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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6842 

To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, and the STOCK 

Act to require certain senior officials to report payments received from 

the Federal Government, to improve the filing and disclosure of financial 

disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, very senior 

employees, and others, and to ban stock trading for certain senior Government officials, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 15, 2023 

Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and in addition to the Committees on House Administration, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 

such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, and 

the STOCK Act to require certain senior officials to 

report payments received from the Federal Government, 

to improve the filing and disclosure of financial disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, very 

senior employees, and others, and to ban stock trading 

for certain senior Government officials, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘STOCK Act 2.0’’. 

3 SEC. 2. REPORTING OF APPLICATIONS FOR, OR RECEIPT 

4 OF, PAYMENTS FROM FEDERAL GOVERN5 MENT. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13103 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(i) REPORTING OF APPLICATIONS FOR, OR RECEIPT

10 OF, PAYMENTS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

12 ‘‘(A) COVERED PAYMENT.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered 

14 payment’ means a payment of money or 

15 any other item of value made, or promised 

16 to be made, by the Federal Government. 

17 ‘‘(ii) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘covered 

18 payment’ includes— 

19 ‘‘(I) a loan agreement, contract, 

20 or grant made, or promised to be 

21 made, by the Federal Government; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(II) such other types of pay24 ment of money or items of value as 

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1 fice of Government Ethics, may estab2 lish, by regulation. 

3 ‘‘(iii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘cov4 ered payment’ does not include— 

5 ‘‘(I) any salary or compensation 

6 for service performed as, or reim7 bursement of personal outlay by, an 

8 officer or employee of the Federal 

9 Government; or 

10 ‘‘(II) any tax refund (including a 

11 refundable tax credit). 

12 ‘‘(B) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘cov13 ered person’ means— 

14 ‘‘(i) an individual described in any of 

15 paragraphs (1) through (13) of section 

16 13105(l); or 

17 ‘‘(ii) a spouse or dependent child of 

18 an individual described in clause (i). 

19 ‘‘(C) DEPENDENT CHILD.—The term ‘de20 pendent child’ means, with respect to any indi21 vidual described in subparagraph (B)(i), any in22 dividual who is— 

23 ‘‘(i) under the age of 19; and 

24 ‘‘(ii) a dependent of the individual de25 scribed in subparagraph (B)(i) within the 


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1 meaning of section 152 of the Internal 

2 Revenue Code of 1986. 

3 ‘‘(2) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

4 than 30 days after the date of receipt of a notice of 

5 any application for, or receipt of, a covered payment 

6 by a covered person (including any business owned 

7 and controlled by the covered person), but in no case 

8 later than 45 days after the date on which the cov9 ered payment is made or promised to be made, the 

10 covered person shall submit to the applicable super11 vising ethics office a report describing the covered 

12 payment. 

13 ‘‘(3) FINE FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—Not14 withstanding section 13106(d), a covered person 

15 shall be assessed a fine, pursuant to regulations 

16 issued by the applicable supervising ethics office, of 

17 $5000 in each case in which the covered person fails 

18 to file a report required under this subsection.’’. 

19 (b) REPORT CONTENTS.—Section 13104 of title 5, 

20 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

21 following: 

22 ‘‘(j) PAYMENTS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 

23 Each report filed pursuant to subsection (i) of section 

24 13103 shall include— 


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1 ‘‘(1) an identification of each type of payment 

2 or item of value applied for, or received, from the 

3 Federal Government; 

4 ‘‘(2)(A) the name of each recipient of each pay5 ment or item of value identified under paragraph 

6 (1); and 

7 ‘‘(B) the relationship of each recipient named 

8 under subparagraph (A) to the person filing the re9 port; 

10 ‘‘(3) a description of the date on which, as ap11 plicable— 

12 ‘‘(A) an application for a payment or other 

13 item of value was submitted to the Federal 

14 Government; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the payment or item of value was re16 ceived from the Federal Government; and 

17 ‘‘(4) a description of the amount of each appli18 cable payment or item of value.’’. 

19 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

20 (1) PERSONS REQUIRED TO FILE.—Section 

21 13103(f) of title 5, United States Code, is amend22 ed— 

23 (A) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘as de24 fined in section 13101 of this title’’; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘as de2 fined in section 13101 of this title’’; 

3 (C) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘as de4 fined in section 13101 of this title’’; and 

5 (D) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘as de6 fined in section 13101 of this title’’. 

7 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Section 13104(a) 

8 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the 

9 matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 

10 13103(d) and (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) or 

11 (e) of section 13103’’. 

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

13 this section shall apply to relevant applications submitted 

14 to, and payments made or promised to be made by, the 

15 Federal Government on or after the date that is 90 days 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF FEDERAL RESERVE OFFICIALS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, each provision of law described in subsection 

20 (b) shall apply to a president, vice president, or director 

21 of a Federal Reserve bank. 

22 (b) DESCRIPTION OF PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The 

23 provisions of law referred to in subsection (a) are— 

24 (1) subchapter I of chapter 131 of title 5, 

25 United States Code; 


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1 (2) the STOCK Act (Public Law 112–105; 126 

2 Stat. 291; 126 Stat. 1310; 127 Stat. 438; 132 Stat. 

3 4167); and 

4 (3) subsections (h) and (i) of section 21A of the 

5 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u–1). 

6 (c) SUPERVISING ETHICS OFFICE.—For purposes of 

7 this section and the provisions of law described in sub8 section (b), the supervising ethics office for a president 

9 of a Federal Reserve bank, vice president of a Federal Re10 serve bank, or director of a Federal Reserve bank shall 

11 be the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the 

12 Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Fi13 nancial Protection. 

14 SEC. 4. PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13106(a)(2)(B)(II) of 

16 title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘fined 

17 under title 18’’ and inserting ‘‘fined $1000 in each case 

18 in which the individual fails to file a transaction report 

19 required under this Act’’. 

20 (b) RULES, REGULATIONS, GUIDANCE, AND DOCU21 MENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact22 ment of this Act, each supervising ethics office (as defined 

23 in section 2 of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. 13101 

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1 lations, guidance, documents, papers, and other records 

2 of the supervising ethics office in accordance with the 

3 amendment made by this section. 

4 SEC. 5. BANNING CONFLICTED INTERESTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

6 (1) BANNING CONFLICTED INTERESTS.—Chap7 ter 131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 

8 by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘Subchapter IV—Banning Conflicted 

10 Interests 

11 ‘‘§ 13161. Definitions 

12 ‘‘In this subchapter: 

13 ‘‘(1) COMMODITY.—The term ‘commodity’ has 

14 the meaning given the term in section 1a of the 

15 Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. 1a). 

16 ‘‘(2) COVERED FINANCIAL INTEREST.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered fi18 nancial interest’ means— 

19 ‘‘(i) any investment in— 

20 ‘‘(I) a security (as defined in sec21 tion 3(a) of Securities Exchange Act 

22 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a))); 

23 ‘‘(II) a future; 


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1 ‘‘(III) a commodity (as defined in 

2 section 1a of the Commodity Ex3 change Act (7 U.S.C. 1a)); or 

4 ‘‘(IV) cryptocurrency, such as a 

5 coin or token— 

6 ‘‘(aa) received in connection 

7 with an initial coin offering; or 

8 ‘‘(bb) issued or distributed 

9 using distributed ledger or 

10 blockchain technology; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) any economic interest com12 parable to an interest described in clause 

13 (i) that is acquired through synthetic 

14 means, such as the use of a derivative, in15 cluding an option, warrant, or other simi16 lar means. 

17 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘covered fi18 nancial interest’ does not include— 

19 ‘‘(i) an investment fund registered as 

20 an investment company under section 3 of 

21 the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 

22 U.S.C. 80a–3) that is diversified as defined 

23 in section 2640.102 of title 5, Code of 

24 Federal Regulations; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) compensation from the primary 

2 occupation of the spouse of an individual 

3 described in subparagraphs (A) through 

4 (G) of paragraph (3), or any security that 

5 is issued or paid by an operating business 

6 that is the primary employer of such a 

7 spouse that is issued or paid to such a 

8 spouse; or 

9 ‘‘(iii) a United States Treasury bill, 

10 note, or bond. 

11 ‘‘(3) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘cov12 ered individual’ means— 

13 ‘‘(A) a Member of Congress (as defined in 

14 section 13101); 

15 ‘‘(B) the President; 

16 ‘‘(C) the Vice President; 

17 ‘‘(D) the Chief Justice of the United 

18 States; 

19 ‘‘(E) an Associate Justice of the Supreme 

20 Court; 

21 ‘‘(F) a member of the Board of Governors 

22 of the Federal Reserve System; 

23 ‘‘(G) a president or vice president of a 

24 Federal Reserve bank; or 


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1 ‘‘(H) the spouse or dependent child of an 

2 individual described in subparagraphs (A) 

3 through (G). 

4 ‘‘(4) DEPENDENT CHILD.—The term ‘depend5 ent child’ means any individual who is— 

6 ‘‘(A) under the age of 19; and 

7 ‘‘(B) a dependent of an individual de8 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of 

9 paragraph (3) within the meaning of section 

10 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

11 ‘‘(5) FUTURE.—The term ‘future’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a security future (as defined in sec13 tion 3(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 

14 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a))); and 

15 ‘‘(B) any other contract for the sale of a 

16 commodity for future delivery. 

17 ‘‘(6) SUPERVISING ETHICS OFFICE.—The term 

18 ‘supervising ethics office’, with respect to a covered 

19 individual, has the meaning given the term in section 

20 13101 with respect to that covered individual. 

21 ‘‘§ 13162. Prohibitions 

22 ‘‘(a) TRANSACTIONS.—Except as provided in section 

23 13163, no covered individual may— 


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1 ‘‘(1) hold, purchase, sell, or conduct any type of 

2 transaction with respect to a covered financial inter3 est; or 

4 ‘‘(2) enter into a transaction that creates a net 

5 short position in any security. 

6 ‘‘(b) POSITIONS.—A covered individual may not serve 

7 as an officer or member of any board of any for-profit 

8 association, corporation, or other entity. 

9 ‘‘(c) COOLING-OFF PERIOD.—Any individual subject 

10 to the restrictions contained in subsection (a) who, within 

11 180 days after such individual ceases to be a covered indi12 vidual, engages in any of the actions under such sub13 section, shall be in violation of this subchapter. 

14 ‘‘§ 13163. Divestiture 

15 ‘‘(a) COVERED FINANCIAL INTERESTS ACQUIRED

16 PRIOR TO FEDERAL SERVICE OR ENACTMENT OF STOCK 

17 ACT 2.0.—With respect to any covered financial interest 

18 held by a covered individual, the covered individual shall 

19 sell the covered financial interest during the applicable 

20 120-day period beginning on the later of— 

21 ‘‘(1) the date on which an individual becomes a 

22 covered individual; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the date of enactment of STOCK Act 2.0. 


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1 ‘‘(b) COVERED FINANCIAL INTERESTS ACQUIRED

2 THROUGH INHERITANCE AFTER THE APPLICABLE PE3 RIOD.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered individual who 

5 inherits a covered financial interest after the conclu6 sion of the applicable 120-day period described in 

7 subsection (a) shall sell the covered financial interest 

8 during the 120-day period beginning on the date on 

9 which the covered financial interest is inherited. 

10 ‘‘(2) EXTENSIONS.—A covered individual may 

11 request, and the supervising ethics office may grant, 

12 1 or more reasonable extensions of the period de13 scribed under paragraph (1), subject to the condi14 tions that— 

15 ‘‘(A) the total period of time covered by all 

16 extensions granted for the covered financial in17 terest shall not exceed 150 days; and 

18 ‘‘(B) the period covered by a single exten19 sion shall be not longer than 45 days. 

20 ‘‘§ 13164. Certificate of compliance 

21 ‘‘Each covered individual shall submit to the super22 vising ethics office a written certification that such covered 

23 individual has achieved compliance with the requirements 

24 of this subchapter. 


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1 ‘‘§ 13165. Publication 

2 ‘‘Each supervising ethics office shall make publicly 

3 available on a website of such office the following: 

4 ‘‘(1) Within 30 days of receipt, each request for 

5 an extension under section 13163(b)(2). 

6 ‘‘(2) The outcome of the decision to grant or 

7 deny each such request within 30 days of such deci8 sion. 

9 ‘‘§ 13166. Enforcement 

10 ‘‘A covered individual who knowingly fails to comply 

11 with this subchapter shall be assessed a fine by the super12 vising ethics office of not less than 10 percent of the value 

13 of the covered financial interest that was purchased, sold, 

14 or held, or the security in which a net short position was 

15 created, in violation of this title, as applicable. 

16 ‘‘§ 13167. Applicability 

17 ‘‘This subchapter applies to a covered financial inter18 est held in any trust with respect to which the covered 

19 individual is a beneficial owner, regardless of whether the 

20 trust is a qualified blind trust.’’. 

21 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec22 tions for chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, 

23 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—BANNING CONFLICTED INTERESTS

‘‘Sec. 13161. Definitions. 

‘‘Sec. 13162. Prohibitions. 

‘‘Sec. 13163. Divestiture. 

‘‘Sec. 13164. Certificate of compliance. 


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‘‘Sec. 13165. Publication. 

‘‘Sec. 13166. Enforcement. 

‘‘Sec. 13167. Applicability.’’. 

1 (b) CERTIFICATE OF DIVESTITURE.—Subparagraph 

2 (B) of section 1043(b)(2) of title 26, United States Code, 

3 is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(B) that has been issued by— 

5 ‘‘(i) the President or the Director of 

6 the Office of Government Ethics, in the 

7 case of executive branch officers or employ8 ees or the spouse or dependent child of a 

9 member of the Board of Governors of the 

10 Federal Reserve System, 

11 ‘‘(ii) the Director of the Office of Gov12 ernment Ethics, in the case of the Presi13 dent, Vice President, or the spouse or de14 pendent child of the President or Vice 

15 President, 

16 ‘‘(iii) the Judicial Conference of the 

17 United States (or its designee), in the case 

18 of judicial officers or the spouse or depend19 ent child of the Chief Justice or the Asso20 ciate Justice, 

21 ‘‘(iv) the applicable congressional eth22 ics committee, in the case of Members of 

23 Congress or the spouse or dependent child 

24 of a Member of Congress, or 


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1 ‘‘(v) the Inspector General of the 

2 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

3 System and the Bureau of Consumer Fi4 nancial Protection, in the case of a presi5 dent of a Federal Reserve bank, vice presi6 dent of a Federal Reserve bank, or the 

7 spouse or dependent child of the president 

8 or vice president of a Federal Reserve 

9 Bank, and’’. 

10 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS.—Section 

12 13122(f)(2)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is 

13 amended— 

14 (A) by striking ‘‘Subject to clause (iv) of 

15 this subparagraph, before’’ each place it ap16 pears and inserting ‘‘Before’’; and 

17 (B) by striking clause (iv). 

18 (2) LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995.—Sec19 tion 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 

20 (2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘leg21 islative branch employee serving in a position de22 scribed under section 13101(13) of title 5, United 

23 States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘officer or employee of 

24 Congress (as defined in section 13101 of title 5, 

25 United States Code)’’. 


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1 (3) STOCK ACT.—Section 2 of the STOCK Act 

2 (5 U.S.C. 13101 note) is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

4 ‘‘(11)’’; 

5 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘(10)’’; 

6 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(9)’’; 

7 and 

8 (D) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘(18)’’. 

9 (4) SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.—Sec10 tion 21A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 

11 U.S.C. 78u–1) is amended— 

12 (A) in subsection (g)(2)(B)(ii), by striking 

13 ‘‘(11)’’; and 

14 (B) in subsection (h)(2)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

16 ‘‘(9)’’; and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

18 ‘‘(10)’’. 

19 SEC. 6. ELECTRONIC FILING AND ONLINE PUBLIC AVAIL20 ABILITY OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS. 

21 (a) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL

22 STAFF.—Section 8(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. 

23 13107 note) is amended— 

24 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

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1 United States Code, through the applicable database 

2 maintained on the official website of the Senate or 

3 House of Representatives’’ after ‘‘enable’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘reports 

5 received by them pursuant to section 13105(h)(1)(A) 

6 of title 5, United States Code, and’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘each report received under section 13105(h)(1)(A) 

8 of title 5, United States Code; and’’; and 

9 (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and the un10 designated matter following that subparagraph and 

11 inserting the following: 

12 ‘‘(B) public access— 

13 ‘‘(i) to each— 

14 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

15 filed by a Member of Congress or a 

16 candidate for Congress; 

17 ‘‘(II) transaction disclosure re18 port filed by a Member of Congress or 

19 a candidate for Congress pursuant to 

20 section 13105(l) of title 5, United 

21 States Code; and 

22 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend23 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

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1 (II), pursuant to chapter 131 of title 

2 5, United States Code; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

4 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

5 sort, and download data contained in 

6 the reports described in subclause (I) 

7 or (II) of clause (i) by criteria re8 quired to be reported, including by 

9 filer name, asset, transaction type, 

10 ticker symbol, notification date, 

11 amount of transaction, and date of 

12 transaction; 

13 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

14 application programming interface; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

17 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re18 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

19 U.S.C. 794d); and 

20 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

21 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

22 (or successor guidelines).’’. 

23 (b) VERY SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOY24 EES.—Section 11(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (Public Law 

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1 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

2 by inserting ‘‘, pursuant to chapter 131 of title 5, 

3 United States Code, through databases maintained 

4 on the official website of the Office of Government 

5 Ethics’’ after ‘‘enable’’; and 

6 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and the un7 designated matter following that subparagraph and 

8 inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) public access— 

10 ‘‘(i) to each— 

11 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

12 filed by the President, Vice President, 

13 or an officer occupying a position list14 ed in section 5312 or 5313 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, having been nom16 inated by the President and confirmed 

17 by the Senate to that position; 

18 ‘‘(II) transaction disclosure re19 port filed by an individual described in 

20 subclause (I) pursuant to section 

21 13105(l) of title 5, United States 

22 Code; and 

23 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend24 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

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1 (II), pursuant to chapter 131 of title 

2 5, United States Code; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

4 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

5 sort, and download data contained in 

6 the reports described in subclause (I) 

7 or (II) of clause (i) by criteria re8 quired to be reported, including by 

9 filer name, asset, transaction type, 

10 ticker symbol, notification date, 

11 amount of transaction, and date of 

12 transaction; 

13 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

14 application programming interface; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

17 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re18 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

19 U.S.C. 794d); and 

20 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

21 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

22 (or successor guidelines).’’. 

23 (c) JUDICIAL OFFICERS.—Section 9 of the STOCK 

24 Act (Public Law 112–105; 126 Stat. 297) is amended by 

25 adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(c) JUDICIAL OFFICERS.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (6), 

3 not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 

4 this subsection, the Administrative Office of the 

5 United States Courts shall develop a system to en6 able, pursuant to chapter 131 of title 5, United 

7 States Code, through a database maintained on the 

8 official website of the Administrative Office of the 

9 United States Courts— 

10 ‘‘(A) electronic filing of reports received 

11 from judicial officers pursuant to that chapter; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) public access— 

14 ‘‘(i) to each— 

15 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

16 filed by a judicial officer; 

17 ‘‘(II) transaction disclosure re18 port filed by a judicial officer pursu19 ant to section 13105(l) of title 5, 

20 United States Code; and 

21 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend22 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

23 report described in subclause (I) or 

24 (II), pursuant to chapter 131 of title 

25 5, United States Code; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

2 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

3 sort, and download data contained in 

4 a report described in clause (i) by cri5 teria required to be reported, includ6 ing by filer name, asset, transaction 

7 type, ticker symbol, notification date, 

8 amount of transaction, and date of 

9 transaction; 

10 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

11 application programming interface; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

14 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re15 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

16 U.S.C. 794d); and 

17 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

18 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

19 (or successor guidelines). 

20 ‘‘(2) LOGIN.—For purposes of filings under 

21 paragraph (1)(B), section 13107(b)(2) of title 5, 

22 United States Code, shall not apply. 

23 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The electronic 

24 availability of filings under paragraph (1)(B) on the 

25 official website of the Administrative Office of the 


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1 United States Courts shall be deemed to meet the 

2 public availability requirement under section 

3 13107(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

4 ‘‘(4) FILERS COVERED.—Each judicial officer 

5 who is required under chapter 131 of title 5, United 

6 States Code, to file a financial disclosure report with 

7 a supervising ethics office shall be able to file that 

8 report electronically using the applicable system de9 veloped under this subsection. 

10 ‘‘(5) EXTENSIONS.—Each notice of an exten11 sion for a financial disclosure covered by this sub12 section shall be made available electronically under 

13 paragraph (1)(B), together with any related disclo14 sure. 

15 ‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL TIME.—The requirements of 

16 this subsection may be implemented after the date 

17 described in paragraph (1) if the Administrative Of18 fice of the United States Courts identifies in writing 

19 to the relevant congressional committees the addi20 tional time needed for that implementation.’’. 

21 (d) OFFICERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.—Sec22 tion 9 of the STOCK Act (Public Law 112–105; 126 Stat. 

23 297) (as amended by subsection (c)) is amended by adding 

24 at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(d) OFFICERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

2 ‘‘(A) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘cov3 ered person’ means— 

4 ‘‘(i) a president of a Federal Reserve 

5 bank; 

6 ‘‘(ii) a vice president of a Federal Re7 serve bank; 

8 ‘‘(iii) a director of a Federal Reserve 

9 bank; or 

10 ‘‘(iv) the spouse or dependent child of 

11 an individual described in clause (i), (ii), or 

12 (iii). 

13 ‘‘(B) DEPENDENT CHILD.—The term ‘de14 pendent child’ means any individual who is— 

15 ‘‘(i) under the age of 19; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) a dependent of an individual de17 scribed in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of sub18 paragraph (A) within the meaning of sec19 tion 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 

20 1986. 

21 ‘‘(C) SUPERVISING ETHICS OFFICE.—The 

22 term ‘supervising ethics office’ means the In23 spector General of the Board of Governors of 

24 the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of 

25 Consumer Financial Protection. 


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1 ‘‘(2) ELECTRONIC FILING AND ONLINE PUBLIC

2 AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara4 graph (F), not later than 1 year after the date 

5 of enactment of this subsection, the supervising 

6 ethics office shall develop a system to enable, 

7 consistent with chapter 131 of title 5, United 

8 States Code, through a database maintained on 

9 the official website of the supervising ethics of10 fice— 

11 ‘‘(i) electronic filing of reports re12 ceived from covered persons; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) public access— 

14 ‘‘(I) to each— 

15 ‘‘(aa) financial disclosure re16 port filed by a covered person; 

17 ‘‘(bb) transaction disclosure 

18 report filed by a covered person; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(cc) notice of extension, 

21 amendment, or blind trust, with 

22 respect to a report described in 

23 item (aa) or (bb); and 

24 ‘‘(II) in a manner that— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) allows the public to 

2 search, sort, and download data 

3 contained in a report described in 

4 subclause (I) by criteria required 

5 to be reported, including by filer 

6 name, asset, transaction type, 

7 ticker symbol, notification date, 

8 amount of transaction, and date 

9 of transaction; 

10 ‘‘(bb) allows access through 

11 an application programming 

12 interface; and 

13 ‘‘(cc) is fully compliant 

14 with— 

15 ‘‘(AA) section 508 of 

16 the Rehabilitation Act of 

17 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d); and 

18 ‘‘(BB) the most recent 

19 Web Content Accessibility 

20 Guidelines (or successor 

21 guidelines). 

22 ‘‘(B) LOGIN.—For purposes of filings 

23 under subparagraph (A)(ii), section 

24 13107(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code, 

25 shall not apply. 


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1 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The elec2 tronic availability of filings under subparagraph 

3 (A)(ii) on the official website of a supervising 

4 ethics office shall be deemed to meet the public 

5 availability requirement under section 

6 13107(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code. 

7 ‘‘(D) FILERS COVERED.—The supervising 

8 ethics office shall ensure that each covered per9 son files a financial disclosure report electroni10 cally using the applicable system developed 

11 under this paragraph. 

12 ‘‘(E) EXTENSIONS.—Each notice of an ex13 tension for a financial disclosure covered by this 

14 paragraph shall be made available electronically 

15 under subparagraph (A)(ii), together with any 

16 related disclosure. 

17 ‘‘(F) ADDITIONAL TIME.—The require18 ments of this paragraph may be implemented 

19 after the date described in subparagraph (A) if 

20 a supervising ethics office identifies in writing 

21 to the relevant congressional committees the ad22 ditional time needed for that implementation.’’. 


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1 (e) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 

2 section shall apply on and after the date that is 18 months 

3 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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