3.0.0 4849 2023-01-11T13:44:22Z 2023-01-11T13:44:22Z Senate S 2020-10-22 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-22T21:18:29Z 2020-10-22 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-10-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. N International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal officials Foreign language and bilingual programs Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Historical and cultural resources International Affairs 00 2020-10-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-26T16:49:04Z Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act

This bill requires the President and each individual appointed or assigned to be a chief of mission to make certain disclosures, including (1) the source and extent of the individual's knowledge related to the area in which they have been nominated to serve, and (2) specified campaign contributions. The President must also certify that any contributions made by the nominee played no role in the nomination.

]]> Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act Display Title Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Ambassador Oversight and Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to require additional disclosures with respect to nominees to serve as chiefs of missions, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4849is/xml/BILLS-116s4849is.xml 2020-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.