‘‘(1) Assistant to the President for National Se-
curity Affairs. 
‘‘(2) Assistant to the President and Chief of 
Staff. 
‘‘(3) Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Chief of Staff. 
‘‘(4) Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Communications (or Director of 
Communications). 
‘‘(5) Assistant to the President and Press Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(6) Senior Advisor to the President. 
‘‘(7) Assistant to the President and Staff Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(8) Assistant to the President for Homeland 
Security and Counterterrorism. 
‘‘(9) Assistant to the President and Counselor 
to the President. 
‘‘(10) Director of the National Economic Coun-
cil. 
‘‘(11) Director of the Domestic Policy Council. 
‘‘(12) Assistant to the President and Chief of 
Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President. 
‘‘(13) Special Assistant to the President and 
Director of Communications for the Vice President. 
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‘‘(14) Press Secretary to the Vice President. 
‘‘(15) Senior Advisor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(16) Deputy Assistant to the President and 
National Security Advisor or Deputy National Secu-
rity Advisor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(17) Deputy Assistant to the President and 
Counselor to the Vice President. 
‘‘(18) Assistant to the President and White 
House Counsel. 
‘‘(19) Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
‘‘(20) Any officer or employee whose appoint-
ment is made by the President by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Senate. 
‘‘(21) The President. 
‘‘(22) The Vice President.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item related to section 1924 the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘1925. Use of public office for private gain.’’. 
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Subtitle D—Curb Objectionable Re-
direction of Resources and Un-
constitutional 
Payments 
to 
Trump 
SEC. 131. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Curb Objectionable 
Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional Payments 
to Trump Act’’ or the ‘‘CORRUPT Act’’. 
SEC. 132. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Kleptocracy is a tool used by autocratic 
leaders, including Vladimir Putin, to exploit state re-
sources; it involves the operation of sophisticated 
networks for the purpose of self-enrichment. 
(2) Unlike prior presidents, President Trump 
has refused to sell his business interests or divest 
himself of assets that present potential conflicts of 
interest. 
(3) Article I of the Constitution states that ‘‘no 
Person holding any office of profit or trust under 
them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, ac-
cept any present, emolument, office, or title, of any 
kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign 
State’’. 
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(4) Foreign governments and foreign-held com-
panies have already shifted business to the Presi-
dent’s companies in order to curry favor with the 
Administration. 
(5) According to reports, the Trump Inter-
national Hotel has generated at least $19,700,000 in 
income for the President between September 2016 
and April 2017. 
(6) The National Security Council and State 
Department have allegedly used taxpayers’ money to 
pay for staff to stay at Trump hotels and resorts, 
thereby benefitting the President. 
SEC. 133. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) kleptocrats such as Vladimir Putin pose a 
threat to United States national security by under-
mining financial and Government institutions; 
(2) the United States must take all steps nec-
essary to defend itself against kleptocratic practices; 
and 
(3) Federal funds should not be expended in a 
manner that enriches the President or any of his 
close relatives or associates. 
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SEC. 134. REPORTS. 
(a) AGENCY REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each 
agency shall submit to the Office of Government Ethics 
a report on the amount expended by that agency in fiscal 
year 2018 at, or any payments made to, any covered prop-
erty and shall include— 
(1) any hotel stay using per diem or other 
funds; or 
(2) the rental of any conference room or meet-
ing facility. 
(b) OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS REPORT.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Office of Government Ethics shall submit 
to Congress a comprehensive report on funds expended by 
any agency at, or any payments made to, a covered prop-
erty in fiscal year 2018. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—At the end of the next fiscal 
year following the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
at the end of each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to 
Congress a report on the direct and indirect ways that 
funds appropriated to agencies have benefitted a covered 
property, including— 
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(1) funds expended by any agency at, or any 
payments made to, a covered property in the pre-
vious fiscal year; 
(2) regulatory actions in the previous fiscal year 
with a beneficial impact on a covered property; and 
(3) indirect expenditures with vendors con-
ducting more than $1,000,000 in business with a 
covered individual or with the owners of a covered 
property in the previous fiscal year. 
SEC. 135. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’— 
(A) has the meaning given the term— 
(i) ‘‘Executive agency’’ under section 
105 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(ii) ‘‘military department’’ under sec-
tion 102 of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
(B) means— 
(i) any other establishment in the ex-
ecutive branch (including the Executive Of-
fice of the President, the United States 
Postal Service, and the Postal Regulatory 
Commission); 
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(ii) an office, agency, or other estab-
lishment in the legislative branch; and 
(iii) an office, agency, or other estab-
lishment in the judicial branch. 
(2) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 
individual’’ means— 
(A) the President; 
(B) a relative of the President; and 
(C) with respect to an agency that is an 
Executive department, the head of the Execu-
tive department. 
(3) COVERED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘covered 
property’’ means— 
(A) any property controlled by the Trump 
Organization; or 
(B) an organization or business controlled 
by or associated with a covered person (includ-
ing any known shell company), any member of 
the President’s family, or any employee of the 
Trump Organization. 
(4) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Ex-
ecutive department’’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 
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Subtitle E—Relatives In Govern-
ment Getting Employment Dis-
honorably 
SEC. 141. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Relatives In Gov-
ernment Getting Employment Dishonorably Act’’ or the 
‘‘RIGGED Act’’. 
SEC. 142. EMPLOYMENT OF RELATIVES; RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3110 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A) by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the White House Office and the Execu-
tive Office of the President’’ after ‘‘Executive 
agency’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) ‘civilian position’ means any existing or 
newly created position in an agency, including a po-
sition acting in a professional or official capacity as 
a consultant or advisor, regardless of whether such 
position is voluntary, gratuitous, or authorized by 
law to be compensated;’’; 
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(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘A public offi-
cial may not’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, a public official may not’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘shall be removed imme-
diately and’’ after ‘‘in violation of this section’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘as pay’’ and inserting ‘‘as 
salary or expenses’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
OF
PROHIBITED
PERSONNEL 
PRACTICES.—Section 2302(a)(2)(C) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘, including the 
White House Office,’’ after ‘‘Executive agency’’. 
Subtitle F—Determining if Regu-
latory Actions are in the Inter-
est of the Nation or the Swamp 
SEC. 151. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Determining if 
Regulatory Actions are in the Interest of the Nation or 
the Swamp Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘DRAIN the Swamp Act 
of 2019’’. 
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SEC. 152. REQUIRING GREATER TRANSPARENCY FOR REG-
ULATORY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part I of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 6, the fol-
lowing new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 6A—PUBLICATION OF INFOR-
MATION RELATING TO REGULATORY 
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
‘‘621. Definitions. 
‘‘622. Agency submission to Comptroller General. 
‘‘§ 621. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY; 
RULE; 
RULE
MAKING.—The 
terms ‘agency’, ‘rule’, and ‘rule making’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 551. 
‘‘(2) MAJOR RULE.—The term ‘major rule’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 804. 
‘‘(3) REGULATORY CONFLICT OF INTEREST.— 
The term ‘regulatory conflict of interest’ means a 
major rule that has a substantial pecuniary benefit 
to a covered person. 
‘‘(4) COVERED
PERSON.—The term ‘covered 
person’ means the President, senior advisors to the 
President, including special advisors that do not re-
ceive an official salary, the head of the agency 
issuing the rule, the Director of the Office of Man-
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agement and Budget, the Administrator of the Of-
fice of Information and Regulatory Affairs, or any 
individual who serves on a Regulatory Reform Task 
Force established by section 3 of Executive Order 
13777. 
‘‘§ 622. Agency submission to Comptroller General 
‘‘(a) REGULATORY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—Not 
later than September 30 of each fiscal year, the head of 
each agency shall submit to the Comptroller General of 
the United States in such a manner as the Comptroller 
General may reasonably require, for each major rule that 
the agency proposes or finalizes during that fiscal year, 
an assessment and quantification of any regulatory con-
flict of interest pertaining to that major rule. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in this chapter shall 
apply to any rule that an agency for good cause finds (and 
incorporates the finding and a brief statement of each rea-
son therefor in the rule issued) that notice and public pro-
cedure thereon are impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary 
to the public interest. 
‘‘(c) MAJOR RULES.—Before a major rule may take 
effect, the head of the agency promulgating such rule shall 
submit to the Comptroller General and publish in the Fed-
eral Register the report required pursuant to subsection 
(a).’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for part I of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to chapter 6, the following 
new item: 
‘‘6A. Publication of Information Relating to Regulatory Conflicts of In-
terest .............................................................................
621’’. 
SEC. 153. ACUS STUDY AND REPORT ON REGULATORY CON-
FLICTS OF INTEREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrative Conference of 
the United States shall conduct a study on— 
(1) compliance by agencies with this subtitle 
and the amendments made by this subtitle; and 
(2) effective measures to minimize regulatory 
conflicts of interest (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 621(3) of title 5, United States Code, as added 
by section 152(a)). 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrative Con-
ference of the United States shall submit to Congress a 
report that contains the findings of the study conducted 
under subsection (a). 
SEC. 154. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) AGENCY STATEMENTS ON REGULATORY CON-
FLICTS OF INTEREST.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Compliance or noncompli-
ance by any agency with the provisions of chapter 
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6A of title 5, United States Code, as added by sec-
tion 152(a), shall be subject to judicial review only 
in accordance with this section. 
(2) LIMITED REVIEW OF AGENCY COMPLIANCE 
OR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Agency compliance or 
noncompliance with the provisions of chapter 
6A of title 5, United States Code, as added by 
section 152(a), shall be subject to judicial re-
view only under section 706(1) of title 5, 
United States Code, and only as provided under 
subparagraph (B). 
(B) FAILURE
TO
PREPARE
WRITTEN 
STATEMENT.—If an agency fails to prepare the 
written statement (including the preparation of 
the estimates, analyses, statements, or descrip-
tions) under such chapter, a court may compel 
the agency to prepare such written statement. 
(3) REVIEW OF AGENCY RULES.—In any judi-
cial review under any other Federal law of an agency 
rule for which a written statement is required under 
such chapter 6A, the inadequacy or failure to pre-
pare such statement shall not be used as a basis for 
staying, enjoining, invalidating or otherwise affecting 
such agency rule. 
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(4) CERTAIN
INFORMATION
AS
PART
OF 
RECORD.—Any information generated under such 
chapter 6A that is part of the rule making record 
for judicial review under the provisions of any other 
Federal law may be considered as part of the record 
for judicial review conducted under such other provi-
sions of Federal law. 
(5) APPLICATION OF OTHER FEDERAL LAW.— 
For any petition under paragraph (2) the provisions 
of such other Federal law shall control all other mat-
ters, such as exhaustion of administrative remedies, 
the time for and manner of seeking review and 
venue, except that if such other Federal law does not 
provide a limitation on the time for filing a petition 
for judicial review that is less than 1 year, such limi-
tation shall be 1 year after a final rule is promul-
gated by the appropriate agency. 
(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW AND RULE OF CONSTRUC-
TION.—Except as provided in subsection (a)— 
(1) any information submitted under this sec-
tion shall not be subject to judicial review; and 
(2) no provision of this subtitle shall be con-
strued to create any right or benefit, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable by any person in any admin-
istrative or judicial action. 
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SEC. 155. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle shall take effect beginning on the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to any agency 
rule for which a general notice of proposed rule making 
is made on or after such date. 
TITLE II—ROOTING OUT 
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
Subtitle A—Commonsense Legisla-
tion Ensuring Accountability by 
Reporting 
Access 
of 
Non- 
Cleared Employees to Secrets 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Commonsense Leg-
islation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting Access of 
Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets Act’’ or the ‘‘CLEAR-
ANCES Act’’. 
SEC. 202. REPORT ON SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR INDI-
VIDUALS WORKING IN THE WHITE HOUSE 
AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart I of part III of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended by adding after section 
10106 the following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 102—SECURITY CLEARANCES 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘10201. Report on individuals working in the White House and Executive Of-
fice of the President. 
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‘‘§ 10201. Report on individuals working in the White 
House and Executive Office of the Presi-
dent 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after 
the date of the enactment of this section and every 3 
months thereafter, the President shall submit a report to 
the appropriate congressional committees on security 
clearance information on any individual working in the 
White House or the Executive Office of the President, in-
cluding— 
‘‘(1) the President’s staff or any other indi-
vidual in the White House or Office whose function 
is to advise or assist the President; and 
‘‘(2) any individual who is detailed from the 
Government, a university, a think tank, or the pri-
vate sector to the White House or the Office. 
‘‘(b) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—A report submitted 
under subsection (a) shall include the following: 
‘‘(1) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or the Office and who 
holds a security clearance. 
‘‘(2) With respect to any detailee, the entity or 
agency from which the individual was detailed from. 
‘‘(3) With respect to any clearance listed pursu-
ant to paragraph (1)— 
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‘‘(A) whether the clearance is temporary or 
permanent and level of the clearance; 
‘‘(B) the date the background investigation 
was initiated and the date of adjudication (if 
any); and 
‘‘(C) the date of any interim reports or no-
tifications from the investigating agency. 
‘‘(4) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or the Office who was 
granted a security clearance by the President or 
other authorizing personnel despite an unfavorable 
recommendation from the White House Security Of-
fice or an agency, and the date the decision was 
made to grant the clearance. 
‘‘(5) The name and position of any individual 
not contained in any list above whom the President 
has provided access to classified information, the 
date the information was so provided, and the level 
of classification of the information. 
‘‘(6) The name and position of any individual 
working in the White House or Office— 
‘‘(A) whose security clearance has been re-
voked or suspended and the date of such rev-
ocation or suspension; or 
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‘‘(B) who held an interim security clear-
ance for a period longer than one year, and a 
justification from the White House Counsel as 
to why it is in the national security interest of 
the United States to keep the employee in the 
position without a permanent security clear-
ance. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’ means— 
‘‘(A) the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence and the Committees on Oversight 
and Reform and the Judiciary of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence 
and the Committees on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs and the Judiciary of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘Office’ means the Executive Of-
fice of the President.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters 
for such title is amended by adding after the item relating 
to chapter 101 the following: 
‘‘102. Security Clearances ..............................................................10201’’. 
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Subtitle B—Divestiture of Certain 
Financial Interests of Federal 
Officers 
and 
Employees 
and 
Spouses 
SEC. 211. DIVESTITURE OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INTERESTS 
OF FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
AND SPOUSES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘covered significant business inter-
est’’— 
(A) means any financial interest of a cov-
ered officer or employee in a corporation, com-
pany, association, firm, partnership, proprietor-
ship, or any other business entity of which the 
covered officer or employee is— 
(i) a trustee; 
(ii) a partner; 
(iii) an officer; 
(iv) a director; or 
(v) a shareholder who holds more than 
10 percent of any class of equity securities; 
and 
(B) does not include any financial interest 
consisting of obligations issued by the Treasury, 
diversified mutual funds that qualify for a regu-
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latory exemption, or residential property that is 
not held for the production of rental or other 
income; 
(2) the terms ‘‘conflict-free holding’’ and 
‘‘qualified blind trust’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in sections 102(f)(3) and 102(f)(8), re-
spectively, of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.); and 
(3) the term ‘‘covered officer or employee’’ 
means— 
(A) any individual occupying a position— 
(i) listed under the Executive Sched-
ule (subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, 
United States Code); 
(ii) in the Senior Executive Service as 
a noncareer appointee (as that term is de-
fined in section 3132(a) if such title); 
(iii) of a confidential or policy-deter-
mining character under schedule C of sub-
part C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations; or 
(iv) in the executive branch whose ap-
pointment is made by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the 
Senate; and 
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(B) any individual occupying any of the 
following positions: 
(i) Assistant to the President for Na-
tional Security Affairs. 
(ii) Assistant to the President and 
Chief of Staff. 
(iii) Assistant to the President and 
Deputy Chief of Staff. 
(iv) Assistant to the President and 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications 
(or Director of Communications). 
(v) Assistant to the President and 
Press Secretary. 
(vi) Senior Advisor to the President. 
(vii) Assistant to the President and 
Staff Secretary. 
(viii) Assistant to the President for 
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. 
(ix) Assistant to the President and 
Counselor to the President. 
(x) Director of the National Economic 
Council. 
(xi) Director of the Domestic Policy 
Council. 
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(xii) Assistant to the President and 
Chief of Staff or Deputy Chief of Staff to 
the Vice President. 
(xiii) Special Assistant to the Presi-
dent and Director of Communications for 
the Vice President. 
(xiv) Press Secretary to the Vice 
President. 
(xv) Senior Advisor to the Vice Presi-
dent. 
(xvi) Deputy Assistant to the Presi-
dent and National Security Advisor or 
Deputy National Security Advisor to the 
Vice President. 
(xvii) Deputy Assistant to the Presi-
dent and Counselor to the Vice President. 
(xviii) Assistant to the President and 
White House Counsel. 
(b) DIVESTITURE OF COVERED SIGNIFICANT BUSI-
NESS INTEREST.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—A covered officer or em-
ployee or the spouse of any such an officer or em-
ployee shall divest of any covered significant busi-
ness interest by transferring such interest to a quali-
fied blind trust. 
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(2) TRUSTEE DUTIES.—Within a reasonable pe-
riod of time after the date a covered significant busi-
ness interest is transferred to a qualified blind trust 
under paragraph (1), the trustee of the qualified 
blind trust shall— 
(A) sell the interest; and 
(B) use the proceeds of the sale of the in-
terest to purchase conflict-free holdings. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.—The Attorney General, the at-
torney general of any State, or any person aggrieved by 
any violation of subsection (b) may seek declaratory or in-
junctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction if there 
is probable cause to believe that a covered officer or em-
ployee or the spouse of such an officer or employee has 
not complied with such subsection. 
Subtitle C—Presidential Tax 
Transparency 
SEC. 221. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Presidential Tax 
Transparency Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 222. 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) of such individual other than— 
(A) information returns issued to persons 
other than such individual; and 
(B) declarations of estimated tax. 
(4) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury or the delegate of the Secretary. 
(b) DISCLOSURE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(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 
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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. 
(c) DISCLOSURE OF RETURNS OF PRESIDENTS AND 
VICE
PRESIDENTS
AND
CERTAIN
CANDIDATES
FOR 
PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6103(l) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION 
OF PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS AND CER-
TAIN CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESI-
DENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Upon written request 
by the chairman of the Federal Election Com-
mission under section 1(b)(2) of the Presi-
dential Tax Transparency Act of 2019, the Sec-
retary shall provide copies of any return which 
is so requested to officers and employees of the 
Federal Election Commission whose official du-
ties include disclosure or redaction of such re-
turn under this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE TO THE PUBLIC.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The chairman of 
the Federal Election Commission shall 
make publicly available any return which is 
provided under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(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-
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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. 
Subtitle D—White House Open 
Data 
SEC. 231. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘White House Open 
Data Act’’. 
SEC. 232. WHITE HOUSE VISITOR LOG AND EMPLOYEE IN-
FORMATION. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO PUBLISH.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Office 
of the President shall make available on a publicly avail-
able website in an easily searchable and downloadable for-
mat the following information: 
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(1) Visitor records for any location where the 
President or Vice President regularly conducts offi-
cial business, which shall— 
(A) include the name of each visitor, the 
name of each individual with whom the visitor 
met, and the purpose of the visit; and 
(B) shall be updated every 30 days. 
(2) The annual salary of each White House em-
ployee, which shall be updated quarterly. 
(3) The most recent financial disclosure state-
ment for each White House employee filed pursuant 
to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App.), which shall be updated annually. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Except as provided in subsection 
(c)(3), the requirement described in subsection (a) does 
not apply to any visitor record that relates to— 
(1) the social security number, taxpayer identi-
fication number, birth date, home address, or per-
sonal phone number of an individual, the name of an 
individual who is less than 18 years old, or a finan-
cial account number; 
(2) a law enforcement concern; 
(3) a national security threat; 
(4) the personal safety of an employee of the 
Executive Office of the President; or 
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(5) personal visits that do not involve any offi-
cial or political business. 
(c) RECORDS WITHHELD.—With respect to a visitor 
record excepted under subsection (b), the Executive Office 
of the President shall— 
(1) disclose the number of records withheld 
every 30 days; 
(2) post any such excepted record on the 
website described under subsection (a) if the Execu-
tive Office of the President determines that the 
record is no longer subject to an exception described 
in subsection (b); and 
(3) notwithstanding subsection (b), post any 
reasonably segregable portion that is not covered by 
an exception described in subsection (b) of any such 
excepted record on the website described under sub-
section (a). 
Subtitle E—Prohibitions on Mak-
ing Certain Contracts with Fed-
eral Government or receiving 
Federal funds 
SEC. 241. PROHIBITIONS ON MAKING CERTAIN CONTRACTS 
WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR RECEIVING 
FEDERAL FUNDS. 
(a) CONTRACTS WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.— 
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(1) PROHIBITION.—The following may not 
enter into or benefit from a contract or agreement 
with the Federal Government, or any part thereof: 
(A) The President. 
(B) The Vice President. 
(C) An immediate family member of the 
President. 
(D) An immediate family member of the 
Vice President. 
(E) A covered significant business interest. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
to the following: 
(A) A contract or agreement with the Fed-
eral Government entered into or negotiated be-
fore or after the period in which the President 
or the Vice President, as applicable, serves in 
office. 
(B) A contract for employment with the 
Federal Government or a contract for service in 
the Armed Forces, or any benefits provided 
under such employment or service. 
(b) RECEIPT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Federal Government may not obligate 
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