CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (see H.R. 4283), H14826 [11DE]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (see S. 1073), S5614 [19MY] (see H.R. 3214), H8099 [14JY]

Letters

Grant of waiver to William J. Lynn III from Executive order prohibiting registered lobbyists from seeking or accepting employment with an executive agency that they recently lobbied: Peter R. Orszag, OMB, and Gregory B. Craig, S2105-S2107 [11FE]

———Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S2107 [11FE]

Remarks in House

Butterfield, Representative: conflict of interest due to Congressional Black Caucus membership while leading investigation into corporate sponsorship of Congressional Black Caucus trips to Caribbean, H7732 [7JY]

Dept. of Justice: prohibit U.S. Attorneys and assistant U.S. Attorneys from acting as or working for corporate monitors for specified periods after their Federal service (H.R. 4283), E2969 [11DE]

FAA: prohibit use of funds to name a project or program for a current Member of Congress, H5971, H5972 [21MY]

Mollohan, Representative: conflict of interest due to his position as Committee on Appropriations (House) Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Chair relative to Dept. of Justice investigation, H6944 [17JN], H9322 [8SE]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings, H14679 [10DE]

Remarks in Senate

Friedman, Stephen: resignation as Federal Reserve Bank of New York chairman, S5312 [11MY]

Lynn, William J., III: grant of waiver from Executive order prohibiting registered lobbyists from seeking or accepting employment with an executive agency that they recently lobbied, S2104-S2109, S2119-S2122 [11FE]

SEC: strengthen oversight of credit rating agencies and improve accountability and accuracy of credit ratings (S. 1073), S5617 [19MY]

Reports filed

In the Matter of Representative Graves: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 111-320), H12140 [29OC]

Texts of

S. 1073, Rating Accountability and Transparency Enhancement (RATE) Act, S5617-S5620 [19MY]