To amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office.

Bill: 116-hr-5277
Sponsor: Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-19]
Introduced: 2019-12-03 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Books and print media
Congressional agencies
Federal officials
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
News media and reporting
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: 
This bill revises conflict-of-interest limitations for personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). 
 
Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest. 
 
This bill creates an exemption for certain interests&#8212;interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans&#8212;that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests. 

action_date: 2019-12-03
text: 
This bill revises conflict-of-interest limitations for personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). 
 
Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest. 
 
This bill creates an exemption for certain interests&#8212;interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans&#8212;that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests. 

action_date: 2019-12-04
text: 
This bill revises conflict-of-interest limitations for personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). 
 
Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest. 
 
This bill creates an exemption for certain interests&#8212;interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans&#8212;that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests. 

action_date: 2019-12-05
text: 
This bill revises conflict-of-interest limitations for personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). 
 
Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest. 
 
This bill creates an exemption for certain interests&#8212;interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans&#8212;that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-78.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Became Public Law No: 116-78.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2019-12-05
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6861)
action_date: 2019-12-04
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S6861)
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9210)
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H9210)
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9209-9210)
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Ms. Lofgren asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 116-78