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S 2781 116th Congress Senate International Affairs Civil actions and liability Corporate finance and management Europe Family relationships Federal officials Foreign and international corporations Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents U.S. and foreign investments Ukraine

A bill to prohibit the involvement of immediate family members of senior United States Government officials with Ukrainian entities.

Introduced: November 5, 2019 Introduced by: Kennedy, John Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill prohibits an immediate relative of certain senior U.S. government officials from having an ownership interest of 5% or more in a Ukrainian entity. It also prohibits such a relative from being a board member, consultant, employee, or independent contractor of a Ukrainian entity.

Specifically, this prohibition shall apply to the immediate relatives of (1) the President, (2) the Vice President, (3) the head of any executive department, (4) an individual in a cabinet-level position, or (5) a Member of Congress.

The bill provides for civil penalties and imprisonment for a violation and authorizes the Department of Justice to seek an injunction to stop the prohibited conduct.

What's happening now November 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2781: A bill to prohibit the involvement of immediate family members of senior United States Government officials with Ukrainian entities.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2781/
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"S. 2781: A bill to prohibit the involvement of immediate family members of senior United States Government officials with Ukrainian entities.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2781/.
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S. 2781, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2781/.
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