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HRES 280 112th Congress House Congress Budget deficits and national debt Currency Financial services and investments Government ethics and transparency, public corruption House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure Metals Securities

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prevent any Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from benefitting financially from a vote to change the statutory limit on the public debt.

Introduced: May 26, 2011 Introduced by: McCollum, Betty Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
May 26, 2011
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House from buying or selling any stock, bond, currency, commodity, or precious metal within 72 hours before or after a vote in the House to change the statutory limit on the public debt.

What's happening now May 26, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.

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