[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5710 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5710

To reauthorize the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 2006

Mr. Porter (for himself and Mr. Chabot) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in 
    addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the Office of Government Ethics, 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 ``Ethics in Government Reauthorization 
Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 405 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) 
is amended by striking ``2006'' and inserting ``2010''.

SEC. 3. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--No later than March 31, 2008, the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the President and the appropriate committees of 
Congress a report on the Office of Government Ethics (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Office''). Such report shall 
include--
            (1) an evaluation of the functions and performance of the 
        Office, including--
                    (A) a determination as to how well the Office is 
                currently carrying out its statutory responsibilities;
                    (B) possible options for broadening or narrowing in 
                scope or otherwise modifying the statutory 
                responsibilities of the Office (including with respect 
                to the possibility of extending to any Federal 
                contractors or individuals employed under a Federal 
                contract the standards of conduct, financial disclosure 
                requirements, and other ethical responsibilities that 
                apply to Federal employees), along with the advantages 
                and disadvantages of each such option; and
                    (C) whether the Office has established strategic 
                and performance goals and, if so, what progress it has 
                made toward meeting those goals;
            (2) a study of the advantages and disadvantages--
                    (A) of permanently reauthorizing the Office as a 
                stand-alone entity; and
                    (B) of transferring all or any part of the 
                functions of the Office to another Federal agency or 
                department;
            (3) an evaluation of the technologies currently being used 
        by the Office and recommendations as to whether any new 
        technologies should be deployed to allow the Office to carry 
        out its functions more efficiently; and
            (4) any other findings or recommendations of the 
        Comptroller General, including recommendations for any 
        legislation or administrative action which may be necessary.
    (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on 
Government Reform and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives, and any other committees of Congress which may be 
appropriate.
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