HR 3462
115th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional oversight
Employee performance
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Office of Government Ethics
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Office of Government Ethics Independence Act of 2017
Introduced: July 27, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 6, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jul 27, 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.
Jul 27, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Office of Government Ethics Independence Act of 2017
This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to specify that the Director of the Office of Government Ethics may be removed only pursuant to a finding by the President of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Committees of jurisdiction
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