Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in eac…
The bill bars Senior Executive Service (SES) federal employees, their spouses, and dependent children from holding, buying, or selling most securities, security futures, commodities, or similar synthetic interests during the employee's term. Exemptions include diversified mutual funds/ETFs, U.S. Treasury securities, qualified blind trusts, and certain regulatory exemptions; a 180-day divestment window and a 12-month delayed applicability are provided.
Scope: breadth of 'covered financial instruments' and derivatives
Ethics reforms often pass the House but restrictions on private investments are intrusive and may divide members.
The bill bars Senior Executive Service (SES) federal employees, their spouses, and dependent children from holding, buying, or selling most securities, security futures, commodities, or similar synthetic interests during the employee's term.
Exemptions include diversified mutual funds/ETFs, U.S. Treasury securities, qualified blind trusts, and certain regulatory exemptions; a 180-day divestment window and a 12-month delayed applicability are provided.
Enforcement tools include disgorgement of profits, denial of tax loss deductions, civil fines tied to asset value, annual public certifications, GAO audit within two years, and OGE rulemaking authority.
Substantive ethics reform has appeal, but the bill's intrusive investment bans, enforcement mechanics, and implementation burdens reduce enactment chances.
How solid the drafting looks.
Scope: breadth of 'covered financial instruments' and derivatives
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Scope: breadth of 'covered financial instruments' and derivatives
Likely supportive: sees the bill as strengthening ethics, reducing conflicts of interest, and increasing transparency among senior officials.
Will view public disclosures, disgorgement, and blind-trust exceptions as meaningful accountability measures.
May want stronger safeguards for lower-paid employees and implementation clarity.
Cautiously favorable if implemented pragmatically: appreciates clarity and enforcement against conflicts but worries about recruitment, administrative burden, and proportional penalties.
Support hinges on clear guidance, reasonable transition time, and oversight of implementation.
Likely opposed: views the bill as excessive federal intrusion into private investments and family property, and as a deterrent to public service.
May accept the anti-corruption intent but finds scope and penalties too broad.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Substantive ethics reform has appeal, but the bill's intrusive investment bans, enforcement mechanics, and implementation burdens reduce enactment chances.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Scope: breadth of 'covered financial instruments' and derivatives
Substantive ethics reform has appeal, but the bill's intrusive investment bans, enforcement mechanics, and implementation burdens reduce en…
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