Title: Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of the Department of the Interior's Departmental Ethics Office.
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
This resolution directs the Department of the Interior to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of Interior's Departmental Ethics Office.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1253 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1253

Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain 
 documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of 
      the Department of the Interior's Departmental Ethics Office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 22, 2022

Mr. Westerman submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Of inquiry directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit certain 
 documents to the House of Representatives relating to the actions of 
      the Department of the Interior's Departmental Ethics Office.

    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Interior is directed to 
transmit, to the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after 
the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, 
memorandum, correspondence, and other communication or any portion of 
any such communication, that refers or relates to the operation of the 
Department of the Interior's Departmental Ethics Office and the 
creation of ethics guidance, including the following:
            (1) Any documents and communications relating to the 
        process for creating ethics compliance materials, including but 
        not limited to--
                    (A) any reference to the creation of Ethics 
                Guidance on Recusal Obligations;
                    (B) any reference to the creation of Ethics Recusal 
                and Screening Arrangements;
                    (C) any reference to how the Departmental Ethics 
                Office collects information from political appointees; 
                and
                    (D) any reference to how the Departmental Ethics 
                Office verifies the information provided by political 
                appointees.
            (2) Any documents and communications relating to the time 
        frame in which political appointees are provided final ethics 
        guidance.
            (3) Any documents and communications relating to ethics 
        waivers for political appointees; including but not limited 
        to--
                    (A) any reference to requests for ethics waivers;
                    (B) any reference to denying an ethics waiver; and
                    (C) any reference to granting an ethics waiver.
            (4) Any documents and communications relating to the 
        drafting and finalization of ethics guidance for all Interior 
        Department political appointees.
            (5) Any meeting or communication that occurred between the 
        Designated Agency Ethics Official and all Interior Department 
        political appointees, relating to the drafting and finalization 
        of ethics guidance.
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