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

                                                       Calendar No. 523

103d CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1413

                          [Report No. 103-315]

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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.

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                July 15 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

                        Reported with amendments





                                                       Calendar No. 523
103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1413

                          [Report No. 103-315]

 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

                July 15 (legislative day, July 11), 1994

                 Reported by Mr. Glenn, with amendments
  [Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

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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. REPEAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Repeal 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 (Public Law 96-303; 5 U.S.C. 7301 note) is 
repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) FDIA.--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,''.
            (2) Ethics in government act of 1978.--(A) The heading for 
        section 401 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended 
        to read as follows:

              ``establishment; appointment of director''.

            (B) Section 408 is amended by striking ``March 31'' and 
        inserting ``April 30''.

SEC. -4-. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act shall become effective upon October 1, 1994.