I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2762 
To require that waivers and authorizations for certain Federal employees 
relating to ethics requirements are made public and submitted to the 
Office of Government Ethics, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 30, 2017 
Mr. LYNCH (for himself, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California, 
Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. TED 
LIEU of California, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. CLAY, Mrs. DEMINGS, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. 
CARSON of Indiana, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. SHEA- 
PORTER, Mr. COOPER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. EVANS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
PASCRELL, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. ELLISON) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the 
Judiciary, 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 require that waivers and authorizations for certain Fed-
eral employees relating to ethics requirements are made 
public and submitted to the Office of Government Ethics, 
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 ‘‘White House Ethics 
Transparency Act of 2017’’. 
SEC. 2. PROCEDURE FOR WAIVERS AND AUTHORIZATIONS 
RELATING TO ETHICS REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not later than 30 days after an officer or em-
ployee issues or approves a waiver or authorization pursu-
ant to a provision listed in subsection (d) to a covered em-
ployee, such officer or employee shall— 
(1) transmit a written copy of such waiver or 
authorization to the Director of the Office of Gov-
ernment Ethics; and 
(2) make a written copy of such waiver or au-
thorization available to the public on the website of 
the employing agency of the covered employee. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—In the case of a 
waiver or authorization described in subsection (a) issued 
during the period beginning on January 20, 2017, and 
ending on the date of enactment of this Act, the issuing 
officer or employee of such waiver or authorization shall 
comply with the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of such subsection not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS PUBLIC AVAIL-
ABILITY.—Not later than 14 days after receiving a written 
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copy of a waiver or authorization under subsection (a)(1), 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall 
make such waiver or authorization available to the public 
on the website of the Office of Government Ethics. 
(d) APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.—The provisions re-
ferred to in subsection (a) are as follows: 
(1) Section 3 of Executive Order 13770 (82 
Fed. Reg. 9333, relating to ethics commitments by 
executive branch appointees), or any subsequent 
similar order. 
(2) Section 3 of Executive Order 13490 (74 
Fed. Reg. 4673, relating to ethics commitments by 
executive branch personnel). 
(3) Subsection (b)(1) of section 208 of title 18, 
United States Code, notwithstanding subsection (c) 
of such section. 
(4) Executive Order 12674, as amended by Ex-
ecutive Order 12731 (81 Fed. Reg. 8008, relating to 
principles of ethical conduct for Government officers 
and employees). 
(e) DEFINITION OF COVERED EMPLOYEE.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an appointee, 
as defined in section 2 of Executive Order 13770 (82 Fed. 
Reg. 9333, relating to ethics commitments by executive 
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branch appointees), who was appointed on or after Janu-
ary 20, 2017. 
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