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HR 6844 117th Congress House Government Operations and Politics

Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act

Introduced: February 25, 2022 Introduced by: Kim, Andy Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Mar 8, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Feb 25, 2022
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means, 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.
Feb 25, 2022
Introduced in House
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Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act

This bill prohibits a public official or the spouse or dependent of a public official from owning or trading a covered investment. Any official who violates the prohibition is subject to a civil fine equal to the official's salary for each month that the official is in violation.

The bill also prohibits Members of Congress from receiving any outside income or having any outside employment while in office.

Further, the bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4947 Related bill To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit former Members of Congress from engaging in lobbying contacts.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6844: Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6844/
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"H.R. 6844: Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6844/.
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H.R. 6844, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-6844/.
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