HR 964 · 116th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Introduced 2019-02-05· Sponsored by Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7]· House

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.(2020-01-27)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act 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, fo…

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H.R. 964, Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Apr 17, 2019

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on March 26, 2019

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Cosponsors (18)

18 Democrats