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H.R. 745 116th Congress House

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019

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: January 24, 2019 Introduced by: Jamie Raskin Democratic · Maryland See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Employment and training programsEvidence and witnessesExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officials
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 2020
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-403, Part I.
Feb 21, 2020
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
Feb 21, 2020
Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
Mar 26, 2019
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 26, 2019
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Mar 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jan 24, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and 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.
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 21, 2020

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019

This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and reauthorizes the OGE through FY2023.

Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to

  • issue subpoenas during investigations, and
  • order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion).

The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority. Agency ethics officials must provide specified ethics records to the OGE in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format; such information must be published on the OGE's website.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1 For the People Act of 2019
  • HR 1612 Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019
  • S 949 For the People Act of 2019
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Jan 24, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 24, 2019
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