[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2455 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2455

  To prohibit Federal employees from taking certain acts affecting a 
      financial interest of the President, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2017

Ms. Jayapal (for herself and Mr. Raskin) introduced the following bill; 
          which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit Federal employees from taking certain acts affecting a 
      financial interest of the President, 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 ``Separation of Government and 
President's Financial Interests Act''.

SEC. 2. ACTS AFFECTING A CERTAIN FINANCIAL INTERESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 208 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``a personal financial 
        interest'' and inserting ``certain financial interests'';
            (2) by striking ``or any person'' and inserting ``any 
        person''; and
            (3) by inserting ``, or the President'' after ``prospective 
        employment''.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to any act described in section 208 of title 18, United 
States Code, taken by an officer or employee after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 11 of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 208 and inserting the following:

``208. Acts affecting certain financial interests.''.
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