or transferred using distributed ledger or blockchain 
technology including: virtual currencies, coins and 
tokens or any other digital asset specified by regula-
tions of a filer’s supervising ethics office.’’ after 
‘‘similar financial institution.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘other 
forms of securities.’’ and inserting ‘‘other forms of 
securities and in cryptocurrency or other digital as-
sets that are issued or transferred using distributed 
ledger or blockchain technology including: virtual 
currencies, coins and tokens or any other digital 
asset specified by regulations of a filer’s supervising 
ethics office.’’. 
(f) MANDATORY
ELECTRONIC
FILING.—Section 
103(a) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 103(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘or in which he will 
serve.’’ and inserting ‘‘or in which the individual will serve 
using the system for electronically filing reports imple-
mented by that agency’s supervising ethics office.’’. 
(g) SUPERVISING ETHICS OFFICE.— 
(1) ADDED AUTHORITIES.—Section 111 of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
111) is amended— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘The provisions of this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The provisions of this 
title’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Judicial Conference 
may delegate any authority it has under this 
title to an ethics committee established by the 
Judicial Conference.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘101(f).’’ 
and inserting ‘‘101(f). The Judicial Conference 
may delegate any authority it has under this 
title to an ethics committee established by the 
Judicial Conference.’’; and 
(D) by adding after subsection (a), as re-
designated by this subsection, the following sub-
section: 
‘‘(b) Each supervising ethics office— 
‘‘(1) shall develop and make available forms for 
the reporting of information required by titles I or 
II, including modifications to the system for elec-
tronically filing reports implemented by that agen-
cy’s supervising ethics office, as necessary; 
‘‘(2) may issue rules or regulations imple-
menting titles I or II; 
‘‘(3) may establish procedures and promulgate 
forms; 
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‘‘(4) may render advisory opinions interpreting 
titles I or II in the same manner as authorized by 
section 106(b)(7); 
‘‘(5) may impose and collect fees as provided in 
sections 104 and 203; 
‘‘(6) shall notify any individual within its juris-
diction of the changes to disclosure requirements, in-
cluding revisions to the forms and electronic filing 
system and any regulations issued by the supervising 
ethics office; and 
‘‘(7) shall provide a written notice about the 
changes to titles I and II to any individual within its 
jurisdiction within 15 days of any such change.’’. 
(2) TIMING.—For purposes of section 111(b)(1) 
of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as added 
by paragraph (1), the supervising ethics office shall 
develop the first iteration of the form required under 
such section within 90 days of the date of enactment 
of the Combatting Financial Conflicts of Interest in 
Government Act. 
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to any report due beginning 120 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, except 
that the amendments made by subsection (f) shall apply 
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to any report due beginning 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. NEW AND STRENGTHENED PENALTIES FOR NON-
COMPLIANCE. 
(a) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO TIMELY FILE RE-
PORTS; PUBLICATION
OF
FEES
ASSESSED.—Section 
104(d) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 
App. 104(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter following paragraph (1)(B), 
by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (5); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) For each subsequent 30-day period during which 
the individual has not filed a report required to be filed 
under this title, the individual shall be assessed an addi-
tional filing fee equal to— 
‘‘(A) $500; plus 
‘‘(B) if the report is required under section 
103(l), an amount equal to 10 percent of the actual 
value of the transactions that should have been dis-
closed on the report. 
‘‘(3) By January 31 of the calendar year following 
the enactment of Combatting Financial Conflicts of Inter-
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est in Government Act and in each year thereafter, the 
supervising ethics office shall adjust the $500 figure in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) in the same manner that civil mon-
etary penalties are annually adjusted for inflation pursu-
ant to section 4 of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 
Adjustment Act of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note). 
‘‘(4) With respect to a filing fee required to be paid 
under this subsection, the supervising ethics office shall 
make available, on a publicly accessible website, the fol-
lowing information: 
‘‘(A) The name and occupation of the individual 
required to pay such fee. 
‘‘(B) The amount of each such fee that such in-
dividual is required to pay. 
‘‘(C) The date on which the supervising ethics 
office assessed each such fee described in subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(D) An indication as to whether such indi-
vidual has paid each amount described in subpara-
graph (B).’’; and 
(4) by adding after paragraph (5), as redesig-
nated by this subsection, the following paragraph: 
‘‘(6) With respect to a waiver granted under para-
graph (5), the supervising ethics office shall make avail-
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able the name and occupation of each recipient of such 
waiver on a publicly accessible website.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply for any report due beginning 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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