US Congress House Bill 371 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 156-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017 This bill requires the President and Vice President to submit to Congress and the Office of Government Ethics a disclosure of financial interests. Among the contents of such disclosure, the President and Vice President shall: (1) include a detailed description of each financial interest of the President and Vice President, the spouse of the President and Vice President, or a minor child of the President and Vice President; and (2) include the tax returns filed by or on behalf of the President and Vice President for the three most recent taxable years. The President, the Vice President, the spouse of the President or Vice President, and any minor child of the President or Vice President must divest any financial interest posing a potential conflict of interest by transferring such interest to a qualified blind trust. Within a reasonable period of time after such financial interest is transferred to a qualified blind trust, the trustee of such trust shall: (1) sell the financial interest; and (2) use the proceeds from the sale of the financial interest to purchase conflict-free holdings. The Office of Government Ethics shall submit to Congress, the President, and the Vice President an annual report regarding the financial interests of such officials, their spouses, and any of their minor children. The Attorney General, the attorney general of any state, or any person aggrieved by a violation of divestiture requirements posing a potential conflict of interest may seek declaratory or injunctive relief if: (1) the Office of Government Ethics is unable to issue a report indicating whether the President or Vice President is in substantial compliance with such divestiture requirements; or (2) there is probable cause to believe the President or the Vice President has not complied with such requirements. The bill amends the federal criminal code to require the recusal of presidential appointees from decisions affecting the financial holdings of a President or the spouse of a President. Prohibitions pertaining to contracts entered into by Members of Congress are extended to contracts by the President or Vice President. The bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the disclosure of tax returns by the incumbent President and presidential nominees of a major political party for the three most recent taxable years. The bill declares the sense of Congress that a violation of the divestiture requirements of this bill or the Ethics in Government in Government Act of 1978 by the President or the Vice President would constitute a high crime or misdemeanor.

Presidential Conflicts of Interest Act of 2017

Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]
Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]
Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]
Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
2017-01-09	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and 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.
2017-01-09	House	Introduced in House

HB305 (Related) 2017-04-05 - Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Ms. Eshoo. Petition No: 115-1. (Discharge petition text with signatures.)
SB26 (Related) 2017-01-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SB65 (Same As) 2017-01-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB1880 (Related) 2017-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB3357 (Related) 2018-08-21 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/371/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr371/BILLS-115hr371ih.pdf