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HR 9029 116th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

Introduced: December 18, 2020 Introduced by: Jayapal, Pramila Democratic · Washington See on congress.gov
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Dec 18, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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.
Dec 18, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government.

Specifically, the bill

  • prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards;
  • institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads;
  • requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate;
  • requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench;
  • creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws;
  • requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and
  • makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.
What's happening now December 18, 2020

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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.

 Related & companion bills 9
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  • HR 1382 Related bill Inaugural Fund Integrity Act
  • HR 1423 Related bill FAIR Act
  • HR 4053 Related bill Empower Act of 2019
  • S 20 Related bill Presidential Tax Transparency Act
  • S 610 Related bill Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
  • S 2064 Related bill Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019
  • S 2639 Related bill Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act
  • S 5070 Identical bill Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 10
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Dec 21, 2020
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Dec 21, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 18, 2020
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Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Dec 18, 2020
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 18, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9029: Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9029/
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"H.R. 9029: Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-9029/.
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