Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-984
Sponsor: Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-30]
Introduced: 2007-02-12 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Advertising
Armed Forces and National Security
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Data banks
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Federal employees
Federal officials
Fines (Penalties)
Freedom of information
Government contractors
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government procurement
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Job hunting
Labor and Employment
Law
Lawyers
Lobbying
Misconduct in office
National Archives and Records Administration
Office of Government Ethics
Officer personnel
Science, Technology, Communications
Security classification (Government documents)
Vice Presidents

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: 
Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require recording and filing by each executive branch official with the Office of Government Ethics on any significant contact made between that official and any private party relating to an official government action. Outlines the authorities and responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics with regard to such reports. 
 
Provides for penalties and fines.
 
Sets prohibitions on covered executive branch officials who are entering or leaving government service. 
 
 Amends the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to: (1) prohibit a former federal agency contracting official from accepting compensation from a contractor as a lawyer or lobbyist of the contractor within a specified time frame; (2) prohibit former federal officials from accepting compensation from contractors if it is either a reward or if the acceptance of the compensation is inappropriate and affects the integrity of the procurement process; (3) require federal procurement officers to disclose job offers made on behalf of relatives; and (4) prohibit a federal employee who is a former employee of a contractor with the government from being personally and substantially involved with the award or administration of a contract to the employee's former employer for a specified period.
 
Sets a prohibition on unauthorized expenditure of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes.
 
Requires an advertisement or other communication paid for by an executive agency to disclose that such advertisement or communication is paid for by that agency. 
 
Directs each federal agency to submit to the Archivist of the United States and specified congressional committees a report describing the use of &quot;pseudo&quot; classification designations. Requires the Archivist to report on the use of such designations and promulgate regulations banning them. Defines &quot;'pseudo' classification designations&quot; as information control designations that are not defined by federal statute or Executive order relating to the classification of national security information but that are used to manage, direct, or route government information, or control its accessibility, regardless of its form or format.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 0.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-12
text: Introduced in House