[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 144 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5069]
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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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