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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1084
To amend title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require
the reporting of specific dollar amounts rather than categories of value,
to require that a statement of net worth be included, and to require
that a copy of the reporting individual’s most recent Federal tax return
be furnished.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 24, 1993
Mr. BACCHUS of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
jointly to the Committees on Rules, Post Office and Civil Service, and
the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
to require the reporting of specific dollar amounts rather
than categories of value, to require that a statement
of net worth be included, and to require that a copy
of the reporting individual’s most recent Federal tax
return be furnished.
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 ‘‘Public Service Ac-
countability Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO SPECIFIC DOLLAR
AMOUNTS.
Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978
is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(B)—
(A) by striking ‘‘source and type’’ and in-
serting ‘‘source, type, and amount’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘value, and an indication’’
through ‘‘$1,000,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘value.’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘category of’’ in each of sub-
sections 
(a)(3), 
(a)(4), 
(a)(5), 
(f)(2), 
and
(f)(5)(A)(ii);
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (B), and by striking ‘‘(2)(A)’’ and inserting
‘‘(2)’’; and
(4) in subsection (d)—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(1)’’ 
through
‘‘$1,000,000’’;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as sub-
section (d); and
(C) by striking ‘‘value, instead’’ through
‘‘subsection.’’ in the first sentence of subsection
(d) (as so redesignated by subparagraph (B))
and inserting ‘‘value.’’
SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO STATEMENT OF NET
WORTH.
Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978, as amended by section 2, is further amended—
(1) by adding at the end of subsection (a)
the following:
‘‘(8) A brief statement of the reporting individ-
ual’s net worth, as determined pursuant to rules
adopted by the supervising ethics office for the
branch in which such individual serves.’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B);
(B) by striking ‘‘paragraphs.’’ at the end
of subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘paragraphs,
and’’; and
(C) by adding after subparagraph (C)
the following:
‘‘(D) paragraph (8) of subsection (a) in ac-
cordance with the rules under such para-
graph.’’.
SEC. 4. REQUIREMENT RELATING TO TAX INFORMATION.
Section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of
1978, as amended by sections 2 and 3, is further amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(j)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, any individual who is required to file a report pur-
suant to section 101 shall include with such report a copy
of the reporting individual’s Federal tax return for the
preceding taxable year.
‘‘(2) If an individual is unable to comply with para-
graph (1) because such return is not yet due (including
because of an extension granted by the Internal Revenue
Service), the individual—
‘‘(A) shall include a written statement to that
effect with the report filed pursuant to section 101;
and
‘‘(B) shall file a copy of such return, in accord-
ance with the next sentence, within 30 days after fil-
ing it with the Internal Revenue Service.
Any filing required under subparagraph (B) shall be made
with the office of authority with which the individual filed
the report to which the return should have been attached
under paragraph (1), if it had been available at that time.
‘‘(3) For the purpose of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘Federal tax return’ means any
return of tax imposed by chapter I of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (including an amended re-
turn); and
‘‘(B) the term ‘preceding taxable year’ means,
with respect to any report filed pursuant to section
101, the taxable year immediately preceding the
deadline under applicable provisions of section 101
(before any extension) for filing such report.
‘‘(4) Any rules necessary to carry out the purposes
of this subsection may be prescribed by the supervising
ethics office for each branch.
‘‘(5) Nothing in this subsection requires the filing of
a copy of the same tax return (or amendment thereto)
more than once.’’.
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