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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2291 
To amend section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, to require agencies 
to submit to the Office of Government Ethics and the Department 
of State the compiled listing of certain statements relating to the receipt 
and disposition of foreign gifts and decorations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 24, 2025 
Mr. DONALDS (for himself and Mr. GOLDEN of Maine) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform 
A BILL 
To amend section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, to 
require agencies to submit to the Office of Government 
Ethics and the Department of State the compiled listing 
of certain statements relating to the receipt and disposi-
tion of foreign gifts and decorations, 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 ‘‘Gift Accountability, 
Reporting, and Disclosures Act’’ or the ‘‘GARD Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECEIPT AND DISPOSITION OF FOREIGN GIFTS AND 
DECORATIONS. 
(a) REVISIONS TO THE PROCESS REQUIRING COM-
PILATION OF STATEMENTS BY FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
Section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (G) 
as subparagraph (H); 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(F) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) a candidate as defined in section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(52 U.S.C. 30101) for nomination or election to 
the office of President, Vice President, or Mem-
ber of Congress;’’; 
(iii) 
in 
subparagraph 
(H) 
(as 
resdesignated in clause (i))— 
(I) by striking ‘‘(F)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(G)’’ in each place it occurs; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘a dependent 
(within the meaning of section 152 of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)’’ 
and inserting: ‘‘a relative (as defined 
in section 13101)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by adding at 
the end ‘‘and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) any individual or entity that is not a 
United States citizen, a permanent resident 
alien, or an entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the 
United States;’’; 
(C) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(D) as subparagraph (G); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(C), the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(D) the Federal Electoral Commission, 
for candidates in an election for President, Vice 
President, and Member of Congress, except as 
provided in subparagraphs (E) and (F); 
‘‘(E) the Select Committee on Ethics of 
the Senate, for a candidate in an election for 
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the Federal office of Senator who is serving as 
a Senator; 
‘‘(F) the Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct of the House of Representatives, 
for a candidate in an election for the Federal 
office of Member of the House of Representa-
tives who is serving as a Member; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking the ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) accept a gift from a country of concern as 
designated by the Secretary of State.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(3), by inserting ‘‘termi-
nating the official use of a gift under subparagraph 
(B) or’’ before ‘‘accepting travel’’; 
(4) in subsection (f)— 
(A) paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and in-
serting ‘‘May 15’’; 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘Office of Govern-
ment Ethics and the’’ before ‘‘Secretary of 
State’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘State who shall’’ and 
inserting ‘‘State. The Secretary of State 
shall’’; and 
(iv) by striking the period and insert-
ing at the end ‘‘within 30 days after May 
15 of the filing year.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘brief’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘, if known,’’; 
(iii) by amending subparagraph (E) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(E) the estimated fair market value in 
the United States of the gift at the time of ac-
ceptance as determined by retail prices, price of 
comparable items, or appraisal;’’; 
(iv) by redesignating subparagraph 
(F) as subparagraph (G); 
(v) by inserting after subparagraph 
(E) the following: 
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‘‘(F) the Personal Property Management 
Foreign Gift Inventory Control Number (PPM) 
of gifts transferred to the Government Services 
Administration and any internal gift tracking 
number relevant to the current location and 
final disposition of the gift; and’’; and 
(vi) by amending subparagraph (G), 
as redesignated under clause (iv), to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(G) current location and final disposition 
of the gift using any of the following descrip-
tions: 
‘‘(i) Purchased by recipient. 
‘‘(ii) Deposited with the National Ar-
chives and Records Administration. 
‘‘(iii) Retained for official use by 
agency. 
‘‘(iv) Approved by employing agency 
for official use by employee. 
‘‘(v) Transferred according to agency 
policy. 
‘‘(vi) Processed according to agency 
guidance.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘brief’’; and 
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(D) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘delete’’ and in-
serting ‘‘redact’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics and the’’ after ‘‘in 
writing to the’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘Office of Government Ethics and the’’ 
after ‘‘provided to the’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Each employing agen-
cy shall’’ and inserting ‘‘Each employing 
agency, or a designated agency ethics offi-
cial as defined in section 13101, and in co-
ordination with the Office of Government 
Ethics, shall’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘the Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics and’’ before ‘‘the Secretary 
of State’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by adding after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(3) Each employing agency— 
‘‘(A) shall impose a $200 late fee for any em-
ployee who files a statement 30 days after the date 
on which such statement is required to be submitted; 
and 
‘‘(B) may waive the fee described in subpara-
graph (A) if a determination is made by the employ-
ing agency, or a designated agency ethics official as 
defined in section 13101, that an employee has good 
cause for the late submission.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) Not later than 120 days after enactment of the 
GARD Act, each employing agency shall adapt systems 
to enable public access to the listings under this section 
in a manner similar to the public access of financial disclo-
sure reports required under chapter 131.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments by this Act 
shall apply to any individual required to submit a state-
ment under section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, 
within 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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