HR 2762
115th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Corporate finance and management
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2017
Introduced: May 30, 2017
Introduced by:
Lynch, Stephen F.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 12, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
May 30, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
May 30, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2017
This bill requires an federal official who issues or approves a waiver or authorization relating to ethical standards applicable to executive branch political appointees under specified executive orders to transmit, within 30 days after issuing or approving such waiver or authorization, a written copy of the waiver or authorization to the Office of Government Ethics and make them available to the public on the websites of the agencies employing such appointees and the Office of Government Ethics. This requirement applies retroactively to January 20, 2017.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
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