CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

Amendments

Dept. of Justice: provide full access to documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election (H. Res. 970), consideration (H. Res. 971), H5825 [28JN]

Lobbyists: require disclosure of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering (S. 2896), S5936, S5938 [23AU]

Articles and editorials

FBI Ruled McCabe Had No Conflict of Interest in Clinton Probe—Docs, S97 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions

Congress: prohibit Members and senior staff from buying or selling individual stocks and other investments while in office and prohibit Members from serving on corporate boards while in office (see S. 3718), S7356 [6DE]

Courts: increase transparency and oversight of third-party litigation funding in certain actions (see S. 2815), S2623 [10MY]

Dept. of Justice: provide full access to certain documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election (see H. Res. 937, 938), H5152 [13JN] (see H. Res. 970), H5816 [27JN]

——— provide full access to documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election (H. Res. 970), consideration (see H. Res. 971), H5814 [27JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit any Federal payment for lodging, events, food, or other travel expenses incurred at a hotel owned or operated by the President, Vice President, or Cabinet members (see H.R. 5304), H1651 [15MR]

House Rules: prohibit, with limited exceptions, participation of any Member, officer, or employee of the House on the board of any publicly held or publicly regulated corporation, financial institution, or business entity (see H. Res. 1043), H7758 [21AU]

Lobbyists: require disclosure of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering (see S. 2896), S2835 [22MY] (see H.R. 7104), H9459 [30OC]

Members of Congress: provide that a former Member being paid as a lobbyist is ineligible for Federal retirement or congressional benefits, require posting of financial disclosure reports, and restrict travel benefits (see H.R. 6640), H7732 [27JY]

Political ethics: improve anti-corruption and public integrity laws by strengthening lobbying laws, disclosing conflicts of interest, improving judicial integrity, and requiring more financial disclosure by elected officials (see S. 3357), S5759 [21AU] (see H.R. 7140), H9567 [16NO]

——— require Federal political appointees to sign a binding ethics pledge (see H.R. 6732), H7941 [7SE]

——— strengthen ethical standards in the Federal Government to prevent Government corruption and ensure transparency and accountability (see H.R. 7167), H9573 [20NO]

Presidents of the U.S.: require Presidential candidates to develop ethics plans for transition teams (see S. 2321), S300 [18JA] (see H.R. 4826), H552 [18JA]

Puerto Rico: require disclosure of connections to debtors, creditors, or parties of interest to debt restructuring by professionals involved in the process of such restructuring (see H.R. 7355), H10336 [19DE]

Social Security: improve transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests (see S. 3000), S3034 [6JN]

Trump, President: require annual reports on Federal expenditures made to personal business holdings and regulatory actions that financially benefit the President, his businesses, and those of his close family members (see H.R. 5182), H1441 [6MR]

Letters

Dept. of Justice provision of full access to certain documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in investigation of 2016 election: several Democratic Members of Congress, H5841 [28JN]

President Trump impeachment: Representative McCollum, E106 [29JA]

Scope of Special Counsel authority and management of congressional oversight requests relative to Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election: Rod J. Rosenstein, Dept. of Justice, H5843–H5845 [28JN]

Remarks in House

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate reclamation projects or facilities if qualifying entity has recently employed senior Dept. of the Interior officials as lobbyists, H6160 [12JY]

Dept. of Justice: provide full access to certain documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election (H. Res. 970), H5827–H5846 [28JN]

——— provide full access to documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election (H. Res. 970), consideration (H. Res. 971), H5820–H5826 [28JN]

Lobbyists: require disclosure of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering (S. 2896), H10396 [20DE]

Political campaigns: reform campaign finance system, H9753 [30NO]

——— reform campaign finance system and ease voter restrictions, H5966 [28JN]

Political ethics: require Federal political appointees to sign a binding ethics pledge (H.R. 6732), H8113 [12SE]

Supreme Court: promulgate a code of ethics for Justices (H.R. 1960), H3957 [15MY]

Trump, President: impeachment, H10033 [11DE]

——— impeachment (H. Res. 621), H1135 [14FE], E106 [29JA]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns, H3360 [17AP], H3407, H3408 [18AP], H4129 [16MY]

Remarks in Senate

Lobbyists: require disclosure of convictions for bribery, extortion, embezzlement, illegal kickbacks, tax evasion, fraud, conflicts of interest, making false statements, perjury, or money laundering (S. 2896), S5938 [23AU]

Political campaigns: reform campaign finance system, establish nonpartisan redistricting commissions to draw congressional districts, establish automatic voter registration, and reduce certain conflicts of interest (S. 1880), S2379 [24AP], S3748 [12JN]

Social Security: improve transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests (S. 3000), S6172 [17SE]

Trump, President: take certain actions relative to personal business holdings to ensure compliance with emoluments clause of the Constitution while serving as President (S. Con. Res. 4), S3271 [7JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H. Res. 970, Full Access to Documents Relative to Congressional Investigations of Decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI Investigation of 2016 Election: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 971) (H. Rept. 115–791), H5814 [27JN]

Full Access to Documents Relative to Congressional Investigations of Decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI Investigation of 2016 Election: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Res. 938) (H. Rept. 115–813), H6040 [10JY]

Justice Against Corruption on K Street (JACK) Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 2896) (S. Rept. 115–317), S5618 [15AU]

Texts of

H. Res. 970, full access to certain Dept. of Justice documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election, H5827 [28JN]

H. Res. 971, consideration of H. Res. 970, full access to Dept. of Justice documents relative to investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election, H5820 [28JN]

S. 2815, Litigation Funding Transparency Act, S2625 [10MY]

S. 2896, Justice Against Corruption on K Street (JACK) Act, H10396 [20DE]