Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007
Latest action · Feb 14, 2007 Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 12, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require recording and filing by each executive branch official with the Office of Government Ethics on any significant contact made between that official and any private party relating to an official government action. Outlines the authorities and responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics with regard to such reports.
Provides for penalties and fines.
Sets prohibitions on covered executive branch officials who are entering or leaving government service.
Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to: (1) prohibit a former federal agency contracting official from accepting compensation from a contractor as a lawyer or lobbyist of the contractor within a specified time frame; (2) prohibit former federal officials from accepting compensation from contractors if it is either a reward or if the acceptance of the compensation is inappropriate and affects the integrity of the procurement process; (3) require federal procurement officers to disclose job offers made on behalf of relatives; and (4) prohibit a federal employee who is a former employee of a contractor with the government from being personally and substantially involved with the award or administration of a contract to the employee's former employer for a specified period.
Sets a prohibition on unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes.
Requires an advertisement or other communication paid for by an executive agency to disclose that such advertisement or communication is paid for by that agency.
Directs each federal agency to submit to the Archivist of the United States and specified congressional committees a report describing the use of "pseudo" classification designations. Requires the Archivist to report on the use of such designations and promulgate regulations banning them. Defines "'pseudo' classification designations" as information control designations that are not defined by federal statute or Executive order relating to the classification of national security information but that are used to manage, direct, or route government information, or control its accessibility, regardless of its form or format.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2007 to Dec 4, 2007, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-VA | Tom Davis | Original | Feb 12, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| R-CT | Christopher Shays | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Dennis J. Kucinich | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-PA | Paul E. Kanjorski | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Feb 13, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Feb 14, 2007 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2007Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Feb 14, 2007Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
- Feb 12, 2007Introduced in House
- Feb 12, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Advertising
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Conflict of interests
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Data banks
- Electronic government information
- Evidence (Law)
- Federal employees
- Federal officials
- Fines (Penalties)
- Freedom of information
- Government contractors
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Job hunting
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Lawyers
- Lobbying
- Misconduct in office
- National Archives and Records Administration
- Office of Government Ethics
- Officer personnel
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Security classification (Government documents)
- Vice Presidents
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 12, 2007Introduced in House
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