[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 699 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 699

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                April 6 (legislative day, April 5), 1995

 Mr. Cohen (for himself and Mr. Levin) 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, to extend the 
authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for 
                  seven 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 1995''.

SEC. 2. GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.

    Section 403 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
5) 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 under this subsection would reflect unfavorably upon the 
ability of the Office of Government Ethics, or any employee of such 
Office, 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 this title such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 1996 through 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 (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 of such Act is amended by striking ``March 
        31'' and inserting ``April 30''.
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