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H.R. 5902 115th Congress House

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018

Official title: To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for reform in the operations of the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2018 Introduced by: Jamie Raskin Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of Justice
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Federal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsOffice of Government EthicsOffice of Personnel Management (OPM)
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Jul 24, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
May 21, 2018
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 21, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 24, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018

This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to do the following:

  • issue subpoenas during investigations; and
  • order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).
 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2919 Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 18
D
Lieu, Ted
California · Sep 20, 2018
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Meng, Grace
New York · Jul 19, 2018
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jul 19, 2018
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · May 23, 2018
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· May 21, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · May 21, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · May 21, 2018
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · May 21, 2018
 D
Gomez, Jimmy
California · May 21, 2018
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · May 21, 2018
Jackson Lee, Sheila
· May 21, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · May 21, 2018
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · May 21, 2018
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 21, 2018
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 21, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 21, 2018
O'Halleran, Tom
· May 21, 2018
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 21, 2018
Payne, Donald
· May 21, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · May 21, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 21, 2018
Speier, Jackie
· May 21, 2018
Walz, Timothy
· May 21, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · May 21, 2018
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Welch, Peter
Vermont · May 21, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5902: Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-5902/
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