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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 699

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, to extend the authorization

of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for seven years,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

APRIL 6 (legislative day, APRIL 5), 1995

Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, to extend

the authorization of appropriations for the Office of Government Ethics for seven years, 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 ‘‘Office of Government

5 Ethics Authorization Act of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. GIFT ACCEPTANCE AUTHORITY.

7 Section 403 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978

8 (5 U.S.C. App. 5) is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Upon the re2 quest’’; and

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

4 ‘‘(b)(1) The Director is authorized to accept and uti5 lize on behalf of the United States, any gift, donation, be6 quest, or devise of money, use of facilities, personal prop7 erty, or services for the purpose of aiding or facilitating

8 the work of the Office of Government Ethics.

9 ‘‘(2) No gift may be accepted—

10 ‘‘(A) that attaches conditions inconsistent with

11 applicable laws or regulations; or

12 ‘‘(B) that is conditioned upon or will require

13 the expenditure of appropriated funds that are not

14 available to the Office of Government Ethics.

15 ‘‘(3) The Director shall establish written rules setting

16 forth the criteria to be used in determining whether the

17 acceptance of contributions of money, services, use of fa18 cilities, or personal property under this subsection would

19 reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Office of Gov20 ernment Ethics, or any employee of such Office, to carry

21 out its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and objec22 tive manner, or would compromise the integrity or the ap23 pearance of the integrity of its programs or any official

24 involved in those programs.’’.
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1 SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA2 TIONS.

3 The text of section 405 of the Ethics in Government

4 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5) is amended to read as fol5 lows: ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry

6 out this title such sums as may be necessary for each of

7 fiscal years 1996 through 2002.’’.

8 SEC. 4. REPEAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

9 (a) REPEAL OF DISPLAY REQUIREMENT.—The Act

10 entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the display of the Code

11 of Ethics for Government Service,’’ approved July 3, 1980

12 (5 U.S.C. 7301 note), is repealed.

13 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

14 (1) FDIA.—Section 12(f)(3) of the Federal De15 posit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1822(f)(3)) is

16 amended by striking ‘‘, with the concurrence of the

17 Office of Government Ethics,’’.

18 (2) ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978.—(A)

19 The heading for section 401 of the Ethics in Gov20 ernment Act of 1978 is amended to read as follows:

21 ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR’’.

22 (B) Section 408 of such Act is amended by

23 striking ‘‘March 31’’ and inserting ‘‘April 30’’.

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