Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018
Latest action · Jul 24, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
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.
- IntroducedMay 21, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018
This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to do the following:
- issue subpoenas during investigations; and
- order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).
Cosponsors 25
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2018 to Sep 20, 2018; 21 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-MA | Michael E. Capuano | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-MN | Timothy J. Walz | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | Original | May 21, 2018 |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 23, 2018 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Jul 19, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 20, 2018 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred May 21, 2018 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 21, 2018 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Jul 24, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 24, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
- May 21, 2018Introduced in House
- May 21, 2018Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 83, May 21, 2018, page H4285.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2919 | Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act | Related bill | May 22, 2018 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Justice
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Office of Government Ethics
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 21, 2018Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
