CLEAN Act

Bill: 115-hr-1388
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1]
Introduced: 2017-03-07
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional agencies

Congressional committees

Congressional operations and organization

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-07
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now Act or the CLEAN Act</b></p> <p>This bill enacts H.Res. 895, 110th Congress (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics [OCE]) into permanent law, except that:</p> <ul> <li>the OCE shall be treated as a standing House committee for purposes of procuring the temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants or organizations to study or advise the OCE on matters within its jurisdiction or on its administration of affairs,</li> <li>references to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be construed to be references to the House Committee on Ethics,</li> <li>the prohibition on members of the OCE board serving more than four consecutive Congresses shall not apply,</li> <li>individuals appointed for the remainder of a Congress may be reappointed for a second additional term of two Congresses,</li> <li>individuals who are subjects of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be represented by counsel, and invoking that right should not be held negatively against them,</li> <li> the OCE may not take actions that would deny persons rights or protection provided under the Constitution; and </li> <li> the OCE shall have the same subpoena power as a House standing committee.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1388 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 7, 2017 Mr. O'Halleran introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration , and in addition to the Committee on Rules , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To enact House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics) into permanent law.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now Act or the CLEAN Act . 2. Enacting House Resolution 895 into permanent law House Resolution 895, One Hundred Tenth Congress, is hereby enacted into permanent law, except that— (1) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall be treated as a standing committee of the House for purposes of section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 ( 2 U.S.C. 4301(i) ); (2) references to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be construed as references to the Committee on Ethics; (3) the second sentence of section 1(b)(6)(A) shall not apply; (4) members subject to section 1(b)(6)(B) may be reappointed for a second additional term; (5) any individual who is the subject of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be represented by counsel and invoking that right should not be held negatively against them; (6) the Office may not take any action that would deny any person any right or protection provided under the Constitution of the United States; and (7) the Office of Congressional Ethics shall have the same subpoena power as a standing committee of the House of Representatives has under clause 2(m) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives and all references to the committee or to the chair of the committee in such clause shall be deemed to be references to the Office of Congressional Ethics or to the cochairmen of the board for purposes of this paragraph.