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S. 896 116th Congress Senate

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

Official title: A bill 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: March 27, 2019 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Mar 27, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Mar 27, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action March 27, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act

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

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).

Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information.

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.

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Mar 27, 2019
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Mar 27, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Mar 27, 2019
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 27, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 896: Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-896/
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