II 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5314 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 13, 2021 
Received 
AN ACT 
To protect our democracy by preventing abuses of presi-
dential power, restoring checks and balances and ac-
countability and transparency in government, and de-
fending elections against foreign interference, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Our Democ-
racy Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 
CONTENTS. 
(a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into divisions 
as follows: 
(1) Division A—Preventing Abuses of Presi-
dential Power. 
(2) Division B—Restoring Checks and Bal-
ances, Accountability, and Transparency. 
(3) Division C—Miscellaneous. 
(4) Division D—Severability. 
(5) Division E—Protecting Election Officials. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. 
DIVISION A—PREVENTING ABUSES OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER 
TITLE I—ABUSE OF THE PARDON POWER PREVENTION 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Congressional oversight relating to certain pardons. 
Sec. 103. Bribery in connection with pardons and commutations. 
Sec. 104. Prohibition on presidential self-pardon. 
TITLE II—ENSURING NO PRESIDENT IS ABOVE THE LAW 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Tolling of statute of limitations. 
Sec. 203. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, or a Cabinet Member. 
Sec. 204. Forfeiture of benefits for former Presidents convicted of a felony. 
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Sec. 205. Limitation on nondisclosure agreements. 
TITLE III—ENFORCEMENT OF THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 
EMOLUMENTS CLAUSES OF THE CONSTITUTION AND AC-
COUNTABILITY IN ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED INFORMATION 
Subtitle A—Enforcement of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses 
of the Constitution 
Sec. 301. Short title. 
Sec. 302. Definitions. 
Sec. 303. Prohibition on acceptance of foreign and domestic emoluments. 
Sec. 304. Civil actions by Congress concerning foreign emoluments. 
Sec. 305. Disclosures concerning foreign and domestic emoluments. 
Sec. 306. Enforcement authority of the Director of the Office of Government 
Ethics. 
Sec. 307. Jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel. 
Sec. 308. Rulemaking for ethics requirements for legal expense funds. 
Sec. 309. Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disbursements 
by, Inaugural Committees. 
Subtitle B—Accountability in Access to Classified Information 
Sec. 311. Transparency in access to classified information during presidential 
transitions. 
Sec. 312. Transparency in family access to classified information. 
DIVISION B—RESTORING CHECKS AND BALANCES, 
ACCOUNTABILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS 
Sec. 401. Short title. 
Sec. 402. Findings. 
Sec. 403. Enforcement of congressional subpoenas. 
Sec. 404. Compliance with congressional subpoenas. 
Sec. 405. Rule of construction. 
Sec. 406. Enforcement of requests for information from certain committees of 
Congress. 
TITLE V—REASSERTING CONGRESSIONAL POWER OF THE PURSE 
Sec. 500. Short title. 
Subtitle A—Strengthening Congressional Control and Review To Prevent 
Impoundment 
Sec. 501. Strengthening congressional control. 
Sec. 502. Strengthening congressional review. 
Sec. 503. Updated authorities for and reporting by the Comptroller General. 
Sec. 504. Advance congressional notification and litigation. 
Sec. 505. Penalties for failure to comply with the Impoundment Control Act of 
1974. 
Subtitle B—Strengthening Transparency and Reporting 
PART 1—FUNDS MANAGEMENT AND REPORTING TO THE CONGRESS 
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Sec. 511. Expired balance reporting in the President’s budget. 
Sec. 512. Cancelled balance reporting in the President’s budget. 
Sec. 513. Lapse in appropriations—Reporting in the President’s budget. 
Sec. 514. Transfer and other repurposing authority reporting in the President’s 
budget. 
Sec. 515. Authorizing cancellations in indefinite accounts by appropriation. 
Sec. 516. White House employee information. 
Sec. 517. Machine-readable format required for agency reports. 
PART 2—EMPOWERING CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW THROUGH NONPARTISAN 
CONGRESSIONAL AGENCIES AND TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVES 
Sec. 521. Requirement to respond to requests for information from the Comp-
troller General for budget and appropriations law decisions. 
Sec. 522. Reporting requirements for Antideficiency Act violations. 
Sec. 523. Department of Justice reporting to Congress for Antideficiency Act 
violations. 
Sec. 524. Publication of budget or appropriations law opinions of the Depart-
ment of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. 
Sec. 525. Treatment of requests for information from members of Congress. 
Subtitle C—Strengthening Congressional Role in and Oversight of Emergency 
Declarations and Designations 
Sec. 531. Improving checks and balances on the use of the National Emer-
gencies Act. 
Sec. 532. National Emergencies Act declaration spending reporting in the 
President’s budget. 
Sec. 533. Disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action documents. 
Sec. 534. Congressional Designations. 
TITLE VI—SECURITY FROM POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN 
JUSTICE 
Sec. 601. Short title. 
Sec. 602. Definitions. 
Sec. 603. Communications logs. 
Sec. 604. Rule of construction. 
TITLE VII—PROTECTING INSPECTOR GENERAL INDEPENDENCE 
Subtitle A—Requiring Cause for Removal 
Sec. 701. Short title. 
Sec. 702. Amendment. 
Sec. 703. Removal or transfer requirements. 
Subtitle B—Inspectors General of Intelligence Community 
Sec. 711. Independence of Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community. 
Sec. 712. Authority of Inspectors General of the Intelligence Community to de-
termine matters of urgent concern. 
Sec. 713. Conforming amendments and coordination with other provisions of 
law. 
Subtitle C—Congressional Notification 
Sec. 721. Short title. 
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Sec. 722. Change in status of Inspector General offices. 
Sec. 723. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General. 
Subtitle D—Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget 
Sec. 731. Inspector General for the Office of Management and Budget. 
TITLE VIII—PROTECTING WHISTLEBLOWERS 
Subtitle A—Whistleblower Protection Improvement 
Sec. 801. Short title. 
Sec. 802. Additional whistleblower protections. 
Sec. 803. Enhancement of whistleblower protections. 
Sec. 804. Classifying certain furloughs as adverse personnel actions. 
Sec. 805. Codification of protections for disclosures of censorship related to re-
search, analysis, or technical information. 
Sec. 806. Title 5 technical and conforming amendments. 
Subtitle B—Whistleblowers of the Intelligence Community 
Sec. 811. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower com-
plaints with persons named in such complaints. 
Sec. 812. Disclosures to Congress. 
Sec. 813. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as reprisal 
against whistleblower disclosure by employees and contractors 
in intelligence community. 
TITLE IX—ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ACTING OFFICIALS 
Sec. 901. Short title. 
Sec. 902. Clarification of Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. 
TITLE X—STRENGTHENING HATCH ACT ENFORCEMENT AND 
PENALTIES 
Subtitle A—Strengthening Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Strengthening Hatch Act enforcement and penalties against political 
appointees. 
Sec. 1003. Including Executive Office of the President under limitation on nep-
otism in the civil service. 
Sec. 1004. Disclosure of Hatch Act investigations for certain political employ-
ees. 
Sec. 1005. Clarification on candidates visiting Federal property. 
Sec. 1006. Applying Hatch Act to president and vice president while on Federal 
property. 
Sec. 1007. Granting the Office of Special Counsel rulemaking authority. 
Sec. 1008. Greater accountability for political appointees. 
Sec. 1009. Investigating former Political employees. 
Sec. 1010. GAO review of reimbursable political events. 
Subtitle B—Strengthening Ethics Enforcement and Penalties for Federal 
Executive Employees 
Sec. 1011. Ethics pledge. 
Sec. 1012. Definitions. 
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Sec. 1013. Waiver. 
Sec. 1014. Administration. 
Sec. 1015. Enforcement. 
Sec. 1016. General provisions. 
TITLE XI—PROMOTING EFFICIENT PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITIONS 
Sec. 1101. Short title. 
Sec. 1102. Ascertainment of successful candidates in general elections for pur-
poses of presidential transition. 
TITLE XII—PRESIDENTIAL AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL TAX 
TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 1201. Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency. 
DIVISION C—MISCELLANEOUS 
TITLE XIII—REPORTING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS 
Sec. 1301. Federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts. 
Sec. 1302. Federal campaign foreign contact reporting compliance system. 
Sec. 1303. Criminal penalties. 
Sec. 1304. Report to congressional intelligence committees. 
Sec. 1305. Rule of construction. 
TITLE XIV—ELIMINATING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN 
ELECTIONS 
Sec. 1401. Clarification of application of foreign money ban. 
Sec. 1402. Requiring acknowledgment of foreign money ban by political com-
mittees. 
Sec. 1403.
Prohibition on contributions and donations by foreign nationals in 
connections with ballot initiatives and referenda. 
TITLE XV—PROHIBITING CAMPAIGNS FROM PAYING SPOUSE OF 
CANDIDATE 
Sec. 1501. Prohibiting Use of Campaign Funds to Compensate Spouses of Can-
didates; Disclosure of Payments Made to Spouses and Family 
Members. 
Sec. 1502. Imposition of Penalty Against Candidate or Officeholder. 
Sec. 1503. Effective Date. 
TITLE XVI—PROTECTING ELECTION OFFICIALS FROM 
DISCLOSURE OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION 
Sec. 1601. Short title. 
Sec. 1602. Requiring States to maintain list of election officials protected from 
disclosure of personally identifiable information. 
Sec. 1603. Prohibiting persons from making information on program partici-
pants available. 
TITLE XVII—CYBERSECURITY GUIDANCE FOR CAMPAIGNS 
Sec. 1701. Issuance of cybersecurity guidance and best practices for campaigns 
by Federal Election Commission. 
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TITLE XVIII—DETERMINATION OF NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES 
WITH SECURITY CLEARANCES 
Sec. 1801. Exclusion of employees with existing security clearances from deter-
mination of limit on number of employees of House Member 
offices permitted to have clearances. 
Sec. 1802. Exercise of rulemaking authority. 
TITLE XIX—HONEST ADS 
Sec. 1901. Short title. 
Sec. 1902. Purpose. 
Sec. 1903. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 1904. Expansion of definition of public communication. 
Sec. 1905. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. 
Sec. 1906. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. 
Sec. 1907. Political record requirements for online platforms. 
Sec. 1908. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, 
and disbursements for electioneering communications by for-
eign nationals in the form of online advertising. 
Sec. 1909. Independent study on media literacy and online political content 
consumption. 
TITLE XX—PROHIBITING USE OF DEEPFAKES IN ELECTION 
CAMPAIGNS 
Sec. 2001. Prohibition on distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual 
media prior to election. 
TITLE XXI—ASSISTANCE FOR TRANSITION TO RANKED CHOICE 
VOTING 
Sec. 2101. Short title. 
Sec. 2102. Assistance for transition to ranked choice voting. 
DIVISION D—SEVERABILITY 
TITLE XXII—SEVERABILITY 
Sec. 2201. Severability. 
Sec. 2202. Prohibition on use of Federal property for political conventions. 
Sec. 2203. Improving access to influential visitor access records. 
TITLE XXIII—PREVENTING A PATRONAGE SYSTEM 
Sec. 2301. Limitations on exception of competitive service positions. 
DIVISION E—PROTECTING ELECTION OFFICIALS 
TITLE XXIV—DOJ TASK FORCE 
Sec. 2401. Election officials security task force. 
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DIVISION 
A—PREVENTING 
ABUSES 
OF 
PRESIDENTIAL 
POWER 
TITLE I—ABUSE OF THE PARDON 
POWER PREVENTION 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Abuse of the Pardon 
Power Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 102. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT RELATING TO CER-
TAIN PARDONS. 
(a) SUBMISSION
OF INFORMATION.—In the event 
that the President grants an individual a pardon for a cov-
ered offense, not later than 30 days after the date of such 
pardon the Attorney General shall submit to the chairmen 
and ranking minority members of the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) all materials obtained or produced by the 
prosecution team, including the Attorney General 
and any United States Attorney, and all materials 
obtained or prepared by any investigative agency of 
the United States government, relating to the of-
fense for which the individual was so pardoned; and 
(2) all materials obtained or produced by the 
Department of Justice in relation to the pardon. 
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(b) TREATMENT OF INFORMATION.—Rule 6(e) of the 
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure may not be con-
strued to prohibit the disclosure of information required 
by subsection (a) of this section. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate; and 
(B) if an investigation relates to intel-
ligence or counterintelligence matters, the Per-
manent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives and the Select Com-
mittee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered offense’’ means— 
(A) an offense against the United States 
that arises from an investigation in which the 
target or subject is— 
(I) the President; 
(ii) a relative of the President; 
(iii) any member or former member of 
the President’s administration; 
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(iv) any person who worked on the 
President’s presidential campaign as a 
paid employee; or 
(v) in the case of an offense motivated 
by a direct and significant personal or pe-
cuniary interest of any individual described 
in clause (I), (ii), (iii), or (iv), any person 
or entity; 
(B) an offense under section 192 of title 2, 
United States Code; or 
(C) an offense under section 1001, 1505, 
1512, or 1621 of title 18, United States Code, 
provided that the offense occurred in relation to 
a Congressional proceeding or investigation. 
(3) The term ‘‘pardon’’ includes a commutation 
of sentence. 
(4) The term ‘‘relative’’ means any family mem-
ber, up to a third degree relation to the President, 
or a spouse thereof. 
SEC. 103. BRIBERY IN CONNECTION WITH PARDONS AND 
COMMUTATIONS. 
Section 201 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in-
cluding the President and the Vice President of 
the United States,’’ after ‘‘or an officer or em-
ployee or person’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, including 
any pardon, commutation, or reprieve, or an 
offer of any such pardon, commutation, or re-
prieve’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing, for purposes of this paragraph, any pardon, 
commutation, or reprieve, or an offer of any such 
pardon, commutation, or reprieve)’’ after ‘‘corruptly 
gives, offers, or promises anything of value’’. 
SEC. 104. PROHIBITION ON PRESIDENTIAL SELF-PARDON. 
The President’s grant of a pardon to himself or her-
self is void and of no effect, and shall not deprive the 
courts of jurisdiction, or operate to confer on the Presi-
dent any legal immunity from investigation or prosecution. 
TITLE II—ENSURING NO 
PRESIDENT IS ABOVE THE LAW 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘No President is Above 
the Law Act’’. 
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SEC. 202. TOLLING OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. 
(a) OFFENSES COMMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT DURING OR PRIOR TO TENURE IN OF-
FICE.—Section 3282 of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) OFFENSES COMMITTED BY THE PRESIDENT OR 
VICE PRESIDENT DURING OR PRIOR TO TENURE IN OF-
FICE.—In the case of any person serving as President or 
Vice President of the United States, the duration of that 
person’s tenure in office shall not be considered for pur-
poses of any statute of limitations applicable to any Fed-
eral criminal offense committed by that person (including 
any offenses committed during any period of time pre-
ceding such tenure in office). 
‘‘(d) DELAY
IN TRIAL
OR OTHER LEGAL PRO-
CEEDINGS.—In the case of an indictment of any person 
serving as President or Vice President of the United 
States, a trial or other legal proceeding with respect to 
such indictment may be delayed at the discretion of a 
court of competent jurisdiction to the extent that ongoing 
criminal proceedings would interfere with the performance 
of the defendant’s duties while in office. 
‘‘(e) BURDEN OF PROOF.—With respect to an exer-
cise of discretion under subsection (d), the burden of proof 
shall be on the defendant to demonstrate that an ongoing 
criminal proceeding would pose a substantial burden on 
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the defendant’s ability to fulfill the duties of the defend-
ant’s office.’’. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to any offense committed before the 
date of the enactment of this section, if the statute of limi-
tations applicable to that offense had not run as of such 
date. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to preclude the indictment or pros-
ecution of a President or Vice President, during that 
President or Vice President’s tenure in office, for viola-
tions of the criminal laws of the United States. 
SEC. 203. CONTRACTS BY THE PRESIDENT, THE VICE 
PRESIDENT, OR A CABINET MEMBER. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 431 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘the 
President, the Vice President, a Cabinet 
Member, or a’’ after ‘‘Contracts by’’; and 
(2) in the first undesignated paragraph, by in-
serting ‘‘the President, the Vice President, or any 
member of the Cabinet,’’ after ‘‘Whoever, being’’. 
(b) TABLE OF SECTIONS AMENDMENT.—The table of 
sections for chapter 23 of title 18, United States Code, 
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is amended by striking the item relating to section 431 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘431. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, a Cabinet Member, or a 
Member of Congress.’’. 
SEC. 204. FORFEITURE OF BENEFITS FOR FORMER PRESI-
DENTS CONVICTED OF A FELONY. 
The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide retirement, cler-
ical assistants, and free mailing privileges to former Presi-
dents of the United States, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved August 25, 1958 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Former Presidents Act of 1958’’; 3 U.S.C. 102 note), 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Each former 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (h), 
each former President’’; 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting: 
‘‘(2) who has not been impeached by the House 
of Representatives and convicted by the Senate pur-
suant to the impeachment.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(h)(1) If a former President is finally convicted of 
a felony for which every act or omission that is needed 
to satisfy the elements of the felony is committed during 
or after the period such former President holds the office 
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of President of the United States of America, or was fi-
nally convicted of such a felony while holding such office— 
‘‘(A) no monetary allowance under subsection 
(a) may be provided to such former President; 
‘‘(B) no funds may be obligated or expended 
under subsection (g) with respect to such former 
President except to the extent necessary to maintain 
the security of such former President, as determined 
by the Director of the Secret Service; and 
‘‘(C) such former President shall repay any 
amounts received under subsection (a) during the 
period beginning on the date on which such former 
President is initially convicted of the felony and end-
ing on the date such former President is finally con-
victed of the felony. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘finally convicted’ means a convic-
tion— 
‘‘(A) which has not been appealed and is no 
longer appealable because the time for taking an ap-
peal has expired; or 
‘‘(B) which has been appealed and the appeals 
process for which is completed.’’. 
SEC. 205. LIMITATION ON NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. 
The President may not require an officer or employee 
of the Executive Office of the President to enter into a 
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nondisclosure agreement that is not related to the protec-
tion of classified or controlled unclassified information as 
a condition of employment or upon separation from the 
civil service. 
TITLE 
III—ENFORCEMENT 
OF 
THE FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 
EMOLUMENTS 
CLAUSES 
OF 
THE CONSTITUTION AND AC-
COUNTABILITY IN ACCESS TO 
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION 
Subtitle 
A—Enforcement 
of 
the 
Foreign and Domestic Emolu-
ments Clauses of the Constitu-
tion 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign and Domestic 
Emoluments Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘emolument’’ means any profit, 
gain, or advantage that is received directly or indi-
rectly from any government of a foreign country, the 
Federal government, or any State or local govern-
ment, or from any instrumentality thereof, including 
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payments arising from commercial transactions at 
fair market value. 
(2) The term ‘‘person holding any office of 
profit or trust under the United States’’ includes the 
President of the United States and the Vice-Presi-
dent of the United States. 
(3) The term ‘‘government of a foreign coun-
try’’ has the meaning given such term in section 1(e) 
of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 
611(e)). 
SEC. 303. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF FOREIGN AND 
DOMESTIC EMOLUMENTS. 
(a) FOREIGN.—Except as otherwise provided in sec-
tion 7342 of title 5, United States Code, it shall be unlaw-
ful for any person holding an office of profit or trust under 
the United States to accept from a government of a for-
eign country, without first obtaining the consent of Con-
gress, any present or emolument, or any office or title. 
The prohibition under this subsection applies without re-
gard to whether the present, emolument, office, or title 
is— 
(1) provided directly or indirectly by that gov-
ernment of a foreign country; or 
(2) provided to that person or to any private 
business interest of that person. 
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(b) DOMESTIC.—It shall be unlawful for the Presi-
dent to accept from the United States, or any of them, 
any emolument other than the compensation for his or her 
services as President provided for by Federal law. The 
prohibition under this subsection applies without regard 
to whether the emolument is provided directly or indi-
rectly, and without regard to whether the emolument is 
provided to the President or to any private business inter-
est of the President. 
SEC. 304. CIVIL ACTIONS BY CONGRESS CONCERNING FOR-
EIGN EMOLUMENTS. 
(a) CAUSE OF ACTION.—The House of Representa-
tives or the Senate may bring a civil action against any 
person for a violation of subsection (a) of section 303. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—In any civil action described 
in subsection (a), the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed before the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia. 
(2) The action shall be heard by a three-judge 
court convened pursuant to section 2284 of title 28, 
United States Code. It shall be the duty of such 
court to advance on the docket and to expedite to 
the greatest possible extent the disposition of any 
such action. Such action shall be reviewable only by 
appeal directly to the Supreme Court of the United 
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States. Such appeal shall be taken by the filing of 
a notice of appeal within 10 days, and the filing of 
a jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of the 
entry of the final decision. 
(3) It shall be the duty of the Supreme Court 
of the United States to advance on the docket and 
to expedite to the greatest possible extent the dis-
position of any such action and appeal. 
(c) REMEDY.—If the court determines that a viola-
tion of subsection (a) of section 303 has occurred, the 
court shall issue an order enjoining the course of conduct 
found to constitute the violation, and such of the following 
as are appropriate: 
(1) The disgorgement of the value of any for-
eign present or emolument. 
(2) The surrender of the physical present or 
emolument to the Department of State, which shall, 
if practicable, dispose of the present or emolument 
and deposit the proceeds into the United States 
Treasury. 
(3) The renunciation of any office or title ac-
cepted in violation of such subsection. 
(4) A prohibition on the use or holding of such 
an office or title. 
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(5) Such other relief as the court determines 
appropriate. 
(d) USE OF GOVERNMENT FUNDS PROHIBITED.—No 
appropriated funds, funds provided from any accounts in 
the United States Treasury, funds derived from the collec-
tion of fees, or any other Government funds shall be used 
to pay any disgorgement imposed by the court pursuant 
to this section. 
SEC. 305. DISCLOSURES CONCERNING FOREIGN AND DO-
MESTIC EMOLUMENTS. 
(a) DISCLOSURES.—Section 102(a) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) Any present, emolument, office, or title re-
ceived from a government of a foreign country, in-
cluding the source, date, type, and amount or value 
of each present or emolument accepted on or before 
the date of filing during the preceding calendar year. 
‘‘(10) Each business interest that is reasonably 
expected to result in the receipt of any present or 
emolument from a government of a foreign country 
during the current calendar year. 
‘‘(11) In addition, the President shall report— 
‘‘(A) any emolument received from the 
United States, or any of them, other than the 
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compensation for his or her services as Presi-
dent provided for by Federal law; and 
‘‘(B) any business interest that is reason-
ably expected to result in the receipt of any 
emolument from the United States, or any of 
them.’’. 
(b) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
RELATED
TO 
SPOUSES
AND
DEPENDENT
CHILDREN.—Section 
102(e)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by inserting after ‘‘paragraphs (1) through (5)’’ the 
following: ‘‘and paragraphs (9) through (11)’’; and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(G) In the case of items described in 
paragraphs (9) and (10) of subsection (a), all 
information required to be reported under these 
paragraphs. 
‘‘(H) In the case of items described in 
paragraph (11)(A) of subsection (a), any such 
items received by spouse or dependant child of 
the President other than items related to the 
President’s services as President provided for 
by Federal law, and in the case of items de-
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scribed in paragraph (11)(B) of subsection (a), 
all information required to be reported under 
that paragraph.’’. 
(c) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in the 
amendments made by this section shall be construed to 
affect the prohibition against the acceptance of presents 
and emoluments under section 303. 
SEC. 306. ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR 
OF THE OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS. 
(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Section 402(a) of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) The Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(a)(1) The Director’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The Director shall provide overall direction of 
executive branch policies related to compliance with the 
Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Enforcement Act and 
the amendments made by such Act and shall have the au-
thority to— 
‘‘(A) issue administrative fines to individuals 
for violations; 
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‘‘(B) order individuals to take corrective action, 
including disgorgement, divestiture, and recusal, as 
the Director deems necessary; and 
‘‘(C) bring civil actions to enforce such fines 
and orders.’’. 
(b) SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.—Section 402(b) of such 
Act (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(14); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (15) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(16) developing and promulgating rules and 
regulations to ensure compliance with the Foreign 
and Domestic Emoluments Enforcement Act and the 
amendments made by such Act, including estab-
lishing— 
‘‘(A) requirements for reporting and disclo-
sure; 
‘‘(B) a schedule of administrative fines 
that may be imposed by the Director for viola-
tions; and 
‘‘(C) a process for referral of matters to 
the Office of Special Counsel for investigation 
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port not later than 7 days after the completion of such 
investigation to the Director of the Office of Government 
Ethics and to Congress on the results of such investiga-
tion.’’. 
SEC. 308. RULEMAKING FOR ETHICS REQUIREMENTS FOR 
LEGAL EXPENSE FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics shall finalize a rule establishing eth-
ics requirements for the establishment or operation of a 
legal expense fund for the benefit of the President, the 
Vice President, or any political appointee (as such term 
is defined in section 1216 of title 5, United States Code) 
consistent with the requirements of subsection (b). 
(b) LIMITATIONS ON ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN PAY-
MENTS.—A legal expense fund described in subsection (a) 
may not accept any contribution or other payment made 
by— 
(1) an individual who is a registered lobbyist 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 
(2) an agent of a foreign principal. 
In the case of any such contribution being made, the legal 
expense fund shall take appropriate remedial action and 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics may as-
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sess a fine against the individual or agent. For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘‘agent of a foreign principal’’ 
has the meaning given such term under section 1 of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (2 
U.S.C. 611). 
SEC. 309. LIMITATIONS AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DO-
NATIONS TO, AND DISBURSEMENTS BY, INAU-
GURAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
INAUGURAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. INAUGURAL COMMITTEES. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITED DONATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful— 
‘‘(A) for an Inaugural Committee— 
‘‘(i) to solicit, accept, or receive a do-
nation from a person that is not an indi-
vidual; or 
‘‘(ii) to solicit, accept, or receive a do-
nation from a foreign national; 
‘‘(B) for a person— 
‘‘(i) to make a donation to an Inau-
gural Committee in the name of another 
person, or to knowingly authorize his or 
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her name to be used to effect such a dona-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) to knowingly accept a donation 
to an Inaugural Committee made by a per-
son in the name of another person; or 
‘‘(iii) to convert a donation to an In-
augural Committee to personal use as de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(C) for a foreign national to, directly or 
indirectly, make a donation, or make an express 
or implied promise to make a donation, to an 
Inaugural Committee. 
‘‘(2) CONVERSION OF DONATION TO PERSONAL 
USE.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(iii), a do-
nation shall be considered to be converted to per-
sonal use if any part of the donated amount is 
used— 
‘‘(A) to fulfill a commitment, obligation, or 
expense of a person that would exist irrespec-
tive of the responsibilities of the Inaugural 
Committee; or 
‘‘(B) to benefit the personal business ven-
ture of the President or Vice President of the 
United States, the Inaugural Committee, or an 
immediate family member of such individuals. 
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‘‘(3) NO EFFECT ON DISBURSEMENT OF UN-
USED
FUNDS
TO
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.— 
Nothing in this subsection may be construed to pro-
hibit an Inaugural Committee from disbursing un-
used funds to an organization which is described in 
section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 
501(a) of such Code. 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON DONATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for an 
individual to make donations to an Inaugural Com-
mittee which, in the aggregate, exceed $50,000. 
‘‘(2) INDEXING.—At the beginning of each 
Presidential election year (beginning with 2028), the 
amount described in paragraph (1) shall be in-
creased by the cumulative percent difference deter-
mined in section 315(c)(1)(A) since the previous 
Presidential election year. If any amount after such 
increase is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000. 
‘‘(c) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DONATIONS AND DIS-
BURSEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) DONATIONS OVER $1,000.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An Inaugural Com-
mittee shall file with the Commission a report 
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disclosing any donation by an individual to the 
committee in an amount of $1,000 or more not 
later than 24 hours after the receipt of such do-
nation. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—A report 
filed under subparagraph (A) shall contain— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the donation; 
‘‘(ii) the date the donation is received; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the name and address of the in-
dividual making the donation. 
‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 
that is 90 days after the date of the Presidential in-
augural ceremony, the Inaugural Committee shall 
file with the Commission a report containing the fol-
lowing information: 
‘‘(A) For each donation of money or any-
thing of value made to the committee in an ag-
gregate amount equal to or greater than 
$200— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the donation; 
‘‘(ii) the date the donation is received; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the name and address of the in-
dividual making the donation. 
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‘‘(B) The total amount of all disburse-
ments, and all disbursements in the following 
categories: 
‘‘(i) Disbursements made to meet 
committee operating expenses. 
‘‘(ii) Repayment of all loans. 
‘‘(iii) Donation refunds and other off-
sets to donations. 
‘‘(iv) Any other disbursements. 
‘‘(C) The name and address of each per-
son— 
‘‘(i) to whom a disbursement in an ag-
gregate amount or value in excess of $200 
is made by the committee to meet a com-
mittee operating expense, together with 
date, amount, and purpose of such oper-
ating expense; 
‘‘(ii) who receives a loan repayment 
from the committee, together with the date 
and amount of such loan repayment; 
‘‘(iii) who receives a donation refund 
or other offset to donations from the com-
mittee, together with the date and amount 
of such disbursement; and 
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‘‘(iv) to whom any other disbursement 
in an aggregate amount or value in excess 
of $200 is made by the committee, to-
gether with the date and amount of such 
disbursement. 
‘‘(d) VIOLATION.—A violation of this section may be 
enforced pursuant to the practice and procedure described 
under section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109). 
‘‘(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to limit the authority of a Federal 
agency to enforce a Federal law with respect to an Inau-
gural Committee. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1)(A) The term ‘donation’ includes— 
‘‘(i) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, 
or deposit of money or anything of value made 
by any person to the committee; or 
‘‘(ii) the payment by any person of com-
pensation for the personal services of another 
person which are rendered to the committee 
without charge for any purpose. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘donation’ does not include the 
value of services provided without compensation by 
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any individual who volunteers on behalf of the com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘foreign national’ has the mean-
ing given that term by section 319(b). 
‘‘(3) The term ‘immediate family member’ 
means a parent, parent-in-law, spouse, adult child, 
or sibling. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘Inaugural Committee’ has the 
meaning given that term by section 501 of title 36, 
United States Code.’’. 
(b) CONFIRMING AMENDMENT RELATED
TO RE-
PORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (h); and 
(2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(h). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATED TO STATUS 
OF COMMITTEE.—Section 510 of title 36, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘§ 510. Disclosure of and prohibition on certain dona-
tions 
‘‘A committee shall not be considered to be the Inau-
gural Committee for purposes of this chapter unless the 
committee agrees to, and meets, the requirements of sec-
tion 325 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to Inaugural Commit-
tees established under chapter 5 of title 36, United States 
Code, for inaugurations held in 2025 and any succeeding 
year. 
Subtitle B—Accountability in 
Access to Classified Information 
SEC. 311. TRANSPARENCY IN ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED IN-
FORMATION DURING PRESIDENTIAL TRANSI-
TIONS. 
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 
102 note) is amended in section 3(f) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(3) Not later than 10 days after submitting an 
application for a security clearance for any indi-
vidual, and not later than 10 days after any such in-
dividual is granted a security clearance (including an 
interim clearance), each eligible candidate (as that 
term is described in subsection (h)(4)(A)) or the 
President-elect (as the case may be) shall submit a 
report containing the name of such individual to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Se-
curity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
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House of Representatives, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate.’’. 
SEC. 312. TRANSPARENCY IN FAMILY ACCESS TO CLASSI-
FIED INFORMATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after sub-
mitting an application for a security clearance for any cov-
ered individual, and not later than 10 days after any cov-
ered individual is granted a security clearance (including 
an interim clearance), the President or head of the appli-
cable agency shall submit a written notice of such applica-
tion or approval (as the case may be) to the Committee 
on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives, 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate, the Permanent Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(b) COVERED INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered individual’’ means a spouse, child, 
or child-in-law (including adult children and children-in- 
law) of the President. 
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DIVISION 
B—RESTORING 
CHECKS AND BALANCES, AC-
COUNTABILITY, AND TRANS-
PARENCY 
TITLE IV—ENFORCEMENT OF 
CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Sub-
poena Compliance and Enforcement Act’’. 
SEC. 402. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) As the Supreme Court has repeatedly af-
firmed, including in its July 9, 2020 holding in 
Trump v. Mazars, Congress’s ‘‘power of inquiry— 
with process to enforce it—is an essential and ap-
propriate auxiliary to the legislative function’’. 
Congress’s power to obtain information, including 
through the issuance of subpoenas and the enforce-
ment of such subpoenas, is ‘‘broad and indispen-
sable’’. 
(2) Congress ‘‘suffers a concrete and particular-
ized injury when denied the opportunity to obtain in-
formation necessary’’ to the exercise of its constitu-
tional functions, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the District of Columbia Circuit correctly recognized 
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