For the People Act of 2019

3.0.0 745 2022-11-01T14:47:41Z 2022-11-01T14:47:41Z House HR 2019-01-24 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 15 (Thursday, January 24, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. RASKIN:H.R. 745.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H1212]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee Referred to 2019-03-04T17:17:07Z Discharged from 2020-02-21T20:27:43Z Referred to 2019-01-24T14:00:40Z hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2020-02-21T20:27:17Z Markup by 2019-03-26T18:00:24Z Referred to 2019-01-24T14:00:35Z H. Rept. 116-403 For the People Act of 2019 116 1 HR 2019-03-14 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39. Related bill CRS Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019 116 1612 HR 2019-04-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Related bill CRS For the People Act of 2019 116 949 S 2019-03-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2020-02-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00325 2020-02-21 Committee on the Judiciary discharged. Discharge H12300 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-02-21 Committee on the Judiciary discharged. Committee 5500 9 Library of Congress hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2020-02-21 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-403, Part I. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2020-02-21 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-403, Part I. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-03-26 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15. Committee 2019-03-26 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2019-03-04 hsju10 Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. Committee 2019-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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 2019-01-24 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on 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 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-01-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000606 Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] Jamie Raskin D MD 8 N C000984 Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] ELIJAH CUMMINGS D MD E. 7 2019-01-24 True N000002 Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10] JERROLD NADLER D NY 10 2019-01-24 True 2019-05-14T16:04:00Z H.R. 745, Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55240 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on March 26, 2019 Government Operations and Politics Employment and training programs Evidence and witnesses Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Office of Government Ethics Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Government Operations and Politics

00 2019-01-24 Introduced in House 2020-04-21T15:45:35Z Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019

This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and reauthorizes the OGE through FY2023.

Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to

issue subpoenas during investigations, and
order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).

Additionally, the OGE shall provide public access on its website to agency records of conflicts of interest and ethics laws, rules and regulations, recusals, waivers and exemptions, and such other public records concerning conflicts of interest and ethics records required by law. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest waivers and other ethics determinations that are deemed to be public information.

The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority. Each agency must (1) provide all ethics records in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format; and (2) post on its official website every issued recusal, waiver, exemption, ethics advisory opinion, ethics agreement, and certificate of divestiture.

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08 2020-02-21 Reported to House, Part I 2020-09-29T20:06:28Z Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019

This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and reauthorizes the OGE through FY2023.

Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to

issue subpoenas during investigations, and
order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).

The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority. Agency ethics officials must provide specified ethics records to the OGE in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format; such information must be published on the OGE's website.

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Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 Display Title Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes. Reported in House RH Short Title(s) as Introduced Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Reported to House Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 H House Reported in House RH Reported in House 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr745rh/xml/BILLS-116hr745rh.xml Introduced in House 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr745ih/xml/BILLS-116hr745ih.xml 2020-02-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325. 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.