[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 665 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 665

 To require a witness before a committee hearing to file a disclosure 
 form identifying substantial financial interests or compensation from 
   an organization or company directly related to the subject of the 
                                hearing.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 29, 2010

Mr. Grassley submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
               the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To require a witness before a committee hearing to file a disclosure 
 form identifying substantial financial interests or compensation from 
   an organization or company directly related to the subject of the 
                                hearing.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This resolution may be cited as the ``Witness Sunshine 
Resolution''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE STANDING RULES.

    Paragraph 4(b) of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(1)'' after ``(b)''; and
            (2) inserting at the end the following:
    ``(2)(A) Each committee (including the Committee on Appropriations) 
shall require each witness who is to appear before the committee in any 
hearing to file with the clerk of the committee, at least 1 day before 
the date of the appearance of that witness, a disclosure form 
identifying any arrangement, affiliation, relationship, or substantial 
financial interest the witness has with any organization, company, 
private, or government entity directly related to the subject of the 
hearing as well as the nature of the relationship disclosed, unless the 
committee chairman and the ranking minority member determine that there 
is good cause for noncompliance.
    ``(B) For any witness who at the time of the hearing is employed by 
the Federal Government, submission of his or her Executive Branch 
Personnel Public Financial Disclosure Report may fulfill the 
requirements of this clause at the discretion of the Chairman and the 
Ranking Member so long as the completed form is up to date and 
discloses all relevant arrangements, affiliations, relationships, and 
substantial financial interests.
    ``(C) If so requested by the committee, the staff of the committee 
shall prepare for the use of the members of the committee before each 
day of hearing before the committee a digest of the disclosure forms 
which have been filed under this clause by witnesses who are to appear 
before the committee on that day. In addition, the disclosure forms 
shall be made part of the committee record.''.
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