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H.R. 4682 109th Congress House

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006

Official title: To provide more rigorous requirements with respect to disclosure and enforcement of ethics and lobbying laws and regulations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 1, 2006 Introduced by: Nancy Pelosi Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Government Reform, Standards of Official Conduct, Armed Services, and House Administration, 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.
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 Latest action February 1, 2006

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, Government Reform, Standards of Official Conduct, Armed Services, and House Administration, 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.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006 - Extends from one to two years the lobbying ban for former senior executive personnel, former Members of Congress, and legislative branch officers and employees.

Denies floor privileges to any former Members and House officers if he or she is a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign principal.

Requires public disclosure by Members of Congress and senior congressional staff of employment negotiations.

Amends the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA) to revise requirements for lobbying disclosures reports.

Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to: (1) exclude gifts from lobbyists from the gift ban exceptions; and (2) prohibit privately funded travel by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee.

Establishes the Office of Public Integrity within the Office of Inspector General of the House.

Amends the LDA to increase the penalty for failure to comply with lobbying disclosure requirements.

Requires certification that congressional travel meets certain conditions, subject to civil fines for false certifications.

Establishes mandatory annual ethics training for House employees.

Makes it out of order to consider any reconciliation legislation which has the net effect of reducing the surplus or increasing the deficit compared to the most recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate for any fiscal year.

Limits recorded electronic votes to 20 minutes, except in certain circumstances.

Makes requirements for earmarks in funding measures.

Makes it out of order to consider a resolution providing for adjournment sine die unless, during at least 20 weeks of the session, a quorum call or recorded vote was taken on at least four of the weekdays (excluding legal public holidays).

Makes it out of order, with certain exceptions, for the House to consider a bill or joint resolution until 24 hours, or in the case of legislation containing a district-oriented earmark or limited tax benefit, until three days after copies of such measure are available.

Makes a motion to request or agree to a conference on a general appropriation bill in order only if the House expresses its disagreements with the Senate in the form of numbered amendments.

Requires all provisions on which the two chambers disagree to be open to discussion at any meeting of a conference committee.

Prescribes minimum requirements for political appointees holding public safety positions.

Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (OFPPA) to require an executive agency, after awarding a contract, to make specified information regarding it available to the public, including over the Internet in a searchable database.

Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (FPASA) to prohibit awarding of a monopoly federal contract to a single contractor.

Specifies conditions under which such contracts may be awarded.

Amends the FPASA to require revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to require competition for certain multiple award contracts.

Provides for suspension and debarment of unethical contractors.

Amends the federal criminal code to impose fines and penalties on cheating taxpayers and wartime fraud.

Revises requirements and prohibitions regarding contractor conflicts of interest.

Requires disclosure of certain government contractor overcharges.

Subjects individuals to penalties for improper sole-source contracting procedures.

Prescribes disclosure requirements for organizations established to raise funds for creating, maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a former or existing presidential archival depository or its facilities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 162
D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 8, 2006
ACKERMAN, GARY
· Feb 1, 2006
ALLEN, THOMAS
· Feb 1, 2006
ANDREWS, ROBERT
· Feb 1, 2006
BACA, JOE
· Feb 1, 2006
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Feb 1, 2006
Barrow, John
· Feb 1, 2006
Bean, Melissa
· Feb 1, 2006
BECERRA, XAVIER
· Feb 1, 2006
BERKLEY, SHELLEY
· Feb 1, 2006
BERMAN, HOWARD
· Feb 1, 2006
BERRY, MARION
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 1, 2006
Bishop, Timothy
· Feb 1, 2006
Blumenauer, Earl
· Feb 1, 2006
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 1, 2006
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Feb 1, 2006
Brown, Sherrod
· Feb 1, 2006
Butterfield, G. K.
· Feb 1, 2006
CAPPS, LOIS
· Feb 1, 2006
Cardin, Ben
· Feb 1, 2006
Carnahan, Russ
· Feb 1, 2006
CARSON, JULIA
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 1, 2006
Chandler, Ben
· Feb 1, 2006
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 1, 2006
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 1, 2006
CONYERS, JOHN
· Feb 1, 2006
COOPER, JAMES
· Feb 1, 2006
CROWLEY, JOSEPH
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Feb 1, 2006
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 1, 2006
Davis, Artur
· Feb 1, 2006
Davis, Lincoln
· Feb 1, 2006
DAVIS, JIM
· Feb 1, 2006
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Feb 1, 2006
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Feb 1, 2006
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 1, 2006
Delahunt, Bill
· Feb 1, 2006
D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 1, 2006
DICKS, NORMAN
· Feb 1, 2006
DINGELL, JOHN
· Feb 1, 2006
D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 1, 2006
EDWARDS, CHET
· Feb 1, 2006
Emanuel, Rahm
· Feb 1, 2006
Eshoo, Anna
· Feb 1, 2006
ETHERIDGE, BOB
· Feb 1, 2006
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