I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1863 
To require executive branch employees to report certain royalties, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 5, 2025 
Mr. GRIFFITH 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 require executive branch employees to report certain 
royalties, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Royalty Transparency 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS OF EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH EMPLOYEES. 
(a) INDIVIDUALS REQUIRED TO FILE.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 13103 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (f)— 
(i) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in paragraph (12), by striking the 
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(13) any member of— 
‘‘(A) the National Science Advisory Board 
for Biosecurity; 
‘‘(B) the Advisory Committee on Immuni-
zation Practices; 
‘‘(C) the Advisory Commission on Child-
hood Vaccines; 
‘‘(D) the National Vaccine Advisory Com-
mittee; 
‘‘(E) the Vaccines and Related Biological 
Products Advisory Committee; 
‘‘(F) the Defense Science Board; 
‘‘(G) the Board of Scientific Advisors of 
the National Cancer Institute; 
‘‘(H) the Homeland Security Science and 
Technology Advisory Committee; 
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‘‘(I) the Medical Review Board Advisory 
Committee; 
‘‘(J) the President’s Council of Advisors on 
Science and Technology; or 
‘‘(K) any other advisory committee, as de-
fined in section 1001, including a successor to 
a committee described in this paragraph, that 
the Government Accountability Office deter-
mines, in accordance with subsection (j)— 
‘‘(i) makes recommendations relating 
to public health to an agency or the Presi-
dent; and 
‘‘(ii) has had any recommendation 
fully or partially implemented during the 
10 years preceding the determination.’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) DETERMINATION REGARDING ADVISORY COM-
MITTEES.—Not later than 180 days after the date of en-
actment of the Royalty Transparency Act, and annually 
thereafter, the Government Accountability Office shall 
publish a list of each advisory committee that the Govern-
ment Accountability Office determines— 
‘‘(1) makes recommendations relating to public 
health to an agency or the President; and 
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‘‘(2) has had any recommendation fully or par-
tially implemented during the 10 years preceding the 
determination.’’. 
(2) SUNSET.—Effective on the date that is 5 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, section 
13103 of title 5, United States Code, as amended by 
this Act, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (f)(13), by striking sub-
paragraph (K) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(K) a successor to a committee described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of this para-
graph.’’; and 
(B) by striking subsection (j). 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF WAIVER.— 
(1) TITLE
5.—Section 13103(i) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by moving the matter preceding para-
graph (1) two ems to the left; 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(1) 
through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 
respectively; 
(C) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘the super-
vising ethics office determines’’ and inserting 
‘‘the supervising ethics office— 
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‘‘(1) determines’’; 
(D) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) provides notification of such waiver to the 
Committees on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives.’’. 
(2) TITLE 18.—Section 208 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) Any exemption— 
‘‘(1) granted under paragraph (1) or (3) of sub-
section (b) shall be immediately reported to the 
Committees on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Trans-
portation of the Senate and the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, includ-
ing a detailed justification for granting the waiver; 
or 
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‘‘(2) granted under subpart (C) of part 2640 of 
title 5 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
successor regulation, shall be immediately reported 
to the Committees on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on 
Oversight and Government Reform and Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives, includ-
ing a detailed justification for granting the waiver.’’. 
(c) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—Section 13104(a)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, subject 
to subparagraph (C)’’ after ‘‘employment by the 
United States Government’’; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) ROYALTIES
RECEIVED
BY
GOVERN-
MENT EMPLOYEES AND COMMITTEE FILERS.— 
Notwithstanding section 12(c) of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3710a(c)) and section 209 of title 35, if 
the reporting individual is an officer or em-
ployee in the executive branch (including a spe-
cial Government employee, as defined in section 
202 of title 18), or an individual described in 
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