[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1020 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1020

  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of 
Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2019

  Mr. Posey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of 
Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities, 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. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF BUSINESS TIES WITH 
              FOREIGN ENTITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 102) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(j) Any report filed pursuant to section 101(d) by a Member of 
Congress shall include the disclosure of any business ties the Member 
or any member of the Member's immediate family has (if any) with a 
foreign entity. If a Member of Congress makes an affirmative disclosure 
of any such ties, the Member shall include information detailing the 
nature of the business tie and foreign entity.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any report filed pursuant to section 101(d) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101(d)) after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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