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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4931
To provide for the training or orientation of individuals, during a Presidential
transition, who the President intends to appoint to certain key positions,
to provide for a study and report on improving the financial disclosure
process for certain Presidential nominees, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 24, 2000
Mr. HORN (for himself and Mr. TURNER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To provide for the training or orientation of individuals,
during a Presidential transition, who the President in-
tends to appoint to certain key positions, to provide
for a study and report on improving the financial disclo-
sure process for certain Presidential nominees, 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 ‘‘Presidential Transition
Act of 2000’’.
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SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ACT
OF 1963.
Section 3(a) of the Presidential Transition Act of
1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking ‘‘including—’’ and inserting ‘‘including the
following:’’;
(2) in each of paragraphs (1) through (6) by
striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a pe-
riod; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(8)(A)(i) Not withstanding subsection (b),
payment of expenses during the transition for brief-
ings, workshops, or other activities to acquaint key
prospective Presidential appointees with the types of
problems and challenges that most typically confront
new political appointees when they make the transi-
tion from campaign and other prior activities to as-
suming the responsibility for governance after inau-
guration.
‘‘(ii) Activities under this paragraph may in-
clude interchange between such appointees and indi-
viduals who—
‘‘(I) held similar leadership roles in prior
administrations;
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‘‘(II) are department or agency experts
from the Office of Management and Budget or
an Office of Inspector General of a department
or agency; or
‘‘(III) are relevant staff from the General
Accounting Office.
‘‘(iii) Activities under this paragraph may in-
clude training or orientation in records management
to comply with section 2203 of title 44, United
States Code, including training on the separation of
Presidential records and personal records to comply
with subsection (b) of that section.
‘‘(iv) Activities under this paragraph may in-
clude training or orientation in human resources
management and performance-based management.
‘‘(B) Activities under this paragraph shall be
conducted primarily for individuals the President-
elect intends to nominate as department heads or
appoint to key positions in the Executive Office of
the President.
‘‘(9)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (b), devel-
opment of a transition directory by the Adminis-
trator of General Services Administration, in con-
sultation with the Archivist of the United States
(head of the National Archives and Records Admin-
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istration) for activities conducted under paragraph
(8).
‘‘(B) The transition directory shall be a com-
pilation of Federal publications and materials with
supplementary materials developed by the Adminis-
trator that provides information on the officers, or-
ganization, and statutory and administrative au-
thorities, functions, duties, responsibilities, and mis-
sion of each department and agency.
‘‘(10)(A) Notwithstanding subsection (b), con-
sultation by the Administrator with any candidate
for President or Vice President to develop a systems
architecture plan for the computer and communica-
tions systems of the candidate to coordinate a tran-
sition to Federal systems, if the candidate is elected.
‘‘(B) Consultations under this paragraph shall
be conducted at the discretion of the Adminis-
trator.’’.
SEC. 3. REPORT ON IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL DISCLO-
SURE PROCESS FOR PRESIDENTIAL NOMI-
NEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 months after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Office of Government
Ethics shall conduct a study and submit a report on im-
provements to the financial disclosure process for Presi-
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have the effect of lessening substantive compliance
with any conflict of interest requirement.
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary to carry out this section.
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