112 HR 6447 IH: Financial Accountability for Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act U.S. House of Representatives 2022-01-20 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I117th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 6447IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJanuary 20, 2022Mr. Gooden of Texas (for himself, Mr. Posey, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Carl, Mr. Rodney Davis of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, and Ms. Tenney) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and ReformA BILLTo amend the STOCK Act to require the public availability of financial disclosure forms of certain special consultants and information relating to certain confidential filers, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Financial Accountability for Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act or the FAUCI Act.

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Public availability of financial disclosure forms of certain special consultants and information relating to certain confidential filers

(a)

In general

Section 11(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (Public Law 112–105; 5 U.S.C. App. 105 note) is amended—(1)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting , through databases maintained on the official website of the Office of Government Ethics after enable;(2)by striking the undesignated matter following subparagraph (B); and(3)in subparagraph (B)— (A)in each of clauses (i) and (iii), by striking the comma at the end of the clause and inserting a semicolon;(B)in clause (i), by inserting any officer or employee in the executive branch (including a special Government employee (as defined in section 202 of title 18, United States Code) and any special consultant appointed under section 207(f) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209(f))) whose annual rate of pay is equal to or greater than the annual rate of pay for a Member of Congress under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501), before and any officer; (C)in clause (ii), by striking , and at the end and inserting a semicolon;(D)in clause (iii), by adding and at the end; and(E)by inserting after clause (iii) the following:(iv)a list of the name, position, and salary of each individual whose annual rate of pay is equal to or greater than the annual rate of pay for a Member of Congress under section 601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) that filed a confidential financial disclosure report under section 107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), including a description of the specific type of information included in the financial disclosure report filed by the individual..(b)

Applicable deadlines

The Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall publish on the public website of the Office of Government Ethics any information with respect to which public access is required by an amendment made by subsection (a)—(1) not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of information required for calendar year 2020;(2)not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of information required for each of calendar years 2017 through 2019; (3)not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, in the case of information required for each of calendar years 2014 through 2016; (4)not later than May 15, 2022, in the case of information required for calendar year 2021;(5)not later than 30 days after the date on which the financial disclosure is filed, in the case of information required by an amendment made by subsection (a)(3)(B) for calendar year 2022 and each calendar year thereafter; and(6)not later than May 15 of the subsequent calendar year, in the case of information required by an amendment made by subsection (a)(3)(E) for calendar year 2022 and each calendar year thereafter.