FAUCI Act
Bill: H.R.6447 | Sponsor: Rep. Gooden, Lance (R-TX)
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Financial Accountability for Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act or the FAUCI Act
This bill broadens the scope of executive branch employees and officers whose financial disclosures are subject to automatic electronic publication by including highly compensated executive branch officers and employees.
The bill also requires the Office of Government Ethics to provide public access to a list of highly compensated executive branch officers and employees who file confidential financial disclosures under existing law, including the specific types of information disclosed in the confidential report.

To amend the STOCK Act to require the public availability of financial 
    disclosure forms of certain special consultants and information 
    relating to certain confidential filers, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Financial Accountability for 
Uniquely Compensated Individuals Act'' or the ``FAUCI Act''.

SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FORMS OF CERTAIN 
              SPECIAL CONSULTANTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO CERTAIN 
              CONFIDENTIAL FILERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 11(b)(1) of the STOCK Act (Public Law 112-
105; 5 U.S.C. App. 105 note) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
        ``, through databases maintained on the official website of the 
        Office of Government Ethics'' after ``enable'';
            (2) by striking the undesignated matter following 
        subparagraph (B); and
            (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in each of clauses (i) and (iii), by striking 
                the comma at the end of the clause and inserting a 
                semicolon;
                    (B) in clause (i), by inserting ``any officer or 
                employee in the executive branch (including a special 
                Government employee (as defined in section 202 of title 
                18, United States Code) and any special consultant 
                appointed under section 207(f) of the Public Health 
                Service Act (42 U.S.C. 209(f))) whose annual rate of 
                pay is equal to or greater than the annual rate of pay 
                for a Member of Congress under section 601(a) of the 
                Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
                4501),'' before ``and any officer'';
                    (C) in clause (ii), by striking ``, and'' at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (D) in clause (iii), by adding ``and'' at the end; 
                and
                    (E) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
                            ``(iv) a list of the name, position, and 
                        salary of each individual whose annual rate of 
                        pay is equal to or greater than the annual rate 
                        of pay for a Member of Congress under section 
                        601(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
                        1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) that filed a confidential 
                        financial disclosure report under section 
                        107(a)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 
                        1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), including a description 
                        of the specific type of information included in 
                        the financial disclosure report filed by the 
                        individual.''.
    (b) Applicable Deadlines.--The Director of the Office of Government 
Ethics shall publish on the public website of the Office of Government 
Ethics any information with respect to which public access is required 
by an amendment made by subsection (a)--
            (1) not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in the case of information required for calendar year 
        2020;
            (2) not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in the case of information required for each of 
        calendar years 2017 through 2019;
            (3) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act, in the case of information required for each of 
        calendar years 2014 through 2016;
            (4) not later than May 15, 2022, in the case of information 
        required for calendar year 2021;
            (5) not later than 30 days after the date on which the 
        financial disclosure is filed, in the case of information 
        required by an amendment made by subsection (a)(3)(B) for 
        calendar year 2022 and each calendar year thereafter; and
            (6) not later than May 15 of the subsequent calendar year, 
        in the case of information required by an amendment made by 
        subsection (a)(3)(E) for calendar year 2022 and each calendar 
        year thereafter.
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