3.0.0 1136 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z 2023-01-11T20:02:24Z House H HR 2007-02-16 110 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2007-03-19T13:22:56Z Referred to 2007-02-16T13:11:05Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-02-16T13:11:00Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2007-02-16T13:10:50Z Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the House Ethics Commission. 110 1018 HRES 2008-03-04 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. Related bill CRS 2007-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5335-5336) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-03-19 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2007-02-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E394-395) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2007-02-16 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2007-02-16 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000574 Rep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3] EARL BLUMENAUER D OR 3 N W000791 Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2] GREG WALDEN R OR 2 2007-02-16 True Congress Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congressional Record Congressional agencies Congressional committees (House) Congressional employees Congressional ethics Congressional investigations Congressional officers Congressional privileges and immunities Congressional publicity Congressional reorganization Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal justice information Electronic government information Evidence (Law) Ex-Members of Congress Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Grievance procedures House Standards of Official Conduct House of Representatives House rules and procedure Law Legislative resolutions Lobbying Members of Congress Misconduct in office Right of privacy Congress 00 2007-02-16 Introduced in House 2007-03-12T21:17:29Z Ethics Reform Act of 2007 - Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House to abolish the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.

Establishes within the legislative branch an Independent Ethics Commission to perform the duties of the Committee.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to transfer functions of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House to the Commission with respect to: (1) registration of lobbyists; (2) disclosure and enforcement; (3) penalties; and (4) rules of construction.

Requires quarterly instead of semiannual filing of lobbying disclosure reports with the Commission in an electronic form to made available to the public free of charge over the Internet.

Requires the Commission to continue any investigations pending before the Committee six months after the enactment of this Act.

Sets forth House procedures for consideration of Commission recommendations.

]]> Ethics Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To abolish the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct in the House of Representatives, establish an Independent Ethics Commission, and provide for the transfer of the duties and functions of the committee to the Commission. Introduced in House IH Display Title Ethics Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Ethics Reform Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-02-16T05:00:00Z 2007-05-17 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5335-5336) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.