US Congress Senate Bill 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-01 - 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]

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

Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-01	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB859 (Same As) 2017-03-02 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
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/senate-bill/265/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s265/BILLS-115s265is.pdf