[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2289 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2289

      To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for 
                    8 years, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1993

Mr. Clay (by request) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
  jointly to the Committees on Post Office and Civil Service and the 
                               Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for 
                    8 years, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Office of Government Ethics 
Authorization Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.

    Section 403 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Upon the request''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) The Director is authorized to accept and utilize, on 
behalf of the United States, any gift, donation, bequest, or devise of 
money, use of facilities, personal property, or services for the 
purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office of Government 
Ethics.
    ``(2) No gift may be accepted--
            ``(A) that attaches conditions inconsistent with applicable 
        laws or regulations; or
            ``(B) that is conditioned upon or will require the 
        expenditure of appropriated funds that are not available to the 
        Office of Government Ethics.
    ``(3) The Director shall establish written rules setting forth the 
criteria to be used in determining whether the acceptance of 
contributions of money, services, use of facilities, or personal 
property would reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Office of 
Government Ethics or any employee to carry out its responsibilities or 
official duties in a fair and objective manner, or would compromise the 
integrity or the appearance of the integrity of its programs or any 
official involved in those programs.''.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended to read as follows:

                   ``authorization of appropriations

    ``There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the 
provisions of this title and for no other purpose such sums as may be 
necessary for the 8 fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1995 and 
ending with fiscal year 2002.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall become effective on October 1, 1994.

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