I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2894 
To amend title 18, United States Code, to modify the definition of special 
Government employee, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2025 
Ms. STANSBURY (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, and 
Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on 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 title 18, United States Code, to modify the defini-
tion of special Government employee, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SGE Ethics Enforce-
ment Reform Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SEER Act of 2025’’ 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:59 May 02, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2894.IH
H2894
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
(1) Some special Government employees have 
substantial financial conflicts of interest due to their 
other business activities while in Federal service. 
(2) Special Government employees are subject 
to the criminal conflict-of-interest statute applicable 
to full-time Government employees, section 208 of 
title 18, United States Code. However, Federal em-
ployees, including special Government employees, do 
not have to resolve conflicts under that provision if 
the relevant work does not constitute a particular 
matter. 
(3) Unlike senior executive branch employees 
under chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, 
the vast majority of special Government employees 
are not required to make their financial disclosure 
reports public, thus concealing from the public their 
potential financial conflicts of interest. 
(4) The vast majority of special Government 
employees in the Federal Government serve on advi-
sory committees and have a limited role in Govern-
ment decision-making. But a select number of spe-
cial Government employees have assumed authority 
within the Federal Government commensurate with 
a senior or very senior full-time Federal employee. 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:59 May 02, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2894.IH
H2894
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
(5) The executive branch has not notified the 
public or Congress when it uses special Government 
employees to perform high-level responsibilities. 
(6) The executive branch has permitted employ-
ees to retain special Government employee status be-
yond the statutory limit of 130 days during any pe-
riod of 365 consecutive days. 
SEC. 3. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
Title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in section 202(a), in the first sentence, by 
inserting ‘‘and who has been designated as a special 
Government employee on a Notification of Personnel 
Action (Standard Form 50 or equivalent) of the offi-
cer or employee,’’ after ‘‘basis,’’; and 
(2) in section 208— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(a) Except’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a)(1) Except’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a special Government employee 
who is not on an advisory committee or who serves as the 
chair or vice chair of an advisory committee, paragraph 
(1) shall apply to a discrete and identifiable component 
of a matter that on its own would constitute a particular 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:59 May 02, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2894.IH
H2894
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS
matter in which, to the knowledge of the special Govern-
ment employee, the organization in which the special Gov-
ernment employee is serving as officer, director, trustee, 
general partner, or employee has a financial interest.’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, 
with the concurrence of a designated offi-
cial at the Office of Government Ethics if 
the officer or employee is a special Govern-
ment employee,’’ after ‘‘such official’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 
other than the chair or vice chair of the 
committee,’’ after ‘‘committee’’; 
(C) in subsection (d)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the first sen-
tence, by striking ‘‘Upon’’ and inserting 
‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
upon’’; 
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(iii) by inserting after paragraph (1) 
the following: 
‘‘(2) In the case of a special Government employee 
who is not serving on an advisory committee within the 
meaning of chapter 10 of title 5 or a special Government 
VerDate Sep 11 2014 
22:59 May 02, 2025
Jkt 059200
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H2894.IH
H2894
ssavage on LAPJG3WLY3PROD with BILLS