3.0.0 156 2022-11-01T14:17:32Z 2022-11-01T14:17:32Z Senate S 2019-01-16 116 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-01-16T21:32:45Z Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act 116 599 HR 2019-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2019-01-16 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2019-01-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Banking and financial institutions regulation Civil actions and liability Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Department of the Treasury Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal Reserve System Federal officials Financial services and investments Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption National Credit Union Administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Personnel records Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Wages and earnings Government Operations and Politics 00 2019-01-16 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-07T14:51:18Z Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act

This bill revises ethics requirements and modifies provisions related to conflicts of interest involving certain federal government employees.

Specifically, the bill

  • expands restrictions on certain federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources,
  • generally requires certain federal government employees to recuse themselves from any official action that would provide a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit for a recent former employer or client,
  • generally prohibits such an employee from participating in matters that involve an individual or entity with whom the employee is negotiating future employment,
  • prohibits a federal government employee from participating in a procurement involving a contractor that had recently employed that employee, and
  • expands restrictions on lobbying by certain former federal government employees.
]]> Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act Display Title Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent conflicts of interest that stem from executive branch employees receiving bonuses or other compensation arrangements from non-Government sources, from the revolving door that raises concerns about the independence of executive branch employees, and from the revolving door that casts aspersions over the awarding of Government contracts and other financial benefits. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s156is/xml/BILLS-116s156is.xml 2019-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.