CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Articles and editorials

Friendship of Justice and Magnate Puts Focus on Ethics, E1195-E1197 [24JN]

Bills and resolutions

FDA: ensure appointments to advisory committees are made to promote scientific and technical expertise while minimizing conflicts of interest (see H.R. 3206), H6975 [14OC]

———promote development of medical devices for patients with rare diseases, improve medical device approval process, and lift profit cap on humanitarian use devices (see S. 1865), S7451 [15NO]

———reduce regulatory burdens that unnecessarily delay new medical devices from reaching the market (see S. 1700), S6505 [13OC]

Supreme Court: apply Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to justices and establish procedures for the recusal of justices from cases (see H.R. 862), H1454 [1MR]

Taxation: exclude executive branch officers and employees from nonrecognition rules relative to the sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements (see H.R. 293), H202 [12JA]

Remarks in House

FDA: address financial and ethical conflicts of interest among Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee members, E542 [29MR]

Financial Stability Oversight Council: prohibit members from voting on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules if that rule would affect an institution where that member had recently been employed, H5333 [21JY]

Supreme Court: apply Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges to justices and establish procedures for the recusal of justices from cases (H.R. 862), E1264 [7JY]

Thomas, Clarence: allegations of ethics violations relative to relationship with Harlan Crow, E1195 [24JN]