3.0.0 3295 2023-01-11T13:37:24Z 2023-01-11T13:37:24Z House HR 2017-07-19 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 122 (Wednesday, July 19, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California:H.R. 3295.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 5 and Clause 18 of the UnitedStates Constitution[Page H6042]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2017-07-19T14:01:00Z 2017-07-19 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2017-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-07-19 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000187 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43] MAXINE WATERS D CA 43 N C000714 Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] JOHN CONYERS D MI 13 2017-07-19 True V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 7 2017-07-19 True Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liability Executive Office of the President Federal officials Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Real estate business Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-07-19 Introduced in House 2019-03-27T19:30:43Z End Secret Holdings and Ethical and Legal Loopholes Act of 2017 or the End SHELLs Act

This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the President, Vice President, or any high-level official, to file a report with the Office of Government Ethics 30 days after the sale of real property. The report must identify: (1) the name of each beneficial owner of the property, and (2) the current residential or business street address of each beneficial owner of the property.

The report must be published on the website of the Office of Government Ethics.

The Department of Justice may bring a civil action against an individual who knowingly and willingly falsifies information in a report or fails to file a report after the sale of real property.

]]> End SHELLs Act Display Title End SHELLs Act Official Title as Introduced To require the President, the Vice President, and certain high-level officials to file a report with the Office of Government Ethics, when selling real property, disclosing each natural person who is a beneficial owner of the real property upon completion of the sale, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced End SHELLs Act Short Titles as Introduced End Secret Holdings and Ethical and Legal Loopholes Act of 2017 Introduced in House 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr3295ih/xml/BILLS-115hr3295ih.xml 2017-07-19 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.