3.0.0 3504 2022-12-30T04:04:47Z 2022-12-30T04:04:47Z Senate S 2022-01-13 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-01-13T20:29:23Z Banning Insider Trading in Congress Act 117 6490 HR 2022-01-25 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. Related bill CRS 2022-01-13 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2022-01-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO N Congress Congress 00 2022-01-13 Introduced in Senate 2022-07-20T21:25:34Z Banning Insider Trading in Congress Act

This bill prohibits a member of Congress or spouse of a member of Congress from holding, purchasing, or selling certain investments. Any profit made in violation of the prohibition must be disgorged to the Treasury and may subject the member of Congress to a civil fine. The bill also requires each member of Congress to submit an annual certification of compliance and requires the Government Accountability Office to conduct a compliance audit.

The prohibition does not apply to assets held in a qualified blind trust or to a sale by a member of Congress or spouse within 180 days after the bill is enacted or within 180 days after the member commences service, for any member who commences service after the bill is enacted.

]]> Banning Insider Trading in Congress Act Display Title Banning Insider Trading in Congress Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Banning Insider Trading in Congress Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prohibit transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3504is/xml/BILLS-117s3504is.xml 2022-01-13 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.