[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 17 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Pages S326-S327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1511. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for Mr. Lieberman) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1470 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Brown of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Levin, 
and Mr. Franken) to the bill S. 2038, to prohibit Members of Congress 
and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from 
their official positions for personal benefit, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       On page 7, strike lines 6 through 9, insert the following:
       ``(j) Not later than 30 days after any transaction required 
     to be reported under section 102(a)(5)(B), the following 
     persons, if required to file a report under any other 
     subsection of this section subject to any waivers and 
     exclusions, shall file a report of the transaction:
       ``(1) A Member of Congress.
       ``(2) An officer or employee of Congress required to file a 
     report under this section.
       ``(3) The President.
       ``(4) The Vice President.
       ``(5) Each employee appointed to a position in the 
     executive branch, the appointment to which requires advice 
     and consent of the Senate, except for--
       ``(A) an individual appointed to a position--
       ``(i) as a Foreign Service Officer below the rank of 
     ambassador; or
       ``(ii) in the uniformed services for which the pay grade 
     prescribed by section 201 of title 37, United States Code is 
     O-6 or below; or
       ``(B) a special government employee, as defined under 
     section 202 of title 18, United States Code.
       ``(6) Any employee in a position in the executive branch 
     who is a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service 
     (as defined under section 3132(a)(7) of title 5, United 
     States Code) or a similar personnel system for senior 
     employees in the executive branch, such as the Senior Foreign 
     Service, except that the Director of the Office of Government 
     Ethics may, by regulation, exclude from the application of 
     this paragraph any individual, or group of individuals, who 
     are in such positions, but only in cases in which the 
     Director determines such exclusion would not affect adversely 
     the integrity of the Government or the public's confidence in 
     the integrity of the Government.
       ``(7) The Director of the Office of Government Ethics.
       ``(8) Any civilian employee, not described in paragraph 
     (5), employed in the Executive Office of the President (other 
     than a special government employee) who holds a commission of 
     appointment from the President.''.
       At the end insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXECUTIVE BRANCH REPORTING.

       Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, the President shall--
       (1) ensure that financial disclosure forms filed by 
     officers and employees referred to in section 101(j) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) are made 
     available to the public as required by section 8(a) on 
     appropriate official websites of agencies of the executive 
     branch; and
       (2) develop systems to enable electronic filing and public 
     access, as required by section 8(b), to the financial 
     disclosure forms of such individuals.
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  SA 1512. Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by him to the bill S. 1789, to improve, sustain, and 
transform the United States Postal Service; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       On page 113, line 11, strike ``service before'' and all 
     that follows through line 20 and insert the following: 
     ``service before October 1, 2014, voluntary separation 
     incentive payments (including payments to employees who 
     retire under section 8336(d)(2) or 8414(b)(1)(B) before 
     October 1, 2014) that may not exceed the maximum amount 
     provided under section 3523(b)(3)(B) for any employee.''.
       On page 114, strike line 10 and all that follows through 
     page 116, line 10.
       On page 116, line 11, strike ``103'' and insert ``102''.
       On page 117, line 16, strike ``104'' and insert ``103''.
       On page 117, line 17, strike ``104'' and insert ``103''.
       On page 121, line 4, strike ``105'' and insert ``104''.

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       On page 140, lines 19 and 20, strike ``sections 101, 102, 
     103, 205, and 209 of this Act'' and insert ``sections 101, 
     102, 205, and 209 of this Act''.

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