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Introduced
02/05/2019
02/05/2019
In Committee
03/26/2019
03/26/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020
12/31/2020
Introduced Session
116th Congress
Bill Summary
To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes. This bill establishes ethics requirements for a President-elect's transition team. The bill requires a President-elect to submit to Congress a report with a list of any individual (1) for whom an application for a security clearance was submitted, by 10 days after its submission; or (2) provided a security clearance, by 10 days after it was provided. The Federal Transition Coordinator must negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the transition representative of each eligible candidate by October 1 (currently November 1) of a year during which a presidential election occurs. Each memorandum of understanding shall include an agreement that the eligible candidate will implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition beginning on the date on which the candidate becomes the President-elect. The ethics plan shall include a description of the ethics requirements that will apply to all transition team members; a description of how the transition team will address the role on the team of registered lobbyists, former registered lobbyists, persons registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreign nationals, other foreign agents, and transition team members with sources of income or clients that are not disclosed to the public; a Code of Ethical Conduct, to which each transition team member will sign and be subject to, that reflects the content of the ethics plans and that meets other specified requirements; and a description of how the transition team will enforce the Code of Ethical Conduct.
AI Summary
This bill establishes ethics requirements for a President-elect's transition team. The bill requires the President-elect to submit reports to Congress on individuals who have applied for or been granted security clearances. It also requires the Federal Transition Coordinator to negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the transition representative of each eligible candidate that includes an agreement to implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition. The ethics plan must include a description of the ethics requirements for transition team members, address the role of certain individuals like registered lobbyists and foreign agents, prohibit team members with conflicts of interest from working on certain matters, and establish a Code of Ethical Conduct that transition team members must sign and follow.
Committee Categories
Government Affairs
Sponsors (19)
Elijah Cummings (D)*,
Lacy Clay (D),
Gerry Connolly (D),
Jim Cooper (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Jimmy Gomez (D),
Katie Hill (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Brenda Lawrence (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Carolyn Maloney (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Harley Rouda (D),
John Sarbanes (D),
Jackie Speier (D),
Peter Welch (D),
Last Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306. (on 01/27/2020)
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