Office of Government Ethics Independence Act of 2017

Bill: 115-hr-3462
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Employee performance

Federal officials

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Office of Government Ethics

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-06
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Office of Government Ethics Independence Act of 2017</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to specify that the Director of the Office of Government Ethics may be removed only pursuant to a finding by the President of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3462 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2017 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Brownley of California , Mrs. Bustos , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Costa , Mrs. Dingell , Mr. Gene Green of Texas , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Khanna , Mrs. Lawrence , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , Mr. McGovern , Mr. Nadler , Mr. O'Halleran , Mr. Payne , Mr. Quigley , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Sanford , Ms. Schakowsky , and Mr. Vargas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , 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 amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide that the Director of the Office of Government Ethics may be removed only for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Office of Government Ethics Independence Act of 2017 . 2. Removal of Director of the Office of Government Ethics Section 401(b) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following: An individual serving as Director may be removed from office only pursuant to a finding by the President of neglect of duty or malfeasance in office. Not less than 30 days before the removal of a Director under this subsection, the President shall submit written notification to Congress of the intent to remove such Director and the reasons for removal. .