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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1084

To amend title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require

the reporting of specific dollar amounts rather than categories of value,

to require that a statement of net worth be included, and to require

that a copy of the reporting individual’s most recent Federal tax return

be furnished.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 24, 1993

Mr. BACCHUS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred

jointly to the Committees on Rules, Post Office and Civil Service, and

the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978

to require the reporting of specific dollar amounts rather

than categories of value, to require that a statement

of net worth be included, and to require that a copy

of the reporting individual’s most recent Federal tax

return be furnished.

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 ‘‘Public Service Ac5 countability Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO SPECIFIC DOLLAR

2 AMOUNTS.

3 Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978

4 is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)—

6 (A) by striking ‘‘source and type’’ and in7 serting ‘‘source, type, and amount’’; and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘value, and an indication’’

9 through ‘‘$1,000,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘value.’’;

10 (2) by striking ‘‘category of’’ in each of sub11 sections (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5), (f)(2), and

12 (f)(5)(A)(ii);

13 (3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subpara14 graph (B), and by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘(2)’’; and

16 (4) in subsection (d)—

17 (A) by striking ‘‘(d)(1)’’ through

18 ‘‘$1,000,000’’;

19 (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub20 section (d); and

21 (C) by striking ‘‘value, instead’’ through

22 ‘‘subsection.’’ in the first sentence of subsection

23 (d) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (B))

24 and inserting ‘‘value.’’
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1 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO STATEMENT OF NET

2 WORTH.

3 Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of

4 1978, as amended by section 2, is further amended—

5 (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a)

6 the following:

7 ‘‘(8) A brief statement of the reporting individ8 ual’s net worth, as determined pursuant to rules

9 adopted by the supervising ethics office for the

10 branch in which such individual serves.’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

12 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub13 paragraph (B);

14 (B) by striking ‘‘paragraphs.’’ at the end

15 of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘paragraphs,

16 and’’; and

17 (C) by adding after subparagraph (C)

18 the following:

19 ‘‘(D) paragraph (8) of subsection (a) in ac20 cordance with the rules under such para21 graph.’’.

22 SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO TAX INFORMATION.

23 Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of

24 1978, as amended by sections 2 and 3, is further amended

25 by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(j)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this sub2 section, any individual who is required to file a report pur3 suant to section 101 shall include with such report a copy

4 of the reporting individual’s Federal tax return for the

5 preceding taxable year.

6 ‘‘(2) If an individual is unable to comply with para7 graph (1) because such return is not yet due (including

8 because of an extension granted by the Internal Revenue

9 Service), the individual—

10 ‘‘(A) shall include a written statement to that

11 effect with the report filed pursuant to section 101;

12 and

13 ‘‘(B) shall file a copy of such return, in accord14 ance with the next sentence, within 30 days after fil15 ing it with the Internal Revenue Service.

16 Any filing required under subparagraph (B) shall be made

17 with the office of authority with which the individual filed

18 the report to which the return should have been attached

19 under paragraph (1), if it had been available at that time.

20 ‘‘(3) For the purpose of this subsection—

21 ‘‘(A) the term ‘Federal tax return’ means any

22 return of tax imposed by chapter I of the Internal

23 Revenue Code of 1986 (including an amended re24 turn); and
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1 ‘‘(B) the term ‘preceding taxable year’ means,

2 with respect to any report filed pursuant to section

3 101, the taxable year immediately preceding the

4 deadline under applicable provisions of section 101

5 (before any extension) for filing such report.

6 ‘‘(4) Any rules necessary to carry out the purposes

7 of this subsection may be prescribed by the supervising

8 ethics office for each branch.

9 ‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection requires the filing of

10 a copy of the same tax return (or amendment thereto)

11 more than once.’’.

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