S. 5070 — Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

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Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government.

Specifically, the bill

prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards;
institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads;
requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate;
requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench;
creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws;
requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and
makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.

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H.R. 964Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

2020-01-27Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.

H.R. 1382Inaugural Fund Integrity Act

2019-03-14Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2733)

H.R. 1423Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

2019-09-24Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

H.R. 4053Empower Act of 2019

2019-08-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

S. 20Presidential Tax Transparency Act

2019-01-03Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

S. 610Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act

2019-02-28Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S. 2064Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019

2019-07-09Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

S. 2639Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act

2019-10-17Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

H.R. 9029Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

2020-12-18Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, 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.

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

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