[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[S. 1558 Referred in House (RFH)]


109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1558


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2005

               Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 AN ACT


 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to protect family members 
of filers from disclosing sensitive information in a public filing and 
  to extend for 4 years the authority to redact financial disclosure 
        statements of judicial employees and judicial officers.

    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 ``2009''.

            Passed the Senate November 10, 2005.

            Attest:

                                             EMILY J. REYNOLDS,

                                                             Secretary.