3.0.0 2180 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z 2023-01-13T04:49:15Z Senate S S 2006-01-20 109 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2006-01-25T19:09:53Z Referred to 2006-01-20T16:48:56Z Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to provide regular ethics training for Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner. 109 772 HRES 2006-04-25 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. Related bill CRS Special Interest Lobbying and Ethics Accountability Act of 2005 109 2412 HR 2005-05-17 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Standards of Official Conduct, and Rules, 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. Related bill CRS Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2005 109 4575 HR 2006-02-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. Related bill CRS Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006 109 4667 HR 2006-02-06 Executive Comment Requested from Interior. Related bill CRS Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 109 4682 HR 2006-02-01 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Government Reform, Standards of Official Conduct, Armed Services, 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. Related bill CRS Ethics Reform Act of 2006 109 4948 HR 2006-03-14 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and the Judiciary, 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. Related bill CRS 527 Reform Act of 2006 109 4975 HR 2006-05-23 Laid on the table. See S. 2349 for further action. 11:59:19 Related bill CRS House Ethics Reform Act of 2006 109 4988 HR 2006-04-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1880) Related bill CRS Ethics and Lobbying Reform Act of 2006 109 5677 HR 2006-06-22 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and Rules, 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. Related bill CRS Senate Legislative Transparency and Accountability Resolution of 2006 109 525 SRES 2006-06-29 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6811-6812) Related bill CRS 2006-03-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1760-1761) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-01-25 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-428. Committee 2006-01-20 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred, under authority of the order of the Senate of Jan. 18, 2006, to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR 1/24/2006 S20-23) IntroReferral 2006-01-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. 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[D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2006-02-02 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Associations, institutions, etc. Campaign funds Capitol (Washington, D.C.) Charter airlines Conflict of interests Congress Congressional agencies Congressional committees (Senate) Congressional conference committees Congressional elections Congressional employees Congressional ethics Congressional investigations Congressional officers Congressional publicity Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Congressional travel Congressional voting Crime and Law Enforcement Data banks Electronic data interchange Electronic government information Employee selection Employee training Evidence (Law) Ex-Members of Congress Federal officials Finance and Financial Sector Financial disclosure Financial statements Fines (Penalties) Fraud Gifts Government and business Government ethics Government paperwork Government travel Internet Labor and Employment Law Lobbying Members of Congress Office of Government Ethics Political action committees Political parties Presidential elections Public meetings Public records Record votes Recruiting of employees Science, Technology, Communications Senate Senate Ethics Senate Rules and Administration Senate rules and procedure Transportation and Public Works Travel costs Government Operations and Politics 00 2006-01-20 Introduced in Senate 2006-01-30T20:33:26Z Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 - Extends from one to two years the ban on former senior and very senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and officers and employees of the legislative branch from making lobbying contacts with any officer or employee of the entity in which such person served before his or her tenure terminated.

Eliminates floor privileges for a former Senator or Senator-elect who is a registered lobbyist.

Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of employment negotiations.

Subjects to fines and penalties a Member of Congress or a congressional employee who wrongfully influences, on a partisan basis, an entity's employment decisions or practices.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to require: (1) quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosures reports; (2) electronic filing; (3) disclosure of registered lobbyist contributions and payments; (4) disclosure of paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying; (5) disclosure by registered lobbyists of all past executive and congressional employment; and (6) maintenance of certain lobbying disclosure information in an electronic data base, available to the public free of charge over the Internet.

Amends the Standing Rules of the Senate to: (1) exclude gifts from lobbyists from the gift ban exceptions; and (2) prohibit privately funded travel by a Member, officer, or employee.

Prohibits such individuals from accepting transportation or lodging on trips sponsored by non-profit organizations that are planned, organized, requested, arranged, or financed in whole or in part by a lobbyist or foreign agent, or in which a lobbyist participates.

Requires a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate to disclose certain information regarding noncommercial air travel.

Requires the Committee on Rules and Administration to develop and revise guidelines on reasonable expenses or expenditures for official government travel.

Establishes the Senate Office of Public Integrity.

Amends the LDA to increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.

Requires certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions. Establishes civil fines for false certifications.

Establishes mandatory annual ethics training for congressional employees.

Amends the Standing Rules to require: (1) actual voting in a conference committee meeting on the full text of the proposed conference report; and (2) availability of such report on the Internet for at least 24 hours before its consideration.

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