[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1558 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1558

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to protect family members 
of filers from disclosing sensitive information in a public filing and 
           extend the public filing requirement for 5 years.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2005

 Ms. Collins (for herself and Mr. Lieberman) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland 
                   Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to protect family members 
of filers from disclosing sensitive information in a public filing and 
           extend the public filing requirement for 5 years.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROTECTION OF FAMILY MEMBERS.

    Section 105(b)(3) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or a family member 
        of that individual'' after ``that individual''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ``or a family 
        member of that individual'' after ``the report''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF PUBLIC FILING REQUIREMENT.

    Section 105(b)(3)(E) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking ``2005'' each place it appears and 
inserting ``2010''.
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