethics committee a written certification that the Member of Congress has achieved compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id87350D98528D476DAB730C7DA6B35706"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The supervising ethics committees shall publish each certification submitted under subsection (a) on a publicly available website.</text></subsection></section><section id="id2feecdf73eec43938e3d8015112b1492"><enum>13164.</enum><header>Authority of supervising ethics committees</header><subsection id="idD059D95CB0D846018DC916B3E65FEE34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The supervising ethics committees may implement and enforce the requirements of this subchapter, including by—</text><paragraph id="id8437A2F67BD24ADAB8FDB52FFC039E58"><enum>(1)</enum><text>issuing—</text><subparagraph id="idEE26CE83A1D14872B891641369BB3969"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for Members of Congress—</text><clause id="idF016A4A8AE52441E98241FE1D4E49627"><enum>(i)</enum><text>rules governing that implementation; and</text></clause><clause id="id9ABEE88114124871A3D827BDC45A764A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 or more reasonable extensions to achieve compliance with this subchapter, if the applicable supervising ethics committee determines that a Member of Congress is making a good faith effort to divest any covered financial instruments; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBC4845AF64D54290B9B9543F467B987D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>guidance relating to covered financial instruments;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd80d5bd4f4a4c17bda5fe576028d97c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>publishing on the internet certifications submitted by Members of Congress under section 13163(a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c493cd651844aa3b364cc0f673ed749"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assessing civil fines against any Member of Congress who is in violation of this subchapter, subject to subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE6930496FD434A9793254ACB7889A923"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements for civil fines</header><paragraph id="ida5877dcc94074b26bbe3690efa13540e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before imposing a fine pursuant to this section, the applicable supervising ethics committee shall provide to the applicable Member of Congress—</text><subparagraph id="id711467488AE74445BF0565CE4620500A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a written notice describing each covered financial instrument transaction for which a fine will be assessed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE5293D2927A94B7C88465A4660A18713"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an opportunity, with respect to each such covered financial instrument transaction—</text><clause id="idD28397F6454D427A83A5614D72C19C54"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for a hearing; and</text></clause><clause id="id20928AC2EC3A4000951FEA2492BF5585"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to achieve compliance with the requirements of this subchapter.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2915236de374a6e953a1cfb929ae30d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><subparagraph id="ide6f6bb587e684c6896b8d411e24e1c28"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the event of continuing noncompliance after issuance of the notice described in paragraph (1), the applicable supervising ethics committee shall impose a civil penalty, in the amount described in subparagraph (B), on the Member of Congress to whom a notice was provided—</text><clause id="id728fe9930be04acb9d6306d249895081"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on the date that is 30 days after the date of provision of the notice; and</text></clause><clause id="id1680cfdcf97a46cf8c3e30cca4d2ea40"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during the period in which such noncompliance continues, not less frequently than once every 30 days thereafter.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc39a3c7ca9074deab4eacffef426005e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The amount of each civil penalty imposed on a Member of Congress pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be an amount equal to 10 percent of the value of each covered financial instrument that was not divested in violation of this subchapter during the period covered by the penalty. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE54E26A90D664622B95AC9C60292BDB8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>Each supervising ethics committee shall publish on a publicly available website a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id798665A8D3B042E6953628EEF02EFCF0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>each fine assessed by the supervising ethics committee pursuant to this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idABCFA0BC6CD946C4950B604D46FC7305"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the reasons why each such fine was assessed; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B5A23B6B4384138B70A47E212008A8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the result of each assessment, including any hearing under paragraph (1)(B)(i) relating to the assessment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa0bd28b87844516a2c036d986e3b60f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Appeal</header><text>A Member of Congress may appeal the assessment of a fine under this section to a vote on the floor of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as applicable, as a privileged motion.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc275a7bd9a14452a9be1ec0c04d73755"><enum>13165.</enum><header>Audit by Government Accountability Office</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Preventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investments (PELOSI) Act</short-title>, the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><paragraph id="id947EC72B2A8244979E8D8C5DC2675801"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct an audit of the compliance by Members of Congress with the requirements of this subchapter; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d573856aded424e822feb0c77cc54a1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the supervising ethics committees a report describing the results of the audit conducted under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb42b441887314541a0552c2ca646adad"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2ad057386864dc2a4c524679e641a8f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Table of sections</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="USC" id="id7c9e7e56-c144-4599-865d-0a962df94d29" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><toc changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSGA00"><toc-entry level="subchapter" idref="id15109DFE420243379CF020AC9EE1BAAA">SUBCHAPTER IV—Banning insider trading in Congress </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id67a63ee06986481bbd5c2b35de16ccbd">13161. Definitions. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idB57EBDB2A5B442A8B6AAE1DED54E6142">13162. Prohibition on certain transactions and holdings involving covered financial instruments. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id2ab6956343674d66af0f8d6a9957e30a">13163. Certification of compliance. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="id2feecdf73eec43938e3d8015112b1492">13164. Authority of supervising ethics committees. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section" idref="idc275a7bd9a14452a9be1ec0c04d73755">13165. Audit by Government Accountability Office.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecde4c27e06a49408e0117ba8645d159"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Persons required to file</header><text>Section 13103(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— </text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id01305efea9184cac848a4fe251c80504"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (9), by striking “as defined in section 13101 of this title”; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d35a65455c9482bb50968c29318b4b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by striking “as defined in section 13101 of this title”;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc1f55a389be42c0a3b06cafd1214bdf"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking “as defined in section 13101 of this title”; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1772be4d9805421e8de002b47dce530e"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking “as defined in section 13101 of this title”.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9D7F33DCFFC64651AE22E3F3E9E6B5CF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>legislative branch employee serving in a position described under section 13101(13) of title 5, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>officer or employee of Congress (as defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code)</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body><legis-body display-enacting-clause="no-display-enacting-clause"><section section-type="section-one" id="idf842012b-ef1f-40d9-8170-7f1fd54428ef" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title></quote>. </text></section><section id="ida2790a0f-161d-4b65-9487-e9923cb9f053" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>2.</enum><header>Divestment of certain assets of Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and their spouses and dependent children</header><subsection id="iddf64c4f7-bf96-4844-ada9-baa407ea15a9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">Chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="USC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17f02767-b4bf-4a17-81f9-0d25324bda7e" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subchapter id="idccbe53d9-5744-4cdb-bfdd-ee13201f6a30" style="OLC"><enum>IV</enum><header>Certain assets of Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and their spouses and dependent children</header><section section-type="subsequent-section" id="ide9ba2c1e-1ad0-45f2-9c21-ae4a60ccb5c1"><enum>13161.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text><paragraph id="id2a5e4546-4070-417e-94f4-1549df05a941"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Commodity</header><text>The term <term>commodity</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1a">7 U.S.C. 1a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31be46de-f4af-4d1d-bee1-373b9e641b68"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered investment</header><subparagraph id="id31e306ad-084c-4d91-9b88-b9aced0a251b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>covered investment</term> means—</text><clause id="id60f912fe-1234-449b-8698-56df655e2cb9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an investment in—</text><subclause id="idf4755969-74c6-4980-951e-52fdada7407b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a security;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1f6fd5c2-029f-453f-b039-023a5fa68af7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a commodity; </text></subclause><subclause id="id003ada91-68cd-4b8e-b07d-5007093db00a"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a future; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39570097a7004fe285361d46b703b51f"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a digital asset;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id945bea92-eac2-45ab-833a-e0ae36b79926"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any economic interest comparable to an interest described in clause (i) that is acquired through synthetic means, such as the use of a derivative, including an option, warrant, or other similar means; or</text></clause><clause id="idb1bf1155-aa63-4b29-b81c-87ee37097037"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any interest described in clause (i) or (ii) that is held directly, or in which an individual has an indirect, beneficial, or economic interest, through—</text><subclause id="idec62b574-0a1f-41ab-abc0-1fd92675e63c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>an investment fund or holding company;</text></subclause><subclause id="id399438d1-accc-4fd5-a544-0788ce7b1bab"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a trust;</text></subclause><subclause id="idaf0d9776-9376-4412-9188-1872903bede6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>an employee benefit plan; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idf79cfa23-efd0-49b8-8fbd-fb722824097a"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>a deferred compensation plan, including a carried interest or other agreement tied to the performance of an investment, other than a fixed cash payment.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2cc900e-1118-4332-9586-0d66760d9217"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>covered investment</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id4ca1d0ff-d3f8-4765-8068-7d0b56c12fa8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a diversified mutual fund (including any holdings of such a fund);</text></clause><clause id="id016b0178-f343-4397-8568-28d875fb3c93"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a diversified exchange-traded fund (including any holdings of such a fund);</text></clause><clause id="ide9301796-e7ea-4ca3-9e2d-5c50e2c39e44"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a United States Treasury bill, note, or bond;</text></clause><clause id="id92c6c17b-6438-4137-9cd7-e454dc9abfd7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>compensation from the primary occupation of the spouse of a covered person, or any security that is issued or paid by an operating business that is the primary employer of such a spouse that is issued or paid to such a spouse; </text></clause><clause id="ide52fe494-cec2-488d-b7fc-3f69f04bf153"><enum>(v)</enum><text>holding and acquiring any security that is issued or paid as compensation from corporate board service by the spouse of a covered person, including the dividend reinvestment in the same security received from the corporate board service by the spouse of a covered person; </text></clause><clause id="id25cb5b2d-31cc-4ba3-80ce-bdd2b6fba53b"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>any covered investment that is traded by the spouse of a covered person in the course of performing the primary occupation of such a spouse, provided the investment is not owned by a covered person or the spouse or dependent child of a covered person; </text></clause><clause id="id2bcd4756-793b-4a43-a108-fc37eabdf31e"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>any investment fund held in a Federal, State, or local government employee retirement plan;</text></clause><clause id="idd466d81e-4589-4971-9308-a9353ee104ed"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>a tax-free State or municipal bond; </text></clause><clause id="idbda0d663-2a50-4ec4-8b56-15978673677d"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>an interest in a small business concern, if the supervising ethics office determines that the small business concern does not present a conflict of interest, and, in the case of an investment in a family farm or ranch that qualifies as an interest in a small business concern, a future or commodity directly related to the farming activities and products of the farm or ranch;</text></clause><clause id="id58706578-e2b2-4ede-9325-68a9aff94ad0" commented="no"><enum>(x)</enum><text>holding investment-grade corporate bonds, provided that the corporate bonds are held by an individual who is a covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of a covered person, on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idab5e7fbd-eec9-4304-8797-a48b9756eb5d"><enum>(xi)</enum><text>any share of Settlement Common Stock issued under section 7(g)(1)(A) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1606">43 U.S.C. 1606(g)(1)(A)</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idf24d582f-7fb8-42ac-819f-68d694aa39fa"><enum>(xii)</enum><text>any share of Settlement Common Stock, as defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id66524b5ab20d48b4a8b3755f4436548c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to imply that particular digital assets are not securities, commodities, or other types of covered investments. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7584f7e9-b409-4dfd-a8e3-0b44103c046c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Covered person</header><text>The term <term>covered person</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="id38a88d3a-b534-42e3-8f1d-bfadf9e1ea3e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Member of Congress;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34794a42-a134-4fd9-8af4-9a2fc0a36887"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the President of the United States; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25295bde26264f1b9015dc6ad6be051f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Vice President of the United States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id55fdb3ec-e847-4495-a789-a23d5ec679b4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Custody</header><text>The term <term>custody</term> has the meaning given the term in section 275.206(4)–2(d) of title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title> (or any successor regulation). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ab8b862-e1d2-4044-abf8-247eacf9220b"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dependent child</header><text>The term <quote>dependent child</quote> means, with respect to any covered person, any individual who is—</text><subparagraph id="ida2b9b13d-53da-45c5-9c71-5b4e85d4c999"><enum>(A)</enum><text>under 19 years of age; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2de883b1-73c6-4715-9f64-9369a1548fac"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a dependent of the covered person within the meaning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/152">section 152</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2dda14d2ea814836b7c6e4eb1a8dfac7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Digital asset</header><text>The term <term>digital asset</term> means any digital representation of value that is recorded on a cryptographically secured distributed ledger or any similar technology. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6027f8d0-0806-40e5-b2ed-17be017ac2c2" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Diversified</header><text>The term <term>diversified</term>, with respect to a fund, trust, or plan, means that the fund, trust, or plan does not have a stated policy of concentrating its investments in any single industry, business, or single country other than the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id9a320712-caf6-4513-b660-925703c18fab"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Future</header><text>The term <term>future</term> means—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id50a61d38-cb34-4ee8-9a88-de840694d0ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a security future (as defined in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c(a)</external-xref>)); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idd8c6034d-62c5-4c54-8eb4-93b8826592d0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other contract for the sale of a commodity for future delivery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id01e2f951-5ebb-41c7-a5f8-1e07f9f06d5f"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Illiquid investment</header><text>The term <term>illiquid investment</term> means an interest in a private fund, as defined in section 202(a) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/80b-2">15 U.S.C. 80b–2(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7ed6b04-14fc-4a6e-9610-eb9e4d694f6c"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Interested party</header><text>The term <term>interested party</term> has the meaning given the term in section 13104(f)(3)(E).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4893a53-e53c-4076-8bf0-62b60a06c957"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Member of Congress; supervising ethics office</header><text>The terms <term>Member of Congress</term> and <quote>supervising ethics office</quote> have the meanings given those terms in section 13101. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id473315f9-7896-41df-ab3c-287a530f27d2"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Qualified blind trust</header><text>The term <term>qualified blind trust</term> has the meaning given the term in section 13104(f)(3).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id641c139d-5743-41fa-a00a-add5b6d6ef5d"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Security</header><text>The term <term>security</term> has the meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78c">15 U.S.C. 78c(a)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idad68a86b-e9f2-4ac5-95a0-68d4a66add72"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Small business concern</header><text>The term <quote>small business concern</quote> has the meaning given the term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section><section id="idacd77939-ee88-45c9-8de6-71926ab09d82"><enum>13162.</enum><header>Trading covered investments</header><subsection id="ida55b484f-c802-4d4a-b7c5-99ee75c9437f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ban on trading</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b)—</text><paragraph id="idf2423c34-f7e8-49af-96d3-5eb7fad7c149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>effective on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, a covered person shall not purchase any covered investment; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide0bc7382-ca82-4fb4-8c74-cccf30b61313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>effective on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, a covered person shall not sell any covered investment, except as provided in section 13163(a)(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc460037cb8844a42b67efc179a64f2bc"><enum>(3)</enum><text>on and after the applicable effective date described in section 13163(j), an individual who is a spouse or dependent child of a covered person shall not purchase any covered investment or sell any covered investment, except as provided in section 13163(a)(1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id3365cb66-af5d-4773-86b7-1085d7c34d11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), a covered person may divest a covered investment as directed by the relevant supervising ethics office pursuant to this subchapter.</text></subsection><subsection id="id02bb91f5-9258-4bcd-851a-fb74e7c50836"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joint covered investment</header><text>Any covered investment reported to the supervising ethics office as jointly owned by a covered person and the spouse of the covered person shall be deemed to be a covered investment of the covered person for purposes of this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idfed3d286-560c-4857-b9cf-91fcbe359051"><enum>13163.</enum><header>Addressing owned covered investments</header><subsection id="id214a2a73-8fd5-4594-a91d-c35e40e9fa44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Covered persons</header><paragraph id="id69801d05-93f0-42df-871d-b866d3d7b9c7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Divestiture</header><subparagraph id="id4f826551-cab4-4dee-9bbe-37281b91a651"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirements</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbbc059d803484dd59964143ffe566416"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Officials sworn in before the date of enactment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2) and the amendments made under subsection (b), a covered person who is sworn into office on or before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, not later than the effective date described in subsection (j)(1), subject to any extension granted under subparagraph (C)(iii) of this paragraph, shall divest each covered investment owned or in the custody of—</text><subclause id="idbbad1982-eb11-4cbc-a9af-2614771b19e9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the covered person; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id2e4b58fd-13b5-4f74-8660-20a8b558ed07"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a spouse or dependent child of the covered person. </text></subclause></clause><clause id="id7e5b6dffca72446f81e6a964d2b6cc12"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Officials sworn in after the date of enactment</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and the amendments made under subsection (b), a covered person who is sworn into office after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, not later than the effective date described in subsection (j)(2), subject to any extension granted under subparagraph (C)(iii) of this paragraph, shall divest each covered investment owned or in the custody of—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07a1c6350c544a11ab7e155e014c2b92"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the covered person; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2eac0a6b22fb4afebc3ee14c4bed0649"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a spouse or dependent child of the covered person.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c1655daf21a42adb3f8262a9e732197"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Illiquid investments</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbfa353108884cbaac56b0ccac1bf118"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Officials sworn in before the date of enactment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a covered person who is sworn into office on or before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, if the covered person commences a new term of service as a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President after such date of enactment and holds an illiquid investment at that time, the covered person shall divest the illiquid investment not later than the date that is— </text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49867050a8054d18a8ff1ad54825fba2"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the effective date described in subsection (j)(1); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbce7658b75934b40b50cc989e321064e"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">90 days after the date on which the covered person is contractually permitted to sell the illiquid investment.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id930e6ae899d44555bcbfddccaae8a8e0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Officials sworn in after the date of enactment</header><text>In the case of a covered person who is sworn after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, if the covered person holds an illiquid investment on the date on which the covered person commences such term of service as a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President, the covered person shall divest the illiquid investment on the date that is—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7983dd3664c548eaac7ea03b3ecb5854"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">after the effective date described in subsection (j)(2); and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4496552c23a476cb6ad446939192fff"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 90 days after the date on which the covered person is contractually permitted to sell the illiquid investment.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1907515a47c487dbe10d1e007f42d16"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified blind trusts</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfadddfff57b74c56a7f410185eb1729f"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Prohibition on future qualified blind trusts</header><text>Except as provided in clause (iii), on and after the date that is 180 days after the applicable effective date described in subsection (j), neither a covered person nor any spouse or dependent child of the covered person may maintain a qualified blind trust.</text></clause><clause id="id3788fbf4f7c24736a15689bf125ce26b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Mandatory sale of covered investments in existing qualified blind trusts</header><subclause id="id607168ccb833442faff3ea42f1c91fd8"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The trustee of a qualified blind trust holding covered investments shall, at a time elected by the covered person, on behalf of a covered person, and in accordance with clause (iv)—</text><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0950c466d2f2408c920d22472ee85dbf"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">divest all covered investments held in the qualified blind trust for the purposes of complying with the divestiture requirements under this section, in accordance with subparagraph (A); and</text></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id025abeb96b304c9b810380be6d8659d7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>dissolve the qualified blind trust in accordance with this chapter and guidance from the supervising ethics office. </text></item></subclause><subclause id="idac477c2da4f04a2d9d7de0138e00134c"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Notice of compliance</header><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e626b5ce80a4490b35f432a7706eca4"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Notice of divestiture</header><subitem commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb68b65f7745f4fa1a37ecd2c6a8d360d"><enum>(AA)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the completion of divestiture of all covered investments pursuant to subclause (I)(aa), the trustee shall submit to the supervising ethics office and the applicable covered person a written notice stating that the trustee has completed divestiture of all covered investments held in the qualified blind trust pursuant to subclause (I)(aa).</text></subitem><subitem id="id6caada1401d84fb0adce56a2dd524e85"><enum>(BB)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>The supervising ethics office shall publish the notice required under subitem (AA) on the website of the supervising ethics office. </text></subitem></item><item commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69b7a3d6ab7140ce9d23ef4ae7acba70"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Notice of dissolution</header><text>Upon the dissolution of a qualified blind trust pursuant to subclause (I)(bb), the trustee shall submit to the supervising ethics office and the applicable covered person a written notice stating that the trust has dissolved the qualified blind trust pursuant to subclause (I)(bb) and shall include a list of the assets held in the qualified blind trust on the date of the dissolution of such trust and the category of value of each such asset.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idb2891f33ecf64d6caa695cc6461439f3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Extension of mandatory sale of covered investments</header><subclause id="id6d2e4fa749124c29b0ae45c98a295f2a"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Request</header><text>Each covered person who maintains a qualified blind trust established by the covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of the covered person, in any case in which the trustee of the qualified blind trust believes the size or complexity of the covered investments in the qualified blind trust warrant such extension may apply to the supervising ethics office for an extension of the period described in subparagraph (A).</text></subclause><subclause id="idfee3dd0fb1ae408e913141625c96b97d"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>An extension granted under subclause (I) shall not exceed 90 days.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc4600c5604764836abc78efdfdeb0f61"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Communications</header><text>A covered person may communicate with and direct the trustee of their qualified blind trust for the purposes of—</text><subclause id="id8b7dc783b8e3459685d4cd2c06d936f2"><enum>(I)</enum><text>determining when divestment of covered investments in the qualified blind trust should occur, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, clause (ii) of this subparagraph, or section 13162(b), as applicable; </text></subclause><subclause id="idedd071f5ae8844de8d90671e56b327f9"><enum>(II)</enum><text>determining which permitted property covered investments should be divested into; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id4b77409373004db89b8563bffb57fd13"><enum>(III)</enum><text>whether the trustee utilizes a certificate of divestiture pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1043">section 1043(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by subsection (b) of this section. </text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22d3679e-ea83-4fbc-a415-ca6b5a33e27d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception for dependents</header><text>An individual who is a dependent child of a covered person may have a legal guardian hold or trade on behalf of the dependent child 1 or more covered investments provided that the value of the covered investments in total does not exceed $10,000. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9d2e780e41a1472696cfe5ee8fe925f5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tax treatment of divestitures</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87c315db6b3b463ba754209b7475fbae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1043">Section 1043(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc44abbd0ce9346ccb968cf9e32f86cbe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>or a covered person (as defined in section 13161 of title 5, United States Code),</quote> after <quote>of the Federal Government,</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd6f5caf9c2347d7bf6c4eff5c25f3f4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c9f1b17cb9d4fc6ba5f67db6f319b46"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>employees, or</quote> and inserting <quote>employees,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfad30f667d0247c4897f50a51710cf69"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or the applicable supervising ethics office (as defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code), in the case of a covered person</quote> after <quote>judicial officers,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id748b329e7e164514b5637613af7e4e9b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or any diversified investment fund approved by regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics</quote> and inserting <quote>, any diversified investment fund approved by regulations issued by the Office of Government Ethics (in the case of any eligible person who is not a covered person (as defined in section 13161 of title 5, United States Code)), or any diversified mutual fund or a diversified exchange-traded fund described in clause (i) or (ii) of section 13161(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code (in the case of any eligible person who is a covered person (as so defined)).</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2cd46a561d34d38b06c30f84a1f107f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to sales after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab191622d93f4da49b2c30da65b5e373"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Acquisitions during service</header><paragraph id="id74a2980f-c8d9-48e8-84bc-f1465fe21235"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), and any applicable rules issued pursuant to subsection (h)(3), effective beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, no covered person, or spouse or dependent child of a covered person, may acquire any covered investment. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6964a049-1e71-4004-b63f-333cdda0bae7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inheritances</header><subparagraph id="id6270d10b-a6e5-4316-8c32-ce562b299fc1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), a covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of a covered person, who inherits a covered investment shall come into compliance as required under subsection (a) by not later than 120 days after the date on which the covered investment is inherited.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id673981ff-1278-4e2b-a6ff-f4836e56d5c2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extensions</header><text>If a covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of a covered person, is unable to meet the requirements of subparagraph (A), the applicable covered person may request, and the supervising ethics office may grant, 1 or more reasonable extensions, subject to the conditions that—</text><clause id="ida3dac16f-6a06-4680-afff-feef68c24ea3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total period of time covered by all extensions granted for the covered investment shall not exceed 150 days; and</text></clause><clause id="idb9a53656-7e52-44e2-bb17-24b45bcf07bf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the period covered by a single extension shall be not longer than 45 days.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id171c57a5-71a0-4260-ac8f-9688711ad816"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Family trusts</header><paragraph id="id51debc91-0e50-4896-a603-7dbcb2bd3b08" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A supervising ethics office may grant an exemption for a family trust only if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="ide9aaf9cb-ddce-4ba7-8aae-e9231e95ffa9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no covered person, or spouse or dependent child of a covered person—</text><clause id="id5286f323-a50a-489f-8e58-1a2f5ae866c9" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is a grantor of the family trust;</text></clause><clause id="id51d1b97e-bf6b-463b-b1c5-56627c981aa1" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>contributed any asset to the family trust; or</text></clause><clause id="idd370a171-046c-4cce-a923-89961f19c321" commented="no"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has any authority over a trustee of the family trust, including the authority to appoint, replace, or direct the actions of such a trustee; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id5f748acb-2358-46f8-8e83-247401988de8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the grantor of the family trust is or was a family member of the covered person, or the spouse or dependent child of the covered person. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id56a8dd04-9e01-4873-918e-0587239e4cd1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requests</header><text>A covered person seeking an exemption under paragraph (1) shall submit to the applicable supervising ethics office a request for the exemption, in writing, certifying that the conditions described in that paragraph are met.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48e624fd-3514-4c90-bc49-a99eddf859ce"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Publication</header><text>A supervising ethics office shall publish on the public website of the supervising ethics office—</text><subparagraph id="id576b0707-e1db-4ef3-8ce6-32d7819362bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of each request submitted under paragraph (2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf725ab31-53b7-4c35-8fd1-415eab2ff353"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the written response of the supervising ethics office to each request described in subparagraph (A).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3d2045a0-963b-41ef-a1d3-82f031a78243" commented="no"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Separation from service and cooling-off period required for control</header><text>During the period beginning on the date on which an individual becomes a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President and ending on the date that is 90 days after the date on which the individual ceases to serve as a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President, the covered person, and any spouse or dependent child of the covered person, may not, except as provided in this section, otherwise control a covered investment, including purchasing new covered investments. </text></subsection><subsection id="ida329c5f5-d49a-4a16-97eb-bd91c989e47e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><paragraph id="id8c5fc02a-584b-4a23-8212-6480dae840a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Supervising ethics offices</header><text>Each supervising ethics office shall make available on the public website of the supervising ethics office—</text><subparagraph id="idb03df899-18e6-4a9e-a05a-6137a3f4566e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a copy of—</text><clause id="id38071efa-fb0a-4cb4-ad30-37ed3582ad97" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each notification submitted to the supervising ethics office in accordance with subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii)(II);</text></clause><clause id="idf02a9104-58c4-4886-8eed-da6ccb960ddc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each notice and other documentation submitted to the supervising ethics office under this section; and</text></clause><clause id="idee4cca9f-7db1-453d-a6ac-b61a64062d81"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>each written response and other documentation issued or received by the supervising ethics office under subsection (d); </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf30e41c5fefa48a68ec3bbb2baa06b7b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 30 days after a qualified blind trust maintained by a covered person is dissolved, a written notice of the dissolution of the qualified blind trust; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id916f31ff-f927-436a-8013-9101934d8df0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a description of each extension granted, and each civil penalty imposed, pursuant to this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb7cca97f-4f3b-4d26-85ea-573ab434bdfc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal benefits</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ed7b3a4-105f-4e3f-9208-d401a68f765f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Covered payment</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>covered payment</term>—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfef00ff5-f51a-4b90-9673-24e40c8f0aac"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means a payment of money or any other item of value made, or promised to be made, by the Federal Government;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e487fab-bdf3-4b52-b452-c22dfd424b47"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4ea9ff3-6273-4b7c-961d-af7922ca7425"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a loan agreement, contract, or grant made, or promised to be made, by the Federal Government, including such an agreement, contract, or grant relating to agricultural activity; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96f8bb77-839d-47dc-bc7a-780ca9f18961"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such other types of payment of money or items of value as the supervising ethics office may establish, by guidance; and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7be09b1a-55bc-4a65-8485-f26780492bbe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>does not include—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida217bf84-8319-4c2e-807c-2188c1df34ce"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any salary or compensation for service performed as, or reimbursement of personal outlay by, an officer or employee of the Federal Government; or</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b2fe190-85b7-4d12-96b0-f7f175674cd5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>any tax refund (including a refundable tax credit).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ce4886c-9eb4-4366-b701-afe94e497e6c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of a notice of any application for, or receipt of, a covered payment by a covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of a covered person, including any business owned and controlled by the covered person, spouse, or dependent child, but in no case later than 45 days after the date on which the covered payment is made or promised to be made, the covered person shall submit to the applicable supervising ethics office a report describing the covered payment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2d5db4fd-2a88-42fb-b34e-76126f83ba9b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><paragraph id="id20180511-b6ce-47db-ac99-2075046ef3c3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The applicable supervising ethics office shall provide a written notice (including notice of the potential for civil penalties under paragraph (2)) to any covered person if the covered person, or the spouse or dependent child of the covered person, as applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09789510c05348df9229f58812ae6d48"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fails to divest a covered investment owned by, in the custody of, or held in a qualified blind trust of, the covered person or spouse or dependent child of a covered person, in accordance with subsection (a)(1), subject to any extension under subsection (a)(1)(C)(iii); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id218ad44d-0b83-463e-9554-e4160653c0da"><enum>(B)</enum><text>acquires an interest in a covered investment in violation of this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9c8a2f9-816e-44a4-b292-a5d8293e92dc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header><subparagraph id="idfbfe8543-da2a-4452-99d6-3863d558fef1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the event of continuing noncompliance after issuance of the notice described in paragraph (1), the supervising ethics office shall impose a civil penalty, in the amount described in subparagraph (B), on a covered person to whom a notice is provided under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1)—</text><clause id="id4b35318a-6fd6-4ae9-97d2-8328faf00045"><enum>(i)</enum><text>on the date that is 30 days after the date of provision of the notice; and</text></clause><clause id="id4efbeacb-5b08-4b07-ab99-fb236394628e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>during the period in which such noncompliance continues, not less frequently than once every 30 days thereafter.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id337d58ae-c321-4e03-b315-b58dcd1cec73"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The amount of each civil penalty imposed on a covered person pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be equal to the greater of—</text><clause id="id5a13cb41-8953-4fa3-bf95-822333504331"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the monthly equivalent of the annual rate of pay payable to the covered person; and</text></clause><clause id="idd6cfef94-a42e-4a63-950e-7a397f2f4288"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an amount equal to 10 percent of the value of each covered investment that was not divested in violation of this section during the period covered by the penalty.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9bc3f9af-72c5-4350-aa23-db89e603e4ab" commented="no"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Duties of supervising ethics offices</header><text>Each supervising ethics office shall—</text><paragraph id="id61a8f724-f85e-4cde-ba41-33636a5746d3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impose and collect civil penalties in accordance with subsection (g);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05956827-9b05-47a3-8c4f-62c5a3e23d0a" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>establish such procedures and standard forms as the supervising ethics office determines to be appropriate to implement this section;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ddf6509-a8bb-4935-9b03-3c41ddaaa590" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>issue such rules and guidelines as the supervising ethics office determines to be appropriate for the implementation and application of this subchapter; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id697b065f-2986-4850-9ba6-d641516b5abc" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>publish on a website all documents and communications described in this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5179ae1f-cb53-4ecb-8853-6f30f38fd4da" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a covered person, or a spouse or dependent child of a covered person, from owning or trading—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id5af7521f-39e0-49b7-9c7c-9225bbde0843"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a diversified mutual fund; or </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7098ef65-b634-40dc-a281-7d42cfc1d58d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a publicly traded, diversified exchange traded fund.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5b0c83f8db9e4aa59a40b3ab671a8462"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The effective date described in this subsection is the date on which—</text><paragraph id="id67518a6200fa4ce881a10552bd77c1f9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of a covered person who is sworn into office on or before the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, or the spouse or dependent child of such a covered person, the date on which the covered person commences a new term of service as a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President after such date of enactment; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b6d45feb0464804825a0ef9801e2b9b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a covered person who is sworn into office after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Halting Ownership and Non-Ethical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act</short-title>, or the spouse or dependent child of such a covered person, the date on which the covered person commences such term of service as a Member of Congress, President, or Vice President.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id078fe844-c837-4093-ac99-01e9f12959f2"><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/5/131">chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: </text><quoted-block style="USC" id="id297c04c8-8f52-4494-8138-58720c8c333b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><toc-entry level="subchapter">SUBCHAPTER IV—Certain assets of Members of Congress, the President, the Vice President, and their spouses and dependent children</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">13161. Definitions. </toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">13162. Trading covered investments</toc-entry><toc-entry level="section">13163. Addressing owned covered investments</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ida1c08af4-f18e-4df7-b450-65df531dd5ed"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical and conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="id8b503a9d-2e41-40d9-af11-5a6fd7d32bd3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Title 5</header><text>Title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7c7aa00-aef7-4a28-af64-6d54f8fbd827"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 13103(f)—</text><clause id="id167eca4b-eaa1-4d9b-a3d2-16486d949dfa"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (9), by striking <quote>as defined in section 13101 of this title</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id798836b7-5698-4798-81cb-48cc71bdbaea"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by striking <quote>as defined in section 13101 of this title</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94295cce-8d58-4bc3-8cab-b6ccfe176eb9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>as defined in section 13101 of this title</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id5359ac5c-096d-4db4-b7b1-6c97baff14ac" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>as defined in section 13101 of this title</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="idc7964084-3611-4bcb-9b73-caa2c2ecb1ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 13122(f)(2)(B)—</text><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id2ad76c49-5083-4fd2-a11a-28fb6123d0e9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Subject to clause (iv) of this subparagraph, before</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Before</quote>; and</text></clause><clause display-inline="no-display-inline" commented="no" id="id9d3aa4fe-1f98-4fcb-bb35-f88231c01d87"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad9f6d9b-b49f-449d-960d-2d185da5b3d9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995</header><text>Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>legislative branch employee serving in a position described under section 13101(13) of title 5, United States Code</quote> and inserting <quote>officer or employee of Congress (as defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code)</quote>. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a54e7ac-b4ec-4d31-aac4-153d57f969f2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</header><text>Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78u-1">15 U.S.C. 78u–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1d4c59d-5d84-403f-a805-2f082c66af06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>section 13101(11)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 13101</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4750256a-bf72-4379-b132-8e4c50f5c49f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4107fa6d-3ad9-4eb0-93ea-cc009134798c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>in section 13101(9)</quote> and inserting <quote>under section 13101</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id2cbe9626-a693-449e-b295-eea0bf83d2d6" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>section 13101(10)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 13101</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0b7ddf94-54ce-4dfa-993d-85f93c0bf771" commented="no" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>3.</enum><header>Penalty for STOCK Act noncompliance</header><subsection id="id6e89a92c-bdf3-4334-aa8e-2c13ebd2fe10" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fines for failure to report</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id68756b73-765f-4dbe-b1f5-eacf485490d2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The STOCK Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/112/105">Public Law 112–105</external-xref>; 126 Stat. 291) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cb6f343-8fdf-48b8-9e56-c98571921aec" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><section id="iddb03ac7b-5989-49cc-b24c-f1e9794788d5" commented="no"><enum>20.</enum><header>Fines for failure to report</header><subsection id="id082d9fff-dbe4-45fd-aa0b-7427e0c8477d" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), a reporting individual shall be assessed a fine, pursuant to regulations issued by the applicable supervising ethics office (including the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, as applicable), of $500 in each case in which the reporting individual fails to file a transaction report required under this Act or an amendment made by this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5908cb76-4e00-40ba-8de5-ec0213d830a5" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deposit in Treasury</header><text>The fines paid under this section shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id0bc23669efae4d489c9532d87b8ea0e9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply on and after March 31, 2027.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84ecae8e-56e1-47ee-9c8a-a0e0dfd74189" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rules, regulations, guidance, and documents</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, each supervising ethics office (as defined in section 13101 of title 5, United States Code) (including the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, as applicable) shall amend the rules, regulations, guidance, documents, papers, and other records of the supervising ethics office in accordance with the amendment made by this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id38b92c4e-fb75-453f-a14e-aa997d94850d" commented="no" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>4.</enum><header>Electronic filing and online public availability of financial disclosure forms</header><subsection id="id09b8c05f-4946-47ef-a992-60a90a77e44b" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members of Congress and congressional staff</header><text>Section 8(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/13107">5 U.S.C. 13107</external-xref> note) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd12dbc4f-853c-462b-b691-7308256ede92" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, pursuant to subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, through databases maintained on the official websites of the House of Representatives and the Senate</quote> after <quote>enable</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id110cead0-933b-4da7-b5b5-aa60e8d677a6" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and the undesignated matter following that subparagraph and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94d6b291-0561-4a26-9bda-25f538201280" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><subparagraph id="id087b7ea1-51b0-4c09-8292-5c2b35197e15" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>public access—</text><clause id="id03d0979f-a3f5-4d13-add5-ef4910fb0bb1" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to each—</text><subclause id="id97eb18ff-9802-478e-bca4-8767ff8edde3" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>financial disclosure report filed by a Member of Congress or a candidate for Congress;</text></subclause><subclause id="id365a4cac-b155-401e-a47d-7bc0c8d4637f" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>transaction disclosure report filed by a Member of Congress or a candidate for Congress pursuant to section 13105(l); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id4a753fa8-7caa-4c7d-acfb-dff14fd8083d" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>notice of extension, amendment, or blind trust, with respect to a report described in subclause (I) or (II), pursuant to subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/131">chapter 131</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb4992aeb-b29e-48a6-8de9-2d57e5151dcd" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in a manner that—</text><subclause id="idafae9d7b-e87f-4ac4-8fed-4efeeed64bb6" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>allows the public to search, sort, and download data contained in the reports described in subclause (I) or (II) of clause (i) by criteria required to be reported, including by filer name, asset, transaction type, ticker symbol, notification date, amount of transaction, and date of transaction;</text></subclause><subclause id="id6796d853-ecf9-4d02-9377-f1c666e15786" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>allows access through an application programming interface; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id6ebd79bd-4990-43eb-ab1c-88e0f867dfb1" commented="no"><enum>(III)</enum><text>is fully compliant with—</text><item id="id9c4f4063-669e-4b62-9bdf-91733f771cdb" commented="no"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/794d">29 U.S.C. 794d</external-xref>); and</text></item><item id="id5ffe9463-447f-41fa-bc3e-ae5ca1a81c39" commented="no"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>the most recent Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (or successor guidelines).</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f2b2355-f362-4091-aed3-dd6cb824cdf1" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section><section id="idc65630e8-c79c-4ea2-9100-bb89a2d1a95a" changed="added" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSGA00"><enum>5.</enum><header>Severability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or the application of such provision or amendment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and of the amendments made by this Act, and the application of the remaining provisions of this Act and amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected. </text></section></legis-body><endorsement><action-date date="20251210">December 10, 2025</action-date><action-desc>Reported with an amendment</action-desc></endorsement></bill> 

