[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1413 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1413

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 6 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

 Mr. Levin (for himself and Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental 
                                Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, to extend 
the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics 
                for eight 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. 
5) is amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(a)'' before ``Upon the request''; and
            (2) adding at the end thereof 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 under this subsection 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.

    The text of section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App. 5) is amended to read as follows: ``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 fiscal years 
beginning with fiscal year 1995 and ending with fiscal year 2002.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall become effective upon October 1, 1994.

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