enactment of this Act, the 90-day period 
which begins on the date on which the in-
dividual becomes a covered official or be-
comes a family member of a Member of 
Congress; and 
(iii) with respect to a covered invest-
ment which is first held by a covered offi-
cial or a family member of a Member of 
Congress after the last day of either of the 
periods described in clauses (i) or (ii), the 
90-day period which begins on the date on 
which such investment was first held by 
such official or family member. 
(b) PENALTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a covered official in violation of this sec-
tion, as determined by the supervising ethics office, 
shall pay a penalty in an amount equal to the fee 
set forth under section 104(d)(1) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 104(d)(1)) 
for each such violation. 
(2) EXCEPTION.— 
(A) PENALTY.—An individual described in 
subparagraph (C) who during any month is in 
violation of this section with respect to a cov-
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ered investment, as determined by the super-
vising ethics office, shall pay a penalty in an 
amount equal to— 
(i) in the case of an individual who is 
a covered official, the salary of such official 
for that month; or 
(ii) in the case of an individual who is 
a family member of a Member of Congress, 
the salary of the Member of Congress for 
that month. 
(B) AMOUNT DETERMINED WITHOUT RE-
GARD
TO
NUMBER
OF
VIOLATIONS.—The 
amount of the penalty imposed under subpara-
graph (A) shall apply to an individual without 
regard to the number of covered investments 
with respect to which the individual is in viola-
tion during the month in which the penalty is 
imposed. 
(C) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—The indi-
viduals described in this paragraph are the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A Member of Congress or a family 
member of a Member of Congress. 
(ii) The President. 
(iii) The Vice-President. 
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(iv) A political appointee who was ap-
pointed to such position by the President, 
by and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate. 
(v) A judicial officer. 
(c) PUBLICATION.—For each individual in violation 
of this section as determined by the supervising ethics of-
fice, such office shall make available a list, on a publicly 
accessible website of such office, detailing the names, occu-
pation, and office of employment for each such individual, 
or in the case of a family member of a Member of Con-
gress, the name of such family member and of such Mem-
ber of Congress. 
(d) APPLICATION OF CERTIFICATE OF DIVESTITURE 
PROGRAM.—For purposes of section 1043 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986— 
(1) any person required to dispose of any prop-
erty by reason of this section shall be treated as an 
eligible person; 
(2) this section shall be treated as a Federal 
conflict of interest statute; and 
(3) in the case of an individual described in 
subsection (e)(2)(A), the requirement of section 
1043(b)(2)(B) of such Code shall be treated as sat-
isfied with respect to any written determination if 
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