[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 659 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 659

  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
    Committee on Ethics from waiving any requirement that Members, 
      officers, and employees of the House include information on 
  reimbursements for travel in the financial disclosure reports such 
individuals are required to file under the Ethics in Government Act of 
                                 1978.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2014

  Mr. Loebsack (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. 
Enyart, Mr. Walz, Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Cooper, Mr. 
McDermott, Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Barrow of Georgia, Mr. Nolan, Ms. Tsongas, Ms. 
Shea-Porter, and Mr. Foster) submitted the following resolution; which 
                 was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the 
    Committee on Ethics from waiving any requirement that Members, 
      officers, and employees of the House include information on 
  reimbursements for travel in the financial disclosure reports such 
individuals are required to file under the Ethics in Government Act of 
                                 1978.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE TRAVEL 
              INFORMATION IN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF MEMBERS, 
              OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE.

    Clause 5 of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(j) The Committee on Ethics may not use its authority under this 
clause or section 111(2) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App. 112(2)) to waive any requirement under title I of such Act 
that Members, Delegates, Resident Commissioners, officers, or employees 
include information on reimbursements for travel (as described in 
section 102(a)(2)(B) of such Act) in the reports such individuals are 
required to file under title I of such Act.''.
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