A bill to amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office.
Latest action · Nov 14, 2019 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedNov 13, 2019
- Passed SenateNov 13, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill revises conflict-of-interest limitations applicable to personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO).
Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest.
This bill creates an exemption for certain interests—interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans—that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests.
Additionally, the prohibition applies only to the GPO director—not to other GPO personnel.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2019Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Nov 14, 2019Received in the House.
- Nov 14, 2019Held at the desk.
- Nov 13, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Nov 13, 2019Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6573; text: CR S6573)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6573Text printed S6569, S6573 | Mitch McConnell R-KY, Roy Blunt R-MO (text) | Nov 13, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5277 | To amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office. | Related bill | Dec 5, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Books and print media
- Congressional agencies
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Federal officials
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government Publishing Office (GPO)
- News media and reporting
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 13, 2019Considered and Passed Senate
- Nov 13, 2019Engrossed in Senate
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.
