HR 4712 · 100th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
A bill to reauthorize the Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes.
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EnactedLatest: Other Measure S.2344 Passed House in Lieu.(1988-10-04)
Recorded Votes
PassedHouse · 1988-10-04
Yea 417Nay 3
PassedHouse · 1988-10-04
Yea 417Nay 3
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Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to authorize appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for FY 1989 and the five fiscal years thereafter. Establishes the Office of Government Ethics as an independent agency within the executive branch. (The Office is currently under the jurisdiction of the Office of Personnel Management.) Provides that the Director of the Office Of Government Ethics may be removed from office only for good cause. Requires the Director to make an annual report to the Congress. Requires the Director to ensure that each executive agency has established procedures on how the agency is to collect, review, evaluate, and make public financial disclosure statements filed by its officers or employees. Requires the Director to prescribe regulations under which each executive agency shall be required to report to the Office on a description and evaluation of the agency's ethics program. Requires each agency to notify the Director regarding ethics matters that refer to officials outside the agency. Authorizes the Director to order specific corrective action for agencies based on failure to establish an ethics program or to modify such program. Authorizes th…
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