US Congress House Bill 859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and other laws to: expand restrictions on federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources, generally require certain financial-services regulators to recuse themselves from any official action that would provide a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit for a recent former employer or client, generally prohibit such a regulator from participating in matters that involve an individual or entity with whom the regulator is negotiating future employment, prohibit a federal government employee from participating in a procurement involving a contractor that had recently employed that employee, and expand restrictions on lobbying by certain former financial-services regulators.

Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act

Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]

Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
2017-03-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
2017-02-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
2017-02-03	House	Introduced in House

SB265 (Same As) 2017-02-01 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
SB2057 (Related) 2017-11-01 - 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.
HB3537 (Related) 2017-09-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HB3848 (Related) 2018-05-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Research and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/859/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr859/BILLS-115hr859ih.pdf