A bill to modify the requirements under the STOCK Act regarding online access to certain financial disclosure statements and related forms.

Bill: 113-s-716
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2013-04-11 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees
Federal officials
Financial services and investments
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Securities

Summary:
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: 
Amends the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act) with respect to mandatory public, on-line reporting of financial disclosure statements by congressional staff and executive branch officers and employees.
 
Applies mandatory public, on-line reporting of financial disclosure statements only to Members of Congress, congressional candidates, the President, the Vice President, and executive branch officers at levels I and II of the Executive Schedule who require nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate.
 
Extends until January 1, 2014, the deadline for:
 
 
 the Secretary, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Clerk to develop systems to enable the electronic filing of financial disclosure reports as well as their on-line public availability;
 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to develop such systems for financial disclosure forms filed by covered executive branch officials.
 
 
Repeals: (1) the prohibition against requiring a login to search or sort the data contained in the publicly available financial disclosure systems, and (2) the requirement that a login protocol with the name of the user be utilized by a person downloading data contained in the reports.

action_date: 2013-04-15
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Amends the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act) with respect to mandatory public, on-line reporting of financial disclosure statements by congressional staff and executive branch officers and employees.
 
Applies mandatory public, on-line reporting of financial disclosure statements only to Members of Congress, congressional candidates, the President, the Vice President, and executive branch officers at levels I and II of the Executive Schedule who require nomination by the President and confirmation by the Senate.
 
Extends until January 1, 2014, the deadline for:
 
 
 the Secretary, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Clerk to develop systems to enable the electronic filing of financial disclosure reports as well as their on-line public availability;
 
the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to develop such systems for financial disclosure forms filed by covered executive branch officials.
 
 
Repeals: (1) the prohibition against requiring a login to search or sort the data contained in the publicly available financial disclosure systems, and (2) the requirement that a login protocol with the name of the user be utilized by a person downloading data contained in the reports.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Became Public Law No: 113-7.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Became Public Law No: 113-7.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-04-15
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H1979)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H1979)
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Mr. Cantor asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
action_date: 2013-04-12
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H1978-1979)
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2583-2584; text as passed Senate: CR S2584; text of measure as introduced: CR S2593)
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2583-2584; text as passed Senate: CR S2584; text of measure as introduced: CR S2593)
action_date: 2013-04-11
text: Introduced in Senate

Enacted as: number: 113-7