3.0.0 6019 2023-01-11T13:21:48Z 2023-01-11T13:21:48Z House H HR 2010-07-30 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2010-09-20T17:55:07Z hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee Referred to 2010-09-20T17:54:52Z Referred to 2010-07-30T13:01:57Z hsru00 Rules Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:02:38Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:01:58Z 2010-09-20 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2010-09-20 hsju08 Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Committee 2010-07-30 Referred to House Rules IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsru00 Rules Committee 2010-07-30 Referred to House Administration IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2010-07-30 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-30 Referred to House Judiciary IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. N P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2010-07-30 True Crime and Law Enforcement Congressional agencies Congressional elections Congressional officers and employees Congressional operations and organization Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Evidence and witnesses Family relationships Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government studies and investigations Members of Congress Public participation and lobbying Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2010-07-30 Introduced in House 2010-10-29T19:55:11Z Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act of 2010 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise post-employment restrictions on former officers, employees, and elected officials of the executive and legislative branches.

Increases from one to two years the ban on lobbying contacts by the following individuals with a Member, officer, or employee of the entity in which they served before his or her tenure terminated: (1) former senior and very senior personnel of the executive branch and independent agencies (except for special government employees who serve less that 60 days in the two-year period before termination); (2) former Members of the House of Representatives or elected officers; (3) former elected officers and employees of the Senate; (4) former personal staff of House Members; (5) former employees of House committees or congressional joint committees; (6) House leadership staff; and (7) employees of other legislative offices.

Increases from one to two years the lobbying ban on former officers, employees, and elected officials of the executive and legislative branches for foreign entities.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit payment of campaign funds, except reimbursements under $500, to immediate family members of candidates.

Requires the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to provide an ethics training course to registered lobbyists.

Expresses the sense of Congress that any changes to the duties and responsibilities of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) should strengthen, not undermine, its powers to further improve accountability and transparency in Congress.

Grants subpoena power to the OCE board to carry out its duties.

]]> Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act of 2010 Display Title Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 18, United States Code, to extend the post-employment restrictions on certain executive and legislative branch officers and employees, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Accountability and Transparency in Ethics Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr6019ih/xml/BILLS-111hr6019ih.xml 2010-09-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. 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.