Title: ETHICS Act of 2017
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Ensuring Trust and Honorability in Congressional Standards Act of 2017 or the ETHICS Act of 2017
This bill requires the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members, officers, and employees of the House.
A Member, officer, or employee who serves in or is employed by the House, during each session of Congress, must complete a committee program by the last day of the session, except that:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2678 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2678

    To require all Members, officers, and employees of the House of 
   Representatives to complete annual ethics training, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 25, 2017

  Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Mr. Trott) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
    To require all Members, officers, and employees of the House of 
   Representatives to complete annual ethics training, 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 ``Ensuring Trust and Honorability In 
Congressional Standards Act of 2017'' or the ``ETHICS Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, OFFICERS, AND 
              EMPLOYEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) Training Program.--The Committee on Ethics of the House of 
Representatives shall conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness 
programs for Members, officers, and employees of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) Timing for Completion of Program.--During each session of 
Congress in which a Member, officer, or employee serves in or is 
employed by the House of Representatives, the Member, officer, or 
employee shall complete a program conducted by the Committee on Ethics 
under this section not later than the last day of the session, except 
that--
            (1) an individual who did not serve or who was not employed 
        in the previous session of Congress, or whose service or 
        employment begins after the first day of the session, shall 
        complete the program not later than 60 days after the 
        individual's service or employment begins; and
            (2) during the session of Congress in which this Act is 
        enacted into law, each Member, officer, and employee shall 
        complete the program not later than the last day of the session 
        or 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
        whichever occurs earlier.
    (c) Member Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.
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