[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3462 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3462

   To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide that the 
  Director of the Office of Government Ethics may be removed only for 
               neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Ms. Brownley of California, 
  Mrs. Bustos, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Costa, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Gene Green of 
Texas, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Khanna, Mrs. Lawrence, 
 Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Mr. O'Halleran, 
 Mr. Payne, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Sanford, Ms. Schakowsky, and 
 Mr. Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide that the 
  Director of the Office of Government Ethics may be removed only for 
               neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

    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 ``Office of Government Ethics 
Independence Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS.

    Section 401(b) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``An individual 
serving as Director may be removed from office only pursuant to a 
finding by the President of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. 
Not less than 30 days before the removal of a Director under this 
subsection, the President shall submit written notification to Congress 
of the intent to remove such Director and the reasons for removal.''.
                                 <all>