US Congress Senate Bill 156 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Revises ethics requirements and modifies provisions related to conflicts of interest involving certain federal government employees. Specifically, the bill expands restrictions on certain federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources, generally requires certain federal government employees to recuse themselves from any official action that would provide a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit for a recent former employer or client, generally prohibits such an employee from participating in matters that involve an individual or entity with whom the employee is negotiating future employment, prohibits a federal government employee from participating in a procurement involving a contractor that had recently employed that employee, and expands restrictions on lobbying by certain former federal government employees.

Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB599 (Related) 2019-02-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/156/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s156/BILLS-116s156is.pdf