Title: White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2017
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2017
This bill requires an federal official who issues or approves a waiver or authorization relating to ethical standards applicable to executive branch political appointees under specified executive orders to transmit, within 30 days after issuing or approving such waiver or authorization, a written copy of the waiver or authorization to the Office of Government Ethics and make them available to the public on the websites of the agencies employing such appointees and the Office of Government Ethics. This requirement applies retroactively to January 20, 2017.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2762 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.


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                    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) introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on Oversight 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 jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    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.

    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 ``White House Ethics Transparency Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. PROCEDURE FOR WAIVERS AND AUTHORIZATIONS RELATING TO ETHICS 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not 
later than 30 days after an officer or employee issues or approves a 
waiver or authorization pursuant to a provision listed in subsection 
(d) to a covered employee, such officer or employee shall--
            (1) transmit a written copy of such waiver or authorization 
        to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics; and
            (2) make a written copy of such waiver or authorization 
        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 Availability.--Not later 
than 14 days after receiving a written 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 referred 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 Executive 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 branch appointees), who was appointed on or 
after January 20, 2017.
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