I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7167 
To strengthen transparency and accountability within the Federal 
Government, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 20, 2018 
Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. 
GALLEGO, and Ms. SA´NCHEZ) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in 
addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Ways and Means, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To strengthen transparency and accountability within the 
Federal Government, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Restoring the Public Trust Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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TITLE I—NO PERSONAL ENRICHMENT FOR FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES 
Subtitle A—Stop Waste And Misuse by the President 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Findings. 
Sec. 103. Reimbursal for costs of protection. 
Subtitle B—Stop Waste And Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet 
Evading Rules and Standards 
Sec. 111. Short title. 
Sec. 112. Prohibition on use of funds for travel on private aircraft. 
Subtitle C—E. Scott Pruitt Accountability for Government Officials 
Sec. 121. Short title. 
Sec. 122. Findings. 
Sec. 123. Use of public office for private gain. 
Subtitle D—Curb Objectionable Redirection of Resources and Unconstitutional 
Payments to Trump 
Sec. 131. Short title. 
Sec. 132. Findings. 
Sec. 133. Sense of the Congress. 
Sec. 134. Reports. 
Sec. 135. Definitions. 
Subtitle E—Relatives in Government Getting Employment Dishonorably 
Sec. 141. Short title. 
Sec. 142. Employment of relatives; restrictions. 
Subtitle F—Determining if Regulatory Actions are in the Interest of the 
Nation or the Swamp 
Sec. 151. Short title. 
Sec. 152. Requiring greater transparency for regulatory conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 153. ACUS study and report on regulatory conflicts of interest. 
Sec. 154. Judicial review. 
Sec. 155. Effective date. 
TITLE II—ROOTING OUT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST 
Subtitle A—Commonsense Legislation Ensuring Accountability by Reporting 
Access of Non-Cleared Employees to Secrets 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Report on security clearances for individuals working in the White 
House and Executive Office of the President. 
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 em-
ployees and spouses. 
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Subtitle C—Presidential Tax Transparency 
Sec. 221. Short title. 
Sec. 222. Disclosure of tax returns by Presidents and certain Presidential can-
didates. 
Subtitle D—White House Open Data 
Sec. 231. Short title. 
Sec. 232. White House visitor log and employee information. 
Subtitle E—Prohibitions on Making Certain Contracts with Federal 
Government or Receiving Federal Funds 
Sec. 241. Prohibitions on making certain contracts with Federal Government or 
receiving Federal funds. 
TITLE III—INCREASED OVERSIGHT AND STRENGTHENING 
AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION 
Sec. 301. Congressional notification of change in status of Inspector General. 
Sec. 302. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General. 
TITLE I—NO PERSONAL ENRICH-
MENT 
FOR 
FEDERAL 
EM-
PLOYEES 
Subtitle A—Stop Waste And Misuse 
by the President 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Waste And 
Misuse by the President Act of 2018’’ or the ‘‘SWAMP 
Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) Presidential travel to commercial entities 
owned in whole or in part by the President or First 
Family results in the American taxpayer effectively 
subsidizing the President’s businesses. 
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(2) Given current expenditures, President 
Trump is on track to spend more during his first 
year of office than all eight years of the Obama ad-
ministration combined. 
(3) It is unacceptable for the President to 
maintain an interest in traveling to properties in 
which he has a direct financial interest, as the U.S. 
Government is responsible for renting space for per-
sonnel in said private commercial entities. 
(4) Every time the President travels to Mar-a- 
Lago, he necessarily promotes his private business 
interests via free press at the Government’s expense. 
(5) The State Department’s recent promotion 
of Mar-a-Lago on its official website raises serious 
ethics concerns. 
(6) As of April 14, 2017, President Trump has 
cost the U.S. taxpayer unprecedented amounts of 
money, including the following estimated costs: 
(A) For trips to Mar-a-Lago: 
(i) Total cost for security in Palm 
Beach: $3,700,000 (each trip). 
(ii) Roundtrip flights from Joint Base 
Andrews, Maryland, to West Palm, Flor-
ida: $700,000. 
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(iii) Overtime for local law enforce-
ment during Trump’s trips: $60,000/day. 
(iv) Total golf cart rentals ordered by 
the Secret Service ‘‘for POTUS visit’’: 
$35,185. 
(v) Estimated loss of business due to 
airport closure: $30,000/weekend. 
(B) For Trump Tower: 
(i) Request for additional Secret Serv-
ice funding to secure Trump Towers: 
$60,000,000. 
(ii) New York Police Department se-
curity costs: $127,000–$146,000/day. 
(iii) ‘‘Elevator services’’ ordered by 
the Secret Service: $64,000. 
(iv) Air Force One flights to New 
York City: $180,000/hour. 
(7) The proposed 2017 Federal spending bill in-
cludes reimbursements for millions of dollars spent 
by Florida and New York to protect the President 
and First Family, and facilitate their travel. While 
localities should be reimbursed, the taxpayer should 
not be responsible for said reimbursement. 
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SEC. 103. REIMBURSAL FOR COSTS OF PROTECTION. 
In the case of a person whom the United States Se-
cret Service is authorized to protect under paragraph (1) 
or (2) of section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, 
if that person, while traveling for official business or for 
personal purposes, stays in a hotel or other establishment 
providing daily-rate accommodation in which that person 
has an ownership or financial interest, that person shall 
reimburse to the Treasury— 
(1) any amount expended by the United States 
Secret Service for the provision of such protection; 
and 
(2) any amount expended for other costs in-
curred by the Government pertaining to that stay. 
Subtitle B—Stop Waste And Misuse 
by Presidential Flyers Landing 
Yet Evading Rules and Stand-
ards 
SEC. 111. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Waste And 
Misuse by Presidential Flyers Landing Yet Evading Rules 
and Standards Act’’ or the ‘‘SWAMP FLYERS Act’’. 
SEC. 112. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR TRAVEL ON 
PRIVATE AIRCRAFT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act, no Federal funds appropriated or oth-
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erwise made available in any fiscal year may be used to 
pay the travel expenses of any senior political appointee 
for travel on official business on a non-commercial, pri-
vate, or chartered flight. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply— 
(1) if no commercial flight was available for the 
travel in question, consistent with subsection (c); or 
(2) to any travel on aircraft owned or leased by 
the Government. 
(c) CERTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any senior political ap-
pointee who travels on a non-commercial, private, or 
chartered flight under the exception provided in sub-
section (b)(1) shall, not later than 30 days after the 
date of such travel, submit a written statement to 
Congress certifying that no commercial flight was 
available. 
(2) PENALTY.—Any statement submitted under 
paragraph (1) shall be considered a statement for 
purposes of applying section 1001 of title 18, United 
States Code. 
(d) 
DEFINITION
OF
SENIOR
POLITICAL
AP-
POINTEE.—In this subtitle, the term ‘‘senior political ap-
pointee’’ means any individual occupying— 
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(1) a position listed under the Executive Sched-
ule (subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5, United 
States Code); 
(2) a Senior Executive Service position that is 
not a career appointee as defined under section 
3132(a)(4) of such title; or 
(3) a position of a confidential or policy-deter-
mining character under schedule C of subpart C of 
part 213 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations. 
Subtitle C—E. Scott Pruitt Ac-
countability for Government Of-
ficials 
SEC. 121. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘E. Scott Pruitt 
Accountability for Government Officials Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 122. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) During his time as Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt faced 
more than 12 separate ethics investigations includ-
ing by the Environmental Protection Agency Inspec-
tor General, the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform of the House of Representatives, 
the Executive Office of the President, the Govern-
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ment Accountability Office, and the U.S. Office of 
Special Counsel. 
(2) On October 2, 2017, the Department of the 
Interior’s Inspector General confirmed they were in-
vestigating Secretary Ryan Zinke’s taxpayer-funded 
flights, including $12,375 on a chartered flight from 
Las Vegas to Montana where he spoke to a hockey 
team that is owned by one of Secretary Zinke’s larg-
est political donors. 
(3) On March 14, 2018, CNN reported that 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben 
Carson knew about a dining set worth $31,000 that 
was ordered for Carson’s office, knowledge of which 
he had previously denied. 
(4) On March 20, 2018, it was publicly re-
ported that Scott Pruitt secured a sub-market lease 
for a Washington, DC, condominium owned by the 
wife of a lobbyist who represented clients with mat-
ters pending before the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and told the Washington Examiner that he 
was ‘‘dumbfounded that that’s controversial’’. 
(5) On April 4, 2018, the New York Times re-
ported that Scott Pruitt used a loophole in the Safe 
Water Drinking Act to give raises to his aides that 
had been explicitly denied by the White House. 
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(6) On April 16, 2018, the Washington Post re-
ported 
that 
Scott 
Pruitt 
had 
spent 
nearly 
$3,000,000 of taxpayer funds on security and travel 
since taking office in February 2017. 
(7) On April 26, 2018, Politico reported that 
Scott Pruitt spent over $105,000 of taxpayer funds 
on first-class flights, citing since-debunked threats to 
his personal security. 
(8) On June 5, 2018, the Washington Post re-
ported that Scott Pruitt used official channels to 
pressure Chick-fil-A Chief Executive Officer Dan 
Cathy into securing a restaurant franchise for his 
wife. 
(9) On June 6, 2018, the Washington Post re-
ported that Scott Pruitt forced aides to help him se-
cure a used ‘‘Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pil-
low Top’’. 
(10) On June 8, 2018, the Washington Post re-
ported that Scott Pruitt forced his security detail to 
help him acquire high-end hand lotion and to pick 
up his dry cleaning. 
(11) On July 2, 2018, the Washington Post re-
ported that Scott Pruitt recruited a staff member to 
help his wife find a job, the salary for which he stip-
ulated should be no less than $200,000. 
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(12) On July 5, 2018, Scott Pruitt resigned 
amid myriad scandals and massive public pressure. 
(13) On July 13, 2018, Forbes reported on Wil-
bur Ross’ massive conflicts of interest, including 
having taken meetings with a trade association 
whose members included a car manufacturer whose 
investors included Ross himself. The same report 
noted that Wilbur Ross took meetings with compa-
nies whose investors included his wife. 
(14) On July 13, 2018, The New York Times 
reported that Tom Price repeatedly violated govern-
ment travel rules, wasting at least $314,000 of tax-
payer funds by using chartered jets and military air 
travel instead of commercially available flights. 
SEC. 123. USE OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PRIVATE GAIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 93 of title 18, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 1925. Use of public office for private gain 
‘‘(a) USE FOR PRIVATE GAIN.—Whoever, being a 
covered Federal officer or employee, uses his public office 
for— 
‘‘(1) his own private gain; 
‘‘(2) the endorsement of any product, service or 
enterprise; or 
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‘‘(3) the private gain of a friend, relative, or a 
person with whom the covered Federal officer or em-
ployee is affiliated in a nongovernmental capacity, 
including a nonprofit organization of which the cov-
ered Federal officer or employee is an officer or 
member, and a person with whom the employee has 
or seeks employment or business relations, 
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 
one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not more 
than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) COERCION.—Whoever, being a covered Federal 
officer or employee, uses or permits the use of his Govern-
ment position or title or any authority associated with his 
public office in a manner that is intended to coerce or in-
duce another person, including a subordinate, to provide 
any benefit, financial or otherwise, to himself or to a 
friend, relative, or person with whom the covered Federal 
officer or employee is affiliated in a nongovernmental ca-
pacity, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more 
than one year, or in the case of a willful violation, not 
more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(c) COVERED FEDERAL OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.— 
For purposes of this section, the term ‘covered Federal 
officer or employee’ means any of the following officers 
or employees of the Federal Government: 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(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 2018’’ or the ‘‘DRAIN the Swamp Act 
of 2018’’. 
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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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‘‘(B) declarations of estimated tax. 
‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(1) COVERED INDIVIDUALS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the in-
formation described in subsections (a) and (b) 
of section 102, a covered individual shall in-
clude in each report required to be filed under 
this title a copy of the income tax returns of the 
covered individual for the 3 most recent taxable 
years for which a return has been filed with the 
Internal Revenue Service as of the date on 
which the report is filed. 
‘‘(B) FAILURE
TO
DISCLOSE.—If an in-
come tax return is not disclosed under subpara-
graph (A), the Director of the Office of Govern-
ment Ethics shall submit to the Secretary of 
the Treasury a request that the Secretary of 
the Treasury provide the Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics with a copy of the in-
come tax return. 
‘‘(C) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—Each income 
tax return submitted under this paragraph shall 
be filed with the Director of the Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics and made publicly available in 
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