[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 832. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. DISCLOSURES RELATED TO TRADE DEALS AND ARMS SALES.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, no covered agreement may enter into force, and the 
     United States may not incur any related obligation, until the 
     Office of Government Ethics certifies that no covered 
     individual will personally financially benefit from the 
     covered agreement.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Covered agreement.--The term ``covered agreement'' 
     means--
       (A) any agreement that covers sales pursuant to section 36 
     of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776); and
       (B) any agreement with a foreign government under the 
     customs and trade laws of the United States (as defined in 
     section 2 of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act 
     of 2015 (19 U.S.C. 4301)).
       (2) Covered individual.--The term ``covered individual'' 
     means--
       (A) the President;
       (B) the Vice President;
       (C) a relative of the President or Vice President as that 
     term is defined in section 109(16) of title 5, United States 
     Code; and
       (D) any civilian employee employed in the Executive Office 
     of the President who holds a commission of appointment from 
     the President.
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