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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3664 

To require executive branch employees to report certain royalties, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 25, 2024 

Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to 

the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require executive branch employees to report certain 

royalties, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Royalty Transparency 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF EXECUTIVE 

7 BRANCH EMPLOYEES. 

8 (a) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Section 13104(a)(1) 

9 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 


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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, subject 

2 to subparagraph (C)’’ after ‘‘employment by the 

3 United States Government’’; and 

4 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol5 lowing: 

6 ‘‘(C) ROYALTIES RECEIVED BY GOVERN7 MENT EMPLOYEES.—Notwithstanding section 

8 12(c) of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology In9 novation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a (c)) 

10 and section 209 of title 35, if the reporting in11 dividual is an officer or employee in the execu12 tive branch (including a special Government 

13 employee, as defined in section 202 of title 18), 

14 the source and amount or value of any royalties 

15 received by the reporting individual, the spouse 

16 of the reporting individual, or a dependent child 

17 of the reporting individual during the reporting 

18 period described in subsection (d) or (e) of sec19 tion 13103, as applicable, that were received as 

20 a result of an invention developed by the report21 ing individual in the course of employment of 

22 the reporting individual with the United States 

23 Government, including any royalty interest pay24 ment made under the Federal Technology 

25 Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–502; 100 


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1 Stat. 1785), an amendment made by such Act, 

2 or any other applicable authority.’’. 

3 (b) REVIEW OF REPORTS.—Section 13107(b) of title 

4 5, United States Code, is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

6 (A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 

7 shall, notwithstanding section 12 of the Steven8 son-Wydler Technology Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 

9 3710a) and section 209 of title 35, publish such 

10 report on the internet website of the agency, of11 fice, Clerk, or Secretary of the Senate, as the 

12 case may be’’ after ‘‘to any person requesting 

13 such inspection or copy’’; and 

14 (B) in the second sentence— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘, notwithstanding 

16 section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech17 nology Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) and 

18 section 209 of title 35,’’ after ‘‘such report 

19 shall’’; and 

20 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and published on the 

21 internet website of the agency, office, 

22 Clerk, or Secretary of the Senate, as the 

23 case may be,’’ after ‘‘made available for 

24 public inspection’’; 


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1 (2) by striking paragraph (2) and the matter 

2 following paragraph (2); 

3 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para4 graph (2); and 

5 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURE FOR RELEASING REPORTS TO

7 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, not later than 30 days after 

9 receiving a request from a Member of Congress, any 

10 agency or supervising ethics office in the executive 

11 branch shall furnish to the Member of Congress an 

12 unredacted copy of any report received under this 

13 subchapter.’’. 

14 (c) CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS AND OTHER ADDI15 TIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Section 13109(a)(2) of title 5, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Any information’’ and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any information’’; 

20 and 

21 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) SPECIAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOY23 EES.— 

24 ‘‘(i) DEFINITION.—For the purposes 

25 of this subparagraph, the term ‘sensitive 


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1 personal information’ does not include the 

2 source or amount or value of any royalties 

3 received by a reporting individual. 

4 ‘‘(ii) REDACTION AND PUBLICA5 TION.—Upon receipt of a confidential fi6 nancial disclosure report under this section 

7 of submitted by a special Government em8 ployee, as defined in section 202 of title 

9 18, the recipient supervising ethics office 

10 shall— 

11 ‘‘(I) redact any sensitive personal 

12 information from the confidential fi13 nancial disclosure report; and 

14 ‘‘(II) notwithstanding section 12 

15 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology 

16 Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a(c)) and 

17 section 209 of title 35, publish the re18 dacted confidential financial disclosure 

19 report on the internet website of the 

20 agency by which the special Govern21 ment employee is employed not later 

22 than 120 days after the date on which 

23 the recipient supervising ethics office 

24 receives the confidential financial dis25 closure report.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. GENERAL DISCLOSURE OF ROYALTIES. 

2 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

3 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means an 

4 agency within the executive branch, as defined in 

5 section 13101 of title 5, United States Code. 

6 (2) APPLICABLE PERSON.—The term ‘‘applica7 ble person’’ means any individual or entity that ap8 plies to— 

9 (A) receive a grant from the Federal Gov10 ernment; or 

11 (B) serve as a contractor. 

12 (3) CONTRACTOR.—The term ‘‘contractor’’ has 

13 the meaning given the term in section 7101 of title 

14 41, United States Code. 

15 (4) COVERED ROYALTY.—The term ‘‘covered 

16 royalty’’ means any royalty received by an applicable 

17 person from any party other than the Federal Gov18 ernment. 

19 (b) AGENCY REQUIREMENT.—Before receiving any 

20 Federal grant or contract, each applicable person shall 

21 submit to the agency from which the applicable person 

22 seeks the grant or for which the applicable person seeks 

23 to serve as a contractor, as applicable, a report disclosing 

24 the source and amount or value of all covered royalties 

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1 riod preceding the date on which the applicable person re2 ceives such Federal grant or contract. 

3 (c) PROCEDURE FOR RELEASING REPORTS TO MEM4 BERS OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, not later than 30 days after receiving a re6 quest from a Member of Congress, an agency shall furnish 

7 to the Member of Congress an unredacted copy of any re8 port submitted under subsection (b). 

9 SEC. 4. SEVERABILITY. 

10 If any provision of this Act, an amendment made by 

11 this Act, or the application of such provision or amend12 ment to any person or circumstance is held to be unconsti13 tutional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments 

14 made by this Act, and the application of the provision or 

15 the amendment to any other person or circumstance, shall 

16 not be affected. 

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