OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Defense: modify requirements relative to use of military construction authority in the event of a declaration of war or national emergency (see S. 2705), S6155 [24OC]

Federal employees: require that waivers and authorizations for certain Federal employees relative to ethics requirements are made public and submitted to the Office of Government Ethics (see H.R. 391), H357 [9JA]

Political ethics: determine if family members of the President have commercial relationships with foreign enterprises or financial institutions and, if so, whether they should be ineligible for a security clearance (see H.R. 1561), H2503 [6MR]

——— require the President and Vice President to disclose and divest financial conflicts of interest and require Presidential appointees to recuse themselves from such matters before their agencies (see S. 882), S1987 [26MR]

——— strengthen ethical standards in the Federal Government to prevent Government corruption and ensure transparency and accountability (see H.R. 706), H997 [22JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: disclose use of Federal funds with any privately held company owned by the President (see H.R. 4454), H7865 [20SE]

——— require disclosure of Federal income tax returns (see H.R. 950), H1349 [4FE]

——— require the President and Vice President to divest themselves of certain financial conflicts of interest (see H.R. 1481), H2321 [4MR]

Reform (see S. 896), S2042 [27MR] (see H.R. 745), H1209 [24JA]

Remarks in House

Federal employees: require a report on impact of retroactive application of ethics waiver process for certain executive branch employees, H2488, H2489 [6MR]

Political ethics: promulgate regulations establishing limits on gifts and donations to legal defense funds, H2493, H2494 [6MR]

——— promulgate rules to apply ethics laws to unpaid employees of any agency, Executive Office of the President, or the White House, H2490, H2491 [6MR]

——— remove authority to subpoena certain information and records, H2519, H2520 [7MR]