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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6694 

To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 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 

FEBRUARY 9, 2022 

Ms. PORTER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, 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 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 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 101 of the Ethics in Gov7 ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by add8 ing at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(j) 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, in22 cluding such an agreement, contract, 

23 or grant relating to agricultural activ24 ity; and 

25 ‘‘(II) such other types of pay26 ment of money or items of value as 


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1 the Secretary of the Treasury, in con2 sultation with the Director of the Of3 fice of Government Ethics, may estab4 lish, by regulation. 

5 ‘‘(iii) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘cov6 ered payment’ does not include— 

7 ‘‘(I) any salary or compensation 

8 for service performed as, or reim9 bursement of personal outlay by, an 

10 officer or employee of the Federal 

11 Government; or 

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

13 refundable tax credit). 

14 ‘‘(B) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘cov15 ered person’ means a person described in any of 

16 paragraphs (1) through (10) of section 103(l). 

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

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

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

20 by a covered person, the spouse of the covered per21 son, or a dependent child of the covered person (in22 cluding any business owned and controlled by the 

23 covered person or spouse or dependent child of the 

24 covered person), but in no case later than 45 days 

25 after the date on which the covered payment is made 


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1 or promised to be made, the covered person shall 

2 submit to the applicable supervising ethics office a 

3 report describing the covered payment. 

4 ‘‘(3) FINE FOR FAILURE TO REPORT.—Not5 withstanding section 104(d), a covered person shall 

6 be assessed a fine, pursuant to regulations issued by 

7 the applicable supervising ethics office, of $500 in 

8 each case in which the covered person fails to file a 

9 report required under this subsection.’’. 

10 (b) REPORT CONTENTS.—Section 102 of the Ethics 

11 in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: 

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

14 Each report filed pursuant to subsection (j) of section 101 

15 shall include— 

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

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

18 Federal Government; 

19 ‘‘(2)(A) the name of each recipient of each pay20 ment or item of value identified under paragraph 

21 (1); and 

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

23 under subparagraph (A) to the person filing the re24 port; 


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1 ‘‘(3) a description of the date on which, as ap2 plicable— 

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

4 item of value was submitted to the Federal 

5 Government; and 

6 ‘‘(B) the payment or item of value was re7 ceived from the Federal Government; and 

8 ‘‘(4) a description of the amount of each appli9 cable payment or item of value.’’. 

10 (c) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) Section 101 of the Ethics in Government 

12 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

13 (A) in subsection (f)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘as 

15 defined under section 109(12)’’; 

16 (ii) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘as 

17 defined under section 109(13)’’; 

18 (iii) in paragraph (11), by striking 

19 ‘‘as defined under section 109(10)’’; and 

20 (iv) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘as 

21 defined under section 109(8)’’; 

22 (B) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘, 

23 and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (C) in subsection (i)— 


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1 (i) in each of paragraphs (1) and (2), 

2 by striking the comma at the end of the 

3 paragraph and inserting a semicolon; and 

4 (ii) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, 

5 and’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

6 (2) Section 102 of the Ethics in Government 

7 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (a)— 

9 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

10 (1), by striking ‘‘section 101(d) and (e)’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘subsection (d) or (e) of sec12 tion 101’’; 

13 (ii) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

14 (I) in the matter preceding clause 

15 (i), by striking ‘‘within:’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘within—’’; 

17 (II) in each of clauses (i) through 

18 (vii), by striking the comma at the 

19 end of the clause and inserting a 

20 semicolon; and 

21 (III) in clause (viii), by striking 

22 ‘‘, or’’ at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

23 and 


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1 (iii) in paragraph (3), in the first sen2 tence, by striking ‘‘spouse,,’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘spouse,’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (d)(1)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘are as follows:’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘are—’’; and 

8 (ii) by indenting subparagraphs (G) 

9 through (J) appropriately; and 

10 (C) in subsection (e)(1), by indenting sub11 paragraph (F) appropriately. 

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 AND 

18 JUDGES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, each provision of law described in subsection 

21 (b) shall apply to— 

22 (1) each president, vice president, and director 

23 of a Federal Reserve bank; and 


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1 (2) each judicial officer (as defined in section 

2 109 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

3 U.S.C. App.)). 

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

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

6 (1) title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 

7 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); 

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

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

10 4167); and 

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

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

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

14 this section and the provisions of law described in sub15 section (b), the supervising ethics office for a president, 

16 vice president, or director of a Federal Reserve bank shall 

17 be the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the 

18 Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Fi19 nancial Protection. 

20 SEC. 4. PENALTY FOR STOCK ACT NONCOMPLIANCE. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The STOCK Act (Public Law 

22 112–105; 126 Stat. 291; 126 Stat. 1310; 127 Stat. 438; 

23 132 Stat. 4167) is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 20. FINES FOR FAILURE TO REPORT. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro3 vision of law (including regulations), an individual shall 

4 be assessed a fine, pursuant to regulations issued by the 

5 applicable supervising ethics office (including the Adminis6 trative Office of the United States Courts, as applicable), 

7 of $500 in each case in which the individual fails to file 

8 a transaction report required under this Act. 

9 ‘‘(b) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY.—The fines paid under 

10 this section shall be deposited in the miscellaneous receipts 

11 of the Treasury.’’. 

12 (b) RULES, REGULATIONS, GUIDANCE, AND DOCU13 MENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enact14 ment of this Act, each supervising ethics office (as defined 

15 in section 2 of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. App. 101 note)) 

16 (including the Administrative Office of the United States 

17 Courts, as applicable) shall amend the rules, regulations, 

18 guidance, documents, papers, and other records of the su19 pervising ethics office in accordance with the amendment 

20 made by this section. 

21 SEC. 5. BANNING CONFLICTED TRADES. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Ethics in Government Act of 

23 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by inserting after title 

24 I the following: 


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1 ‘‘TITLE II—BANNING 

2 CONFLICTED TRADES 

3 ‘‘SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS. 

4 ‘‘In this title: 

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

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

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

8 ‘‘(2) COVERED INVESTMENT.— 

9 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘covered in10 vestment’ means— 

11 ‘‘(i) any investment in— 

12 ‘‘(I) a security; 

13 ‘‘(II) a commodity; 

14 ‘‘(III) a future; or 

15 ‘‘(IV) cryptocurrency, such as a 

16 coin or token— 

17 ‘‘(aa) received in connection 

18 with an initial coin offering; or 

19 ‘‘(bb) issued or distributed 

20 using distributed ledger or 

21 blockchain technology; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) any economic interest com23 parable to an interest described in clause 

24 (i) that is acquired through synthetic 

25 means, such as the use of a derivative. 


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1 ‘‘(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘covered in2 vestment’ does not include— 

3 ‘‘(i) a widely held investment fund de4 scribed in section 102(f)(8); or 

5 ‘‘(ii) a United States Treasury bill, 

6 note, or bond. 

7 ‘‘(3) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘covered 

8 person’ means— 

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

10 section 109); 

11 ‘‘(B) the President; 

12 ‘‘(C) the Vice President; 

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

14 States; 

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

16 Court; 

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

18 of the Federal Reserve System; and 

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

20 Federal Reserve bank. 

21 ‘‘(4) FUTURE.—The term ‘future’ means a fi22 nancial contract obligating a buyer to purchase, or 

23 a seller to sell, an asset, such as a physical com24 modity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined 

25 future date and price. 


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1 ‘‘(5) SECURITY.—The term ‘security’ has the 

2 meaning given the term in section 3(a) of the Secu3 rities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)). 

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

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

6 person, has the meaning given the term in section 

7 109 with respect to that covered person. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 202. PROHIBITIONS. 

9 ‘‘(a) TRANSACTIONS.—Except as provided in sections 

10 203 and 204, no covered person may— 

11 ‘‘(1) purchase or sell any covered investment; or 

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

13 short position in any security. 

14 ‘‘(b) POSITIONS.—A covered person may not serve as 

15 an officer or member of any board of any for-profit asso16 ciation, corporation, or other entity. 

17 ‘‘SEC. 203. EXCEPTIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) INVESTMENTS HELD BEFORE TAKING OF19 FICE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A covered person may have 

21 control over or knowledge of the management of any 

22 covered investment held by the covered person as of 

23 the day before the date on which the covered person 

24 assumes the applicable office or employment as a 

25 covered person. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON PURCHASING OR SELL2 ING.—A covered person may not buy or sell any in3 vestment described in paragraph (1), except in the 

4 case of— 

5 ‘‘(A) placing the investment in a qualified 

6 blind trust described in section 204; or 

7 ‘‘(B) divesting the investment under sub8 section (b). 

9 ‘‘(b) DIVESTITURE.—A covered person may sell a 

10 covered investment during the 180-day period beginning 

11 on the later of— 

12 ‘‘(1) the date on which the covered person as13 sumes office or employment as a covered person; and 

14 ‘‘(2) the date of enactment of the STOCK Act 

15 2.0. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 204. TRUSTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—On a case-by-case basis, the ap18 plicable supervising ethics office may authorize a covered 

19 person to place any security holding of the covered person 

20 in a qualified blind trust approved by the supervising eth21 ics office under section 102(f). 

22 ‘‘(b) BLIND TRUST.—A qualified blind trust per23 mitted under this section shall meet the applicable criteria 

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1 rangement is approved by the applicable supervising ethics 

2 office. 

3 ‘‘SEC. 205. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT. 

4 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATION.—Each supervising ethics of5 fice may issue guidance relating to any matter covered by 

6 this title, including— 

7 ‘‘(1) whether a covered person may hold an em8 ployee stock option or other, similar instrument that 

9 has not vested before the date on which the covered 

10 person assumes office or employment as a covered 

11 person; and 

12 ‘‘(2) the process and timeline for determining 

13 the date on which a covered person shall no longer 

14 serve as an officer or member of any board of any 

15 for-profit association, corporation, or other entity. 

16 ‘‘(b) ENFORCEMENT.—A covered person who know17 ingly fails to comply with this title shall be subject to a 

18 civil penalty of not less than 10 percent of the value of 

19 the covered investment that was purchased or sold, or the 

20 security in which a net short position was created, in viola21 tion of this title, as applicable.’’. 

22 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

23 (1) Section 103(j)(1) of the Ethics in Govern24 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 


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1 striking ‘‘Standards of Official Conduct’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘Ethics’’. 

3 (2) Section 105(b)(3)(A) of the Ethics in Gov4 ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘described in section 109(8) or 109(10) of 

6 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘who is a judicial employee 

7 or judicial officer’’. 

8 (3) Section 109 of the Ethics in Government 

9 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

11 by striking ‘‘For the purposes of this title, the 

12 term—’’ and inserting ‘‘In this title:’’; 

13 (B) in each of paragraphs (1) through 

14 (19)— 

15 (i) by inserting ‘‘The term’’ after the 

16 paragraph designation; and 

17 (ii) by inserting a paragraph heading, 

18 the text of which is comprised of the term 

19 defined in that paragraph; 

20 (C) in each of paragraphs (2) through 

21 (17), by striking the semicolon at the end of the 

22 paragraph and inserting a period; 

23 (D) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘means’’ 

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1 and inserting the following: ‘‘means, as applica2 ble— 

3 ‘‘(A) the Select Committee on Ethics of 

4 the Senate; and 

5 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Ethics’’; 

6 (E) by redesignating paragraphs (8) and 

7 (9) as paragraphs (9) and (8), respectively, and 

8 moving the paragraphs so as to appear in nu9 merical order; and 

10 (F) in paragraph (18)— 

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

12 ‘‘Standards of Official Conduct’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Ethics’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

15 ‘‘; and’’ at the end and inserting a period. 

16 (4) Section 111(2) of the Ethics in Government 

17 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by striking 

18 ‘‘Standards of Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Eth19 ics’’. 

20 (5) Section 402 of the Ethics in Government 

21 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘title II 

23 of’’ each place it appears; and 

24 (B) in subsection (f)(2)(B)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Subject to clause (iv) 

2 of this subparagraph, before’’ each place it 

3 appears and inserting ‘‘Before’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking clause (iv). 

5 (6) Section 503(1)(A) of the Ethics in Govern6 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘Standards of Official Conduct’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘Ethics’’. 

9 (7) Section 3(4)(D) of the Lobbying Disclosure 

10 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1602(4)(D)) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘legislative branch employee serving in a po12 sition described under section 109(13) of the Ethics 

13 in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘officer or employee of the Congress (as 

15 defined in section 109 of the Ethics in Government 

16 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.))’’. 

17 (8) Section 2 of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. 

18 App. 101 note) is amended— 

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

20 ‘‘(11)’’ each place it appears; 

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

22 each place it appears; 

23 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(8)’’ 

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

2 each place it appears. 

3 (9) Section 21A of the Securities Exchange Act 

4 of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78u–1) is amended— 

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

6 ‘‘section 109(11) of the Ethics in Government 

7 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(11))’’ and in8 serting ‘‘section 109 of the Ethics in Govern9 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’; and 

10 (B) in subsection (h)(2)— 

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

12 ‘‘section 109(8) of the Ethics in Govern13 ment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 109(8))’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘section 109 of the Ethics in 

15 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.)’’; 

16 and 

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

18 ‘‘under section 109(10) of the Ethics in 

19 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 

20 109(10))’’ and inserting ‘‘in section 109 of 

21 the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

22 U.S.C. App.)’’. 


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1 SEC. 6. ELECTRONIC FILING AND ONLINE PUBLIC AVAIL2 ABILITY OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS. 

3 (a) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL

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

5 App. 105 note) is amended— 

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

7 by inserting ‘‘, pursuant to title I of the Ethics in 

8 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), through 

9 databases maintained on the official websites of the 

10 House of Representatives and the Senate’’ after ‘‘en11 able’’; 

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

13 received by them pursuant to section 103(h)(1)(A) 

14 of title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘each report received under section 

16 103(h)(1)(A) of that Act’’; and 

17 (3) by striking subparagraph (B) and the un18 designated matter following that subparagraph and 

19 inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(B) public access— 

21 ‘‘(i) to each— 

22 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

23 filed by a Member of Congress or a 

24 candidate for Congress; 

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1 a candidate for Congress pursuant to 

2 section 103(l) of that Act; and 

3 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend4 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

5 report described in subclause (I) or 

6 (II), pursuant to title I of that Act; 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

9 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

10 sort, and download data contained in 

11 the reports described in subclause (I) 

12 or (II) of clause (i) by criteria re13 quired to be reported, including by 

14 filer name, asset, transaction type, 

15 ticker symbol, notification date, 

16 amount of transaction, and date of 

17 transaction; 

18 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

19 application programming interface; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

22 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re23 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

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1 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

2 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

3 (or successor guidelines).’’. 

4 (b) VERY SENIOR EXECUTIVE BRANCH EMPLOY5 EES.—Section 11(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. App. 

6 105 note) is amended— 

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

8 by inserting ‘‘, pursuant to title I of the Ethics in 

9 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), through 

10 databases maintained on the official website of the 

11 Office of Government Ethics’’ after ‘‘enable’’; and 

12 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and the un13 designated matter following that subparagraph and 

14 inserting the following: 

15 ‘‘(B) public access— 

16 ‘‘(i) to each— 

17 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

18 filed by— 

19 ‘‘(aa) the President; 

20 ‘‘(bb) the Vice President; or 

21 ‘‘(cc) an officer occupying a 

22 position listed in section 5312 or 

23 5313 of title 5, United States 

24 Code, having been nominated by 


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1 the President and confirmed by 

2 the Senate to that position; 

3 ‘‘(II) transaction disclosure re4 port filed by an individual described in 

5 subclause (I) pursuant to section 

6 103(l) of the Ethics in Government 

7 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App); and 

8 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend9 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

10 report described in subclause (I) or 

11 (II), pursuant to title I of that Act; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

14 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

15 sort, and download data contained in 

16 the reports described in subclause (I) 

17 or (II) of clause (i) by criteria re18 quired to be reported, including by 

19 filer name, asset, transaction type, 

20 ticker symbol, notification date, 

21 amount of transaction, and date of 

22 transaction; 

23 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

24 application programming interface; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

2 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re3 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

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

5 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

6 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

7 (or successor guidelines).’’. 

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

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

10 adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(c) JUDICIAL OFFICERS.— 

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

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

14 this subsection, the Administrative Office of the 

15 United States Courts shall develop a system to en16 able, pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Government 

17 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), through a database 

18 maintained on the official website of the Administra19 tive Office of the United States Courts— 

20 ‘‘(A) electronic filing of reports received 

21 from judicial officers pursuant to that title; and 

22 ‘‘(B) public access— 

23 ‘‘(i) to each— 

24 ‘‘(I) financial disclosure report 

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1 ‘‘(II) transaction disclosure re2 port filed by a judicial officer pursu3 ant to section 103(l) of the Ethics in 

4 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 

5 App); and 

6 ‘‘(III) notice of extension, amend7 ment, or blind trust, with respect to a 

8 report described in subclause (I) or 

9 (II), pursuant to that title; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) in a manner that— 

11 ‘‘(I) allows the public to search, 

12 sort, and download data contained in 

13 a report described in clause (i) by cri14 teria required to be reported, includ15 ing by filer name, asset, transaction 

16 type, ticker symbol, notification date, 

17 amount of transaction, and date of 

18 transaction; 

19 ‘‘(II) allows access through an 

20 application programming interface; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(III) is fully compliant with— 

23 ‘‘(aa) section 508 of the Re24 habilitation Act of 1973 (29 

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


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1 ‘‘(bb) the most recent Web 

2 Content Accessibility Guidelines 

3 (or successor guidelines). 

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

5 paragraph (1)(B), section 105(b)(2) of the Ethics in 

6 Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not 

7 apply. 

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

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

10 official website of the Administrative Office of the 

11 United States Courts shall be deemed to meet the 

12 public availability requirement under section 

13 105(b)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

14 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

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

16 who is required under the Ethics in Government Act 

17 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to file a financial disclosure 

18 report with a supervising ethics office shall be able 

19 to file report electronically using the applicable sys20 tem developed under this subsection. 

21 ‘‘(5) EXTENSIONS.—Each notice of an exten22 sion for a financial disclosure covered by this sub23 section shall be made available electronically under 

24 paragraph (1)(B), together with any related disclo25 sure. 


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

2 this subsection may be implemented after the date 

3 described in paragraph (1) if the Administrative Of4 fice of the United States Courts identifies in writing 

5 to the relevant congressional committees the addi6 tional time needed for that implementation.’’. 

7 (d) OFFICERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS.—Sec8 tion 9 of the STOCK Act (Public Law 112–105; 126 Stat. 

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

10 at the end the following: 

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

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

13 ‘‘(A) COVERED PERSON.—The term ‘cov14 ered person’ means— 

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

16 bank; 

17 ‘‘(ii) a vice president of a Federal Re18 serve bank; and 

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

20 bank. 

21 ‘‘(B) 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 pursuant to title I of the Ethics in Government 

8 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), through a data9 base maintained on the official website of the 

10 supervising ethics office— 

11 ‘‘(i) electronic filing of reports re12 ceived from covered persons pursuant to 

13 that title; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) public access— 

15 ‘‘(I) to each— 

16 ‘‘(aa) financial disclosure re17 port filed by a covered person; 

18 ‘‘(bb) transaction disclosure 

19 report filed by a covered person 

20 pursuant to section 103(l) of the 

21 Ethics in Government Act of 

22 1978 (5 U.S.C. App); and 

23 ‘‘(cc) notice of extension, 

24 amendment, or blind trust, with 

25 respect to a report described in 


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1 item (aa) or (bb), pursuant to 

2 that title; and 

3 ‘‘(II) in a manner that— 

4 ‘‘(aa) allows the public to 

5 search, sort, and download data 

6 contained in a report described in 

7 subclause (I) by criteria required 

8 to be reported, including by filer 

9 name, asset, transaction type, 

10 ticker symbol, notification date, 

11 amount of transaction, and date 

12 of transaction; 

13 ‘‘(bb) allows access through 

14 an application programming 

15 interface; and 

16 ‘‘(cc) is fully compliant 

17 with— 

18 ‘‘(AA) section 508 of 

19 the Rehabilitation Act of 

20 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d); and 

21 ‘‘(BB) the most recent 

22 Web Content Accessibility 

23 Guidelines (or successor 

24 guidelines). 


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

2 under subparagraph (A)(ii), section 105(b)(2) 

3 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

4 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply. 

5 ‘‘(C) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The elec6 tronic availability of filings under subparagraph 

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

8 ethics office shall be deemed to meet the public 

9 availability requirement under section 105(b)(1) 

10 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 

11 U.S.C. App.). 

12 ‘‘(D) FILERS COVERED.—Each covered 

13 person who is required under the Ethics in Gov14 ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to file a 

15 financial disclosure report with a supervising 

16 ethics office shall be able to file report elec17 tronically using the applicable system developed 

18 under this paragraph. 

19 ‘‘(E) EXTENSIONS.—Each notice of an ex20 tension for a financial disclosure covered by this 

21 paragraph shall be made available electronically 

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

23 related disclosure. 

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1 after the date described in subparagraph (A) if 

2 a supervising ethics office identifies in writing 

3 to the relevant congressional committees the ad4 ditional time needed for that implementation.’’. 

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

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

7 after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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