3.0.0 1503 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z 2022-11-01T05:32:24Z Senate S 2019-05-16 116 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-16T15:14:08Z Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019 116 4277 HR 2019-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2019-05-16 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. N Armed Forces and National Security Accounting and auditing Administrative remedies Business records Congressional oversight Corporate finance and management Department of Defense Department of State Department of the Treasury Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Executive Office of the President Federal officials Financial services and investments Freedom of information Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information Military command and structure Military personnel and dependents Military procurement, research, weapons development Nuclear weapons Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Securities Wages and earnings Armed Forces and National Security 00 2019-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-09T13:52:11Z Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019

This bill addresses the conduct of Department of Defense (DOD) officials regarding relationships with military contractors.

With respect to certain DOD officials involved in contracting, the bill increases the following: (1) the period during which an official leaving DOD and seeking compensation from a contractor must obtain an ethics opinion concerning post-employment restrictions, (2) the length of time such requests must be retained in a central repository, and (3) the frequency of Inspector General reviews of providing and retaining opinions.

Each procurement contract of a value exceeding $10 million must require the contractor to annually report information (including concerning lobbying activities) about former officials and military officers who received compensation within four years after leaving service. Such a contract shall include a clause prohibiting the contractor from receiving the compensation.

Contracts with contractors that received an average of more than $1 billion in revenue in the previous three years from DOD or the Department of Energy (related to the U.S. nuclear program) shall prohibit the employment or payment of certain DOD officials within four years of leaving DOD service.

In addition, the bill includes restrictions and conditions concerning:

  • lobbying by former officials and officers;
  • stock ownership and trading;
  • employment that is subject to the emoluments clause of the Constitution;
  • work by certain senior officials for a foreign entity (including work that conflicts with U.S. national security interests);
  • financial disclosure by large prospective contractors; and
  • public disclosure of information regarding the identification of general or flag officers and their finances and conduct.
]]> Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019 Display Title Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Department of Defense Ethics and Anti-corruption Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote ethics and prevent corruption in Department of Defense contracting and other activities, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1503is/xml/BILLS-116s1503is.xml 2019-05-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.