[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4121 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4121

  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prevent Government 
  officials from accepting travel from persons having business before 
                their agencies, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 8, 2007

  Mr. Carney (for himself, Mr. Space, and Ms. DeLauro) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to prevent Government 
  officials from accepting travel from persons having business before 
                their agencies, 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 ``Restoring Trust in Public Officials 
Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.

    The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

        ``TITLE VI--ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL BY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

``SEC. 601. ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN TRAVEL BY CERTAIN GOVERNMENT 
              OFFICIALS PROHIBITED.

    ``(a) Generally.--A covered official shall not accept any travel 
paid for by a prohibited source. Nor shall an agency accept a payment 
for travel that a covered official may not accept under this section.
    ``(b) Sanctions.--The prohibition of this title shall be enforced 
in the same manner as the prohibitions of title V, and a violation of a 
prohibition of this title shall be subject to the same sanctions as a 
violation of that title.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this title--
            ``(1) the term `covered official' means a person described 
        in section 207(c)(2)(A) of title 18, United States Code; and
            ``(2) the term `prohibited source' means any person who--
                    ``(A) is seeking official action by the covered 
                official's agency;
                    ``(B) does business or seeks to do business with 
                the covered official's agency;
                    ``(C) conducts activities regulated by the covered 
                official's agency;
                    ``(D) has interests that may be substantially 
                affected by the performance or nonperformance of the 
                covered official's official duties; or
                    ``(E) is an organization a majority of whose 
                members are described in any of paragraphs (A) through 
                (D).''.

SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE.

    Section 1353(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``, consistent with title VI of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978,'' after ``shall prescribe by regulation''.
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