Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act
Latest action · Mar 27, 2019 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- IntroducedMar 27, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act
This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).
Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to
- issue subpoenas during investigations; and
- order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).
Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information.
The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 27, 2019.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Original | Mar 27, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Mar 27, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
- Mar 27, 2019Introduced in Senate
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