CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Bills and resolutions

Federal agencies and departments: strengthen accountability relative to misconduct affecting background investigations, update security clearance guidelines, and prevent conflicts of interest involving contractors (see S. 434), S900 [10FE]

Federal employees: prevent conflicts of interest by prohibiting bonuses from former private sector employers, increase lobbying prohibitions, and address associations between financial regulators and former clients or employers (see S. 1779), S5129 [15JY] (see H.R. 3065), H5235 [15JY]

Lobbyists: provide that a former Member of Congress receiving compensation as a highly-paid lobbyist shall be ineligible to concurrently receive Federal retirement benefits (see H.R. 567), H639 [27JA]

Real estate: prohibit certain financial benefits for referrals of business to title insurance companies and improve judicial relief for certain violations (see H.R. 1799), H2268 [15AP]

SEC: carry out a pilot program to examine maker-taker pricing (see H.R. 1216), H1565 [3MR]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (see S. 1072), S2400 [23AP] (see H.R. 1943), H2416 [22AP]

Remarks in House

Dept. of Labor: require financial advisors giving advice on workplace retirement savings to act solely in the best interest of their client, H7241–H7243 [27OC]

EPA: prohibit Science Advisory Board member from participating in any advisory action for which there is evidence that the action may involve a specific party in which the member has an interest, H1686, H1687 [17MR]

——— prohibit Science Advisory Board members from applying for or receiving EPA contracts or grants while serving and for 3 years after serving, H1687, H1688 [17MR]

Supreme Court: call for justices that have performed same-sex wedding ceremonies to recuse themselves from decision in Obergefell v. Hodges relative to same-sex marriage, H4646 [24JN]