[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
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[H.R. 2289 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 469

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2289

                  [Report No. 103-785, Parts I and II]

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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.

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                            October 7, 1994

    Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, 
   committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union, and ordered to be printed
                                                 Union Calendar No. 469
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2289

                  [Report No. 103-785, Parts I and II]

      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

                            October 3, 1994

 Reported from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service with an 
                               amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

                            October 7, 1994

    Reported from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, 
   committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the 
                    Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                           in boldface roman]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 26, 
                                 1993]

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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. AMENDMENTS TO THE ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.

    (a) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever 
in this section an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an 
amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference 
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
    (b) Reauthorization.--Section 405 is amended by striking 
``purpose--'' and all that follows thereafter through the period and 
inserting ``purpose, not to exceed $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and 
for each of the next 7 fiscal years thereafter.''.
    (c) Assistance from Other Agencies.--Section 403 is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``under this Act; and'' 
        and inserting ``of the Office of Government Ethics; and''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2) by striking ``duties.'' and inserting 
        ``duties under this Act or any other Act.''.
    (d) Gift Acceptance Authority.--Section 403, as amended by 
subsection (c), is further amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Upon the request'';
            (2) in the next to last sentence by striking ``this 
        section'' and inserting ``this subsection''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b)(1) The Director may accept and use, 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, donation, bequest, or devise may be so accepted if 
it--
            ``(A) attaches conditions inconsistent with applicable laws 
        or regulations; or
            ``(B) is conditioned on or will require the expenditure of 
        appropriated funds that are not available to the Office of 
        Government Ethics.
    ``(3) The Director shall promulgate written rules setting forth the 
criteria to be used in determining whether the acceptance of such a 
gift, donation, bequest, or devise would reflect unfavorably on 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.''.
    (e) Reports to Congress.--Section 408 is amended by striking 
``March 31'' and inserting ``April 30''.
    (f) Section Heading.--The heading for section 401 is amended to 
read as follows:

              ``establishment; appointment of director''.

SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Display Requirement.--The Act entitled ``An Act 
to provide for the display of the Code of Ethics for Government 
Service'', approved July 3, 1980 (5 U.S.C. 7301 note) is repealed.
    (b) FDIA.--Effective as of the date of the enactment of this Act, 
section 12(f)(3) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 
1822(f)(3)) is amended by striking ``, with the concurrence of the 
Office of Government Ethics,''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as provided in section 3(b), this Act shall be effective as 
of October 1, 1994.

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

    ``Sec. 405. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
the provisions of this title not more than $8,154,000 for fiscal year 
1995, $8,480,000 for fiscal year 1996, $8,819,000 for fiscal year 1997, 
$9,172,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $9,539,000 for fiscal year 
1999.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall become effective on October 1, 1994.