US SB896 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - 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]
Status: Introduced on March 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-27 - 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]
Summary
Expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to issue subpoenas during investigations; and order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion). Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information. The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority.
Title
Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT] | Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] | Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN] | Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM] |
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] | Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-03-27 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Administrative remedies
Congressional oversight
Department of Justice
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Government studies and investigations
Office of Government Ethics
Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/896/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s896/BILLS-116s896is.pdf |