Bill > S3357

This bill, the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act, proposes a comprehensive set of reforms to strengthen ethics laws, increase government transparency, and improve the regulation of lobbying activities. Key provisions include: - Strengthening conflicts of interest rules for senior government officials, including a ban on owning individual stocks and securities, and expanding recusal requirements. - Establishing an independent Office of Public Integrity to consolidate and strengthen federal ethics enforcement and oversight. - Prohibiting certain former government officials, lobbyists, and executives of law-breaking companies from being hired by the Executive Branch or Congress for set periods of time. - Banning contingent fee lobbying arrangements and prohibiting lobbyists from making campaign contributions. - Increasing disclosure requirements for think tanks, nonprofits, and advocacy groups that engage in lobbying. - Expanding the applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to federal contractors and requiring more proactive disclosure of government records. - Creating an Office of the Public Advocate to assist the public in navigating the regulatory process. - Increasing transparency around Congressional proceedings, votes, and appropriations. The bill aims to improve accountability, ethics, and integrity in the federal government through these and other reforms.

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