Title: Congressional Oversight Needed For Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Congressional Oversight Needed For Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions Act
This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President or the White House who is recused from a particular matter for a financial conflict of interest to notify Congress and the Office of Government Ethics and provide the specific reasons for the recusal.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5495 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5495

 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require employees of 
the Executive Office of the President or the White House to notify the 
     Office of Government Ethics and Congress in each instance the 
individual is recused from a particular matter pursuant to section 208 
        of title 18, United States Code, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 12, 2018

    Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Mr. Ted Lieu of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require employees of 
the Executive Office of the President or the White House to notify the 
     Office of Government Ethics and Congress in each instance the 
individual is recused from a particular matter pursuant to section 208 
        of title 18, United States Code, 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 ``Congressional Oversight Needed For 
Likely Illicit and Corrupt Transactions Act''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION OF RECUSAL.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 
U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 111 the 
following:
``Sec. 112. Recusal for conflicts of interest
    ``(a) An officer or employee of the Executive Office of the 
President or the White House who is recused from a particular matter by 
operation of section 208 of title 18, United States Code, shall, not 
later than 10 business days after such recusal, provide notification 
(in writing) of such recusal and the specific reasons for the recusal 
to--
            ``(1) the Director of the Office of Government Ethics;
            ``(2) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 
        the House of Representatives; and
            ``(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
        Affairs of the Senate.
    ``(b) With respect to any instance in which an officer or employee 
of the Executive Office of the President or the White House notifies 
the designated agency ethics official of a future particular matter 
that may require recusal under section 208 of title 18, United States 
Code, the officer or employee shall provide a report to the entities 
listed in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) that 
describes--
            ``(1) the particular matter;
            ``(2) whether the designated agency ethics official advised 
        the officer or employee that the officer or employee should not 
        participate in the particular matter; and
            ``(3) whether the particular matter occurred.''.
    (b) Application.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
to any recusal pursuant to section 208 of title 18, United States Code, 
occurring on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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