HR 15329 · 94th Congress · Nepotism
Nepotism Reform Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1976-08-30)
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Nepotism Reform Act - Expands the prohibition of the employment by any public official of any relative of such public official in an agency in which such official serves or over which such official exercises jurisdiction or control to cover the legislative branch. Redefines "relative" for the purposes of such prohibition to include an individual who is related to the public official as father, mother, uncle, aunt, stepfather, stepmother, spouse, or any descendant or ancestor of any of the foregoing. States that any amount paid to a relative of a public official in violation of Federal nepotism laws shall be a debt due the United States. Sets criminal penalties for the violation of such laws.…
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