HOUSE 745116th CongressPlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019

Last Action: 2/21/2020

Actions

2020-02-21Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 325.
2020-02-21Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2020-02-21Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
2020-02-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-403, Part I.
2020-02-21Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-403, Part I.
2019-03-26Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
2019-03-26Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2019-03-04Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-01-24Referred 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.
2019-01-24Referred 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.
2019-01-24Introduced in House
2019-01-24Introduced in House

CRS Summary

As of 2020-02-21 (08)

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.

Cosponsors (2)

ELIJAH CUMMINGS (D-MD)
JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)

Subjects

Employment and training programs
Evidence and witnesses
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Office of Government Ethics
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

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