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Sec. 9101. Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives from serving on 
boards of for-profit entities. 
Sec. 9102. Conflict of interest rules for Members of Congress and congressional 
staff. 
Sec. 9103. Exercise of rulemaking powers. 
Subtitle C—Campaign Finance and Lobbying Disclosure 
Sec. 9201. Short title. 
Sec. 9202. Requiring disclosure in certain reports filed with Federal Election 
Commission of persons who are registered lobbyists. 
Sec. 9203. Effective date. 
Subtitle D—Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports 
Sec. 9301. Short title. 
Sec. 9302. Definitions. 
Sec. 9303. Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated reports. 
Sec. 9304. Federal agency responsibilities. 
Sec. 9305. Removing and altering reports. 
Sec. 9306. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act. 
Sec. 9307. Implementation. 
Subtitle E—Reports on Outside Compensation Earned by Congressional 
Employees 
Sec. 9401. Reports on outside compensation earned by congressional employees. 
Subtitle F—Severability 
Sec. 9501. Severability.
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Subtitle A—Requiring Members of 
Congress To Reimburse Treas-
ury for Amounts Paid as Settle-
ments and Awards Under Con-
gressional Accountability Act of 
1995 
SEC. 9001. REQUIRING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO REIM-
BURSE TREASURY FOR AMOUNTS PAID AS 
SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS UNDER CON-
GRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 
IN ALL CASES OF EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINA-
TION ACTS BY MEMBERS. 
(a) REQUIRING REIMBURSEMENT.—Clause (i) of sec-
tion 415(d)(1)(C) of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(d)(1)(C)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(i) a violation of section 201(a) or 
section 206(a); or’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO NOTI-
FICATION OF POSSIBILITY OF REIMBURSEMENT.—Clause 
(i) of section 402(b)(2)(B) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1402(b)(2)(B)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) a violation of section 201(a) or 
section 206(a); or’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Re-
form Act. 
Subtitle B—Conflicts of Interests 
SEC. 9101. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES FROM SERVING ON BOARDS 
OF FOR-PROFIT ENTITIES. 
Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended— 
(1) by redesignating clause 22 as clause 23; 
and 
(2) by inserting after clause 21 the following 
new clause: 
‘‘22. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
may not serve on the board of directors of any for-profit 
entity.’’. 
SEC. 9102. CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULES FOR MEMBERS 
OF CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL STAFF. 
No Member, officer, or employee of a committee or 
Member of either House of Congress may knowingly use 
his or her official position to introduce or aid the progress 
or passage of legislation, a principal purpose of which is 
to further only his or her pecuniary interest, only the pecu-
niary interest of his or her immediate family, or only the
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pecuniary interest of a limited class of persons or enter-
prises, when he or she, or his or her immediate family, 
or enterprises controlled by them, are members of the af-
fected class. 
SEC. 9103. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. 
The provisions of this subtitle are enacted by the 
Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of such House. 
Subtitle C—Campaign Finance and 
Lobbying Disclosure 
SEC. 9201. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Connecting Lobby-
ists and Electeds for Accountability and Reform Act’’ or 
the ‘‘CLEAR Act’’.
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SEC. 9202. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE IN CERTAIN REPORTS 
FILED WITH FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION OF PERSONS WHO ARE REGISTERED 
LOBBYISTS. 
(a) REPORTS FILED BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.— 
Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(7); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(9) if any person identified in subparagraph 
(A), (E), (F), or (G) of paragraph (3) is a registered 
lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
a separate statement that such person is a reg-
istered lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(b) REPORTS FILED BY PERSONS MAKING INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.—Section 304(c)(2) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) if the person filing the statement, or a 
person whose identification is required to be dis-
closed under subparagraph (C), is a registered lob-
byist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, a 
separate statement that such person is a registered 
lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(c) REPORTS FILED
BY PERSONS MAKING DIS-
BURSEMENTS
FOR
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Section 304(f)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30104(f)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) If the person making the disburse-
ment, or a contributor described in subpara-
graph (E) or (F), is a registered lobbyist under 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, a sepa-
rate statement that such person or contributor 
is a registered lobbyist under such Act.’’. 
(d) REQUIRING COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH LINK TO 
WEBSITES OF CLERK OF HOUSE AND SECRETARY OF 
SENATE.—Section 304 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104), 
as amended by section 4002 and section 4208(a), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
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‘‘(l) REQUIRING INFORMATION ON REGISTERED LOB-
BYISTS TO BE LINKED TO WEBSITES OF CLERK OF 
HOUSE AND SECRETARY OF SENATE.— 
‘‘(1) LINKS
TO
WEBSITES.—The Commission 
shall ensure that the Commission’s public database 
containing information described in paragraph (2) is 
linked electronically to the websites maintained by 
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives containing information 
filed pursuant to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) Information disclosed under para-
graph (9) of subsection (b). 
‘‘(B) Information disclosed under subpara-
graph (D) of subsection (c)(2). 
‘‘(C) Information disclosed under subpara-
graph (G) of subsection (f)(2).’’. 
SEC. 9203. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this subtitle shall apply 
with respect to reports required to be filed under the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 on or after the expira-
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tion of the 90-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Access to 
Congressionally Mandated Reports 
SEC. 9301. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Access to Congres-
sionally Mandated Reports Act’’. 
SEC. 9302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT.— 
The term ‘‘congressionally mandated report’’— 
(A) means a report that is required to be 
submitted to either House of Congress or any 
committee of Congress, or subcommittee there-
of, by a statute, resolution, or conference report 
that accompanies legislation enacted into law; 
and 
(B) does not include a report required 
under part B of subtitle II of title 36, United 
States Code. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Government Publishing Office. 
(3) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term under sec-
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tion 102 of title 40, United States Code, but does 
not include the Government Accountability Office. 
(4) OPEN FORMAT.—The term ‘‘open format’’ 
means a file format for storing digital data based on 
an underlying open standard that— 
(A) is not encumbered by any restrictions 
that would impede reuse; and 
(B) is based on an underlying open data 
standard that is maintained by a standards or-
ganization. 
(5) REPORTS ONLINE PORTAL.—The term ‘‘re-
ports online portal’’ means the online portal estab-
lished under section 9303(a). 
SEC. 9303. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTAL FOR CON-
GRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORTS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH ONLINE POR-
TAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall 
establish and maintain an online portal accessible by 
the public that allows the public to obtain electronic 
copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one 
place. The Director may publish other reports on the 
online portal.
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(2) EXISTING FUNCTIONALITY.—To the extent 
possible, the Director shall meet the requirements 
under paragraph (1) by using existing online portals 
and functionality under the authority of the Direc-
tor. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub-
title, the Director shall consult with the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, and the Librarian of Congress regarding the re-
quirements for and maintenance of congressionally 
mandated reports on the reports online portal. 
(b) CONTENT AND FUNCTION.—The Director shall 
ensure that the reports online portal includes the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Subject to subsection (c), with respect to 
each congressionally mandated report, each of the 
following: 
(A) A citation to the statute, conference 
report, or resolution requiring the report. 
(B) An electronic copy of the report, in-
cluding any transmittal letter associated with 
the report, in an open format that is platform 
independent and that is available to the public 
without restrictions, including restrictions that
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would impede the re-use of the information in 
the report. 
(C) The ability to retrieve a report, to the 
extent practicable, through searches based on 
each, and any combination, of the following: 
(i) The title of the report. 
(ii) The reporting Federal agency. 
(iii) The date of publication. 
(iv) Each congressional committee re-
ceiving the report, if applicable. 
(v) The statute, resolution, or con-
ference report requiring the report. 
(vi) Subject tags. 
(vii) A unique alphanumeric identifier 
for the report that is consistent across re-
port editions. 
(viii) The serial number, Super-
intendent of Documents number, or other 
identification number for the report, if ap-
plicable. 
(ix) Key words. 
(x) Full text search. 
(xi) Any other relevant information 
specified by the Director.
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(D) The date on which the report was re-
quired to be submitted, and on which the report 
was submitted, to the reports online portal. 
(E) Access to the report not later than 30 
calendar days after its submission to Congress. 
(F) To the extent practicable, a permanent 
means of accessing the report electronically. 
(2) A means for bulk download of all congres-
sionally mandated reports. 
(3) A means for downloading individual reports 
as the result of a search. 
(4) An electronic means for the head of each 
Federal agency to submit to the reports online por-
tal each congressionally mandated report of the 
agency, as required by section 9304. 
(5) In tabular form, a list of all congressionally 
mandated reports that can be searched, sorted, and 
downloaded by— 
(A) reports submitted within the required 
time; 
(B) reports submitted after the date on 
which such reports were required to be sub-
mitted; and 
(C) reports not submitted. 
(c) NONCOMPLIANCE BY FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
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(1) REPORTS NOT SUBMITTED.—If a Federal 
agency does not submit a congressionally mandated 
report to the Director, the Director shall to the ex-
tent practicable— 
(A) include on the reports online portal— 
(i) the information required under 
clauses (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) of subsection 
(b)(1)(C); and 
(ii) the date on which the report was 
required to be submitted; and 
(B) include the congressionally mandated 
report on the list described in subsection 
(b)(5)(C). 
(2) REPORTS NOT IN OPEN FORMAT.—If a Fed-
eral agency submits a congressionally mandated re-
port that is not in an open format, the Director shall 
include the congressionally mandated report in an-
other format on the reports online portal. 
(d) FREE ACCESS.—The Director may not charge a 
fee, require registration, or impose any other limitation 
in exchange for access to the reports online portal. 
(e) UPGRADE CAPABILITY.—The reports online por-
tal shall be enhanced and updated as necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this subtitle.
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SEC. 9304. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES. 
(a) SUBMISSION OF ELECTRONIC COPIES OF RE-
PORTS.—Concurrently with the submission to Congress of 
each congressionally mandated report, the head of the 
Federal agency submitting the congressionally mandated 
report shall submit to the Director the information re-
quired under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 
9303(b)(1) with respect to the congressionally mandated 
report. Nothing in this subtitle shall relieve a Federal 
agency of any other requirement to publish the congres-
sionally mandated report on the online portal of the Fed-
eral agency or otherwise submit the congressionally man-
dated report to Congress or specific committees of Con-
gress, or subcommittees thereof. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Di-
rector, shall issue guidance to agencies on the implementa-
tion of this subtitle. 
(c) STRUCTURE OF SUBMITTED REPORT DATA.— 
The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that each 
congressionally mandated report submitted to the Director 
complies with the open format criteria established by the 
Director in the guidance issued under subsection (b).
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(d) POINT OF CONTACT.—The head of each Federal 
agency shall designate a point of contact for congression-
ally mandated report. 
(e) LIST OF REPORTS.—As soon as practicable each 
calendar year (but not later than April 1), and on a rolling 
basis during the year if feasible, the Librarian of Congress 
shall submit to the Director a list of congressionally man-
dated reports from the previous calendar year, in consulta-
tion with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, which 
shall— 
(1) be provided in an open format; 
(2) include the information required under 
clauses 
(i), 
(ii), 
(iv), 
and 
(v) 
of 
section 
9303(b)(1)(C) for each report; 
(3) include the frequency of the report; 
(4) include a unique alphanumeric identifier for 
the report that is consistent across report editions; 
(5) include the date on which each report is re-
quired to be submitted; and 
(6) be updated and provided to the Director, as 
necessary. 
SEC. 9305. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS. 
A report submitted to be published to the reports on-
line portal may only be changed or removed, with the ex-
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ception of technical changes, by the head of the Federal 
agency concerned if— 
(1) the head of the Federal agency consults 
with each congressional committee to which the re-
port is submitted; and 
(2) Congress enacts a joint resolution author-
izing the changing or removal of the report. 
SEC. 9306. RELATIONSHIP TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMA-
TION ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to— 
(1) require the disclosure of information or 
records that are exempt from public disclosure under 
section 552 of title 5, United States Code; or 
(2) to impose any affirmative duty on the Di-
rector to review congressionally mandated reports 
submitted for publication to the reports online portal 
for the purpose of identifying and redacting such in-
formation or records. 
(b) REDACTION OF INFORMATION.—The head of a 
Federal agency may redact information required to be dis-
closed under this subtitle if the information would be prop-
erly withheld from disclosure under section 552 of title 
5, United States Code, and shall—
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(1) redact information required to be disclosed 
under this subtitle if disclosure of such information 
is prohibited by law; 
(2) redact information being withheld under 
this subsection prior to submitting the information 
to the Director; 
(3) redact only such information properly with-
held under this subsection from the submission of 
information or from any congressionally mandated 
report submitted under this subtitle; 
(4) identify where any such redaction is made 
in the submission or report; and 
(5) identify the exemption under which each 
such redaction is made. 
SEC. 9307. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Except as provided in section 9304(b), this subtitle 
shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
congressionally mandated reports submitted to Congress 
on or after the date that is 1 year after such date of enact-
ment.
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Subtitle 
E—Reports 
on 
Outside 
Compensation Earned by Con-
gressional Employees 
SEC. 9401. REPORTS ON OUTSIDE COMPENSATION EARNED 
BY CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) REPORTS.—The supervisor of an individual who 
performs services for any Member, committee, or other of-
fice of the Senate or House of Representatives for a period 
in excess of four weeks and who receives compensation 
therefor from any source other than the Federal Govern-
ment shall submit a report identifying the identity of the 
source, amount, and rate of such compensation to— 
(1) the Select Committee on Ethics of the Sen-
ate, in the case of an individual who performs serv-
ices for a Member, committee, or other office of the 
Senate; or 
(2) the Committee on Ethics of the House of 
Representatives, in the case of an individual who 
performs services for a Member (including a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress), 
committee, or other office of the House. 
(b) TIMING.—The supervisor shall submit the report 
required under subsection (a) with respect to an indi-
vidual—
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(1) when such individual first begins per-
forming services described in such subparagraph; 
(2) at the close of each calendar quarter during 
which such individual is performing such services; 
and 
(3) when such individual ceases to perform such 
services. 
Subtitle F—Severability 
SEC. 9501. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or amendment made by 
this title, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this title and amendments made 
by this title, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
TITLE 
X—PRESIDENTIAL 
AND 
VICE 
PRESIDENTIAL 
TAX 
TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 10001. Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency. 
SEC. 10001. PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL TAX 
TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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(1) The term ‘‘covered candidate’’ means a can-
didate of a major party in a general election for the 
office of President or Vice President. 
(2) The term ‘‘major party’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 9002 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986. 
(3) The term ‘‘income tax return’’ means, with 
respect to an individual, any return (as such term is 
defined in section 6103(b)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, except that such term shall not 
include declarations of estimated tax) of— 
(A) such individual, other than information 
returns issued to persons other than such indi-
vidual; or 
(B) of any corporation, partnership, or 
trust in which such individual holds, directly or 
indirectly, a significant interest as the sole or 
principal owner or the sole or principal bene-
ficial owner (as such terms are defined in regu-
lations prescribed by the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his delegate). 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury or the delegate of the Secretary. 
(b) DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—
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(A) CANDIDATES
FOR
PRESIDENT
AND 
VICE PRESIDENT.—Not later than the date that 
is 15 days after the date on which an individual 
becomes a covered candidate, the individual 
shall submit to the Federal Election Commis-
sion a copy of the individual’s income tax re-
turns for the 10 most recent taxable years for 
which a return has been filed with the Internal 
Revenue Service. 
(B) PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.— 
With respect to an individual who is the Presi-
dent or Vice President, not later than the due 
date for the return of tax for each taxable year, 
such individual shall submit to the Federal 
Election Commission a copy of the individual’s 
income tax returns for the taxable year and for 
the 9 preceding taxable years. 
(C) TRANSITION RULE FOR SITTING PRESI-
DENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS.—Not later than 
the date that is 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section, an individual who is the 
President or Vice President on such date of en-
actment shall submit to the Federal Election 
Commission a copy of the income tax returns 
for the 10 most recent taxable years for which
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a return has been filed with the Internal Rev-
enue Service. 
(2) FAILURE
TO
DISCLOSE.—If any require-
ment under paragraph (1) to submit an income tax 
return is not met, the chairman of the Federal Elec-
tion Commission shall submit to the Secretary a 
written request that the Secretary provide the Fed-
eral Election Commission with the income tax re-
turn. 
(3) PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.—The chairman of 
the Federal Election Commission shall make publicly 
available each income tax return submitted under 
paragraph (1) in the same manner as a return pro-
vided under section 6103(l)(23) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as added by this section). 
(4) TREATMENT
AS
A
REPORT
UNDER
THE 
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.—For 
purposes of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971, any income tax return submitted under para-
graph (1) or provided under section 6103(l)(23) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by 
this section) shall, after redaction under paragraph 
(3) or subparagraph (B)(ii) of such section, be treat-
ed as a report filed under the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971.
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‘‘(ii) REDACTION OF CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION.—Before making publicly available 
under clause (i) any return, the chairman 
of the Federal Election Commission shall 
redact such information as the Federal 
Election Commission and the Secretary 
jointly determine is necessary for pro-
tecting against identity theft, such as so-
cial security numbers.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
6103(p)(4) of such Code is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) by striking ‘‘or (22)’’ and inserting ‘‘(22), 
or (23)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (F)(ii) by striking ‘‘or 
(22)’’ and inserting ‘‘(22), or (23)’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to disclosures made on 
or after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 3, 
2021. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1 
AN ACT 
To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box, re-
duce the influence of big money in politics, 
strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and 
implement other anti-corruption measures for the 
purpose of fortifying our democracy, and for 
other purposes.