US HB391 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

US Congress House Bill 391 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-06-12 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Creates transparency requirements for ethics waivers (i.e., waivers from the requirement to sign an ethics pledge) issued to executive branch appointees. Specifically, such ethics waivers must be transmitted to the Office of Government Ethics and made publicly available online.

Title

White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2019

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-12	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 16.
2019-06-12	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-01-09	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
2019-01-09	House	Introduced in House

Same As/Similar To

HB1 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
HR172 (Similar To) 2019-03-06 - Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
HB1612 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.