I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3898 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the Rules of the 
House of Representatives to strengthen financial disclosures by Members, 
officers, and employees of Congress, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 3, 2012 
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee 
on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the 
Rules of the House of Representatives to strengthen 
financial disclosures by Members, officers, and employees 
of Congress, 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 ‘‘Sunlight Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. DOLLAR AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL FINAN-
CIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. 
(a) FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.—Section 102(d) of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in the case of reports of Members of Congress and officers 
and employees of Congress filed pursuant to sections 
101(d) and (e), references to the categories for reporting 
the amount or value of the items covered in paragraphs 
(3), (4), (5), and (8) of subsection (a) shall be deemed 
to be exact dollar amounts.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS
ON
THE INTER-
NET.—Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(l) A copy of each report filed under this title with 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary 
of the Senate shall be made available as soon as prac-
ticable to the general public on the Internet in a format 
that is searchable and sortable.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to reports filed for calendar 
years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF DE-
BATES. 
Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(l) During general debate on any measure, the Clerk 
shall project on a wall of the Hall of the House the subject 
matter of that debate so that it is visible to Members and 
to visitors in the gallery.’’. 
SEC. 4. AVAILABILITY OF BILLS, CONFERENCE REPORTS, 
AND AMENDMENTS ON THE INTERNET BE-
FORE VOTING. 
Clause 11 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘11. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or 
joint resolution, or conference report thereon, or amend-
ment thereto, unless— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a bill, joint resolution, or 
conference report, such measure is made available to 
Members and the general public on the Internet for 
at least 48 hours before its consideration; or 
‘‘(2)(A) in the case of an amendment made in 
order by a rule, it is made available to Members and 
the general public on the Internet within one hour 
after the rule is filed; or 
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