[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3797 Introduced in House (IH)]







                                    


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3797

To amend title 5, United States Code, to ban gifts to executive branch 
                               employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 11, 1996

 Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Condit, Mr. Fields of Texas, Mr. Coble, 
  Mr. Linder, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mr. Calvert, Mr. English of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Gutknecht, Mrs. Seastrand, Mr. Chrysler, Mr. Bass, 
  Mr. Foley, Mr. Stump, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Weller, Mr. 
Goss, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Largent, Mr. Horn, Mr. Ensign, and Mr. Hayworth) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to ban gifts to executive branch 
                               employees.

    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 ``Cleaner Government Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. GIFT BAN.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 7354. Gifts to executive branch employees
    ``(a) In General.--An executive branch employee may not accept a 
gift that a Member, officer, or employee of the House of 
Representatives is forbidden to accept under rule LII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth Congress.
    ``(b) Rules of Application.--For the purposes of the application of 
subsection (a), the following rules apply:
            ``(1) `Congress' and `congressional' deemed to be 
        `government'.--The terms `Congress' and `congressional' where 
        they appear in rule LII shall be deemed to be references to 
        `Government'.
            ``(2) Director of oge to perform functions of clerk of 
        house or committee on standards of official conduct.--The 
        Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall perform each 
        function with respect to an executive branch employee that the 
        Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Committee on 
        Standards of Official Conduct performs under rule LII with 
        respect to a Member, officer, or employee.
            ``(3) Deemed reimbursement to the treasury.--Any 
        reimbursement from a private source to an executive branch 
        employee for travel to which clause 2(a)(1) of rule LII applies 
        shall be deemed to be a reimbursement to the Treasury of the 
        United States.
    ``(c) Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than January 31 of each year, 
        the Director shall report to Congress and to the public on 
        violations of this section that occurred during the previous 
        calender year.
            ``(2) Content of report.--The report required under 
        paragraph (1) shall include--
                    ``(A) the name of--
                            ``(i) the individual who violated this 
                        section; and
                            ``(ii) the agency where such individual was 
                        employed at the time of the violation;
                    ``(B) a description of the violation, including a 
                description of the gift received and of the fair market 
                value of such gift; and
                    ``(C) any remedial action taken with respect to the 
                violation.
    ``(d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
            ``(1) the term `executive branch employee' means an 
        employee of an Executive agency, and includes--
                    ``(A) an expert or consultant who is under contract 
                under section 3109 of this title with the United States 
                or any agency, department, or establishment thereof, 
                including, in the case of an organization performing 
                services under such section, any individual involved in 
                the performance of such services; and
                    ``(B) the President and Vice President of the 
                United States; and
            ``(2) the term `Executive agency' has the meaning given 
        such term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the beginning of 
chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new item:

``7354. Gifts to executive branch employees.''.
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