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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Accountability Office 
Improvement Act of 2008''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN RECORDS.

    (a) Authority To Obtain Records.--Section 716 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended in subsection (a)--
            (1) by striking ``(a)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
            (2) by inserting after the section heading the following:
    ``(a)(1) The Comptroller General is authorized to obtain such 
agency records as the Comptroller General requires to discharge his 
duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), 
including through the bringing of civil actions under this section. In 
reviewing a civil action under this section, the court shall recognize 
the continuing force and effect of the authorization in the preceding 
sentence until such time as the authorization is repealed pursuant to 
law.''.
    (b) Interviews.--Section 716(a) of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended in the second sentence of 
paragraph (2) by inserting ``and interview agency officers and 
employees'' after ``agency record''.

SEC. 3. ADMINISTERING OATHS.

    Section 711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) administer oaths to witnesses, except that, in 
        matters other than auditing and settling accounts, the 
        authority of an officer or employee to administer oaths to 
        witnesses pursuant to a delegation under paragraph (2) shall 
        not be available without the prior express approval of the 
        Comptroller General (or a designee).''.

SEC. 4. ACCESS TO CERTAIN INFORMATION.

    (a) Access to Certain Information.--Subchapter II of chapter 7 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
``Sec. 721. Access to certain information
    ``(a) No provision of the Social Security Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under part C or D of title XVIII of the 
Social Security Act.
    ``(b) No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the 
Comptroller General to obtain any information, to inspect any record, 
or to interview any officer or employee under section 716 of this 
title, including with respect to any information concerning any method 
or process which as a trade secret is entitled to protection.
    ``(c) No provision of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements 
Act of 1976 and the amendments made by that Act shall be construed to 
limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to 
obtain any information, to inspect any record, or to interview any 
officer or employee under section 716 of this title, including with 
respect to any information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General 
of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or the Federal 
Trade Commission for purposes of pre-merger review under section 7A of 
the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a).
    ``(d)(1) The Comptroller General shall prescribe such policies and 
procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure 
proprietary or trade secret information obtained consistent with this 
section.
    ``(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed--
            ``(A) to alter or amend the prohibitions against the 
        disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information 
        prohibited by section 1905 of title 18 and other applicable 
        laws; or
            ``(B) to affect the applicability of section 716(e) of this 
        title, including the protections against unauthorized 
        disclosure contained in that section, to information obtained 
        consistent with this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 7 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 720 the following:

``721. Access to certain information.''.

SEC. 5. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORTS.

    Section 719 of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(C), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting ``; and'';
            (3) by adding at the end of subsection (b)(1) the 
        following:
            ``(D) for agencies subject to sections 901 to 903 and other 
        agencies designated by the Comptroller General, an assessment 
        of their overall degree of cooperation in making personnel 
        available for interview, providing written answers to 
        questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller 
        General under section 711, granting access to records, 
        providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting 
        recommendations in reports and responding to such other matters 
        as the Comptroller General deems appropriate.'';
            (4) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (5) in subsection (c)(3), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (6) by adding at the end of subsection (c) the following:
            ``(4) as soon as practicable when an agency does not, 
        within a reasonable time, respond to a request by the 
        Comptroller General regarding any matter described in 
        subsection (b)(1)(D).''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 29, 2008.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.
[EX A]: Government Accountability Office Improvement Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Comptroller General to: (1) obtain federal agency records required to discharge his or her duties, including through bringing civil actions under this Act; (2) interview agency officers and employees to get information about agency duties, powers, activities, organization, and financial transactions; and (3) administer oaths to witnesses (currently, the Comptroller General may administer oaths to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts).

Requires the Comptroller General to prescribe such policies and procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure proprietary or trade secret information obtained under this Act.

Declares that no provision of the Social Security Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain information, inspect records, or interview specified agency officers or employees, including with respect to: (1) information disclosed to or obtained by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Social Security Act; (2) information concerning any method or process protected as a trade secret; and (3) information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for purposes of pre-merger review under the Clayton Act. Declares that this Act shall not be construed to: (1) alter or amend the prohibitions against the disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information; and (2) affect the applicability of requirements governing the availability of agency information to information obtained.

Requires the Comptroller General to: (1) report annually on the cooperation of agencies subject to the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and other agencies designated by the Comptroller General in making personnel available for interviews, providing written answers to questions, submitting to an oath authorized by the Comptroller General, granting access to records, providing timely comments to draft reports, adopting report recommendations, and responding to such matters as the Comptroller General deems appropriate; and (2) report to Congress when agencies do not respond to requests regarding such matters.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to 
Save Lives Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CIGARETTE AND LABELING ADVERTISING ACT.

    (a) Amendment.--The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act 
(15 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.) is amended by striking section 4 and inserting 
the following:

``SEC. 4. LABELING.

    ``(a) Label.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
        manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within 
        the United States any cigarettes the package of which fails to 
        bear, in accordance with the requirements of this section, a 
        warning label.
            ``(2) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate 
        regulations describing the warning label required by paragraph 
        (1).
            ``(3) Content of label.--The regulations promulgated under 
        paragraph (2) shall ensure that the text of each warning label 
        addresses one of the following:
                    ``(A) Diseases or fatal health conditions caused by 
                cigarette smoking.
                    ``(B) Any physical addiction that results from 
                cigarette smoking.
                    ``(C) The influence that cigarette smoking by 
                adults has on young children and teenagers and the 
                consequences of such use.
                    ``(D) The health hazards of secondhand smoke from 
                cigarettes.
            ``(4) Graphics.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The regulations promulgated 
                under paragraph (2) shall ensure that each warning 
                label contains a color graphic or picture that 
                illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable 
                extent the message of the text of the corresponding 
                warning label.
                    ``(B) Contents.--The graphics described in 
                subparagraph (A) shall enhance the message of the text 
                of the warning label and may include a color picture of 
                one of the following:
                            ``(i) A diseased lung, heart, or mouth.
                            ``(ii) An individual suffering from 
                        addiction.
                            ``(iii) Children watching an adult smoke a 
                        cigarette.
                            ``(iv) An individual adversely affected by 
                        secondhand smoke from a cigarette, including 
                        pregnant women or infants.
    ``(b) Advertising.--It shall be unlawful for any manufacturer or 
importer of cigarettes to advertise or cause to be advertised within 
the United States any cigarette unless the advertising bears, in 
accordance with the requirements of this section, one of the warning 
label statements required by subsection (a).
    ``(c) Requirements for Labeling.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a) shall be located on the upper portion of the 
        front and back panels of the cigarette package (or carton) and 
        occupy not less than 50 percent of each panel.
            ``(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a) shall be printed in at least 17 point type with 
        adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary. All the 
        letters in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible 
        type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with all 
        other printed material on the package, and be printed in a 
        black-on-white or white-on-black format as determined 
        appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(d) Requirements for Advertising.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (b) shall occupy not less than 50 percent of the 
        area of the advertisement involved.
            ``(2) Type and color.--
                    ``(A) Type.--Each label statement required by 
                subsection (b) shall be printed in a point type that is 
                not less than the following types:
                            ``(i) With respect to whole page 
                        advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--45 
                        point type.
                            ``(ii) With respect to half page 
                        advertisements on broadsheet newspaper--39 
                        point type.
                            ``(iii) With respect to whole page 
                        advertisements on tabloid newspaper--39 point 
                        type.
                            ``(iv) With respect to half page 
                        advertisements on tabloid newspaper--27 point 
                        type.
                            ``(v) With respect to DPS magazine 
                        advertisements--31.5 point type.
                            ``(vi) With respect to whole page magazine 
                        advertisements--31.5 point type.
                            ``(vii) With respect to 28cm x 3 column 
                        advertisements--22.5 point type.
                            ``(viii) With respect to 20cm x 2 column 
                        advertisements--15 point type.
                The Secretary may revise the required type sizes as the 
                Secretary determines appropriate within the 50 percent 
                requirement.
                    ``(B) Color.--All the letters in the label under 
                this paragraph shall appear in conspicuous and legible 
                type, in contrast by typography, layout, or color with 
                all other printed material and be printed in an 
                alternating black-on-white and white-on-black format as 
                determined appropriate by the Secretary.
    ``(e) Rotation of Label Statements.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        label statements specified in subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
        rotated by each manufacturer or importer of cigarettes 
        quarterly in alternating sequence on packages of each brand of 
        cigarettes manufactured by the manufacturer or importer and in 
        the advertisements for each such brand of cigarettes in 
        accordance with a plan submitted by the manufacturer or 
        importer and approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The 
        Federal Trade Commission shall approve a plan submitted by a 
        manufacturer or importer of cigarettes which will provide the 
        rotation required by this subsection and which assures that all 
        of the labels required by subsections (a) and (b) will be 
        displayed by the manufacturer or importer at the same time.
            ``(2) Application of other rotation requirements.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A manufacturer or importer of 
                cigarettes may apply to the Federal Trade Commission to 
                have the label rotation described in subparagraph (C) 
                apply with respect to a brand style of cigarettes 
                manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or 
                importer if--
                            ``(i) the number of cigarettes of such 
                        brand style sold in the fiscal year by the 
                        manufacturer or importer preceding the 
                        submission of the application is less than \1/
                        4\ of 1 percent of all the cigarettes sold in 
                        the United States in such year; and
                            ``(ii) more than \1/2\ of the cigarettes 
                        manufactured or imported by such manufacturer 
                        or importer for sale in the United States are 
                        packaged into brand styles which meet the 
                        requirements of clause (i).
                If an application is approved by the Commission, the 
                label rotation described in subparagraph (C) shall 
                apply with respect to the applicant during the 1-year 
                period beginning on the date of the application 
                approval.
                    ``(B) Plan.--An applicant under subparagraph (A) 
                shall include in its application a plan under which the 
                label statements specified in subsection (a) will be 
                rotated by the applicant manufacturer or importer in 
                accordance with the label rotation described in 
                subparagraph (C).
                    ``(C) Other rotation requirements.--Under the label 
                rotation which the manufacturer or importer with an 
                approved application may put into effect, each of the 
                labels specified in subsection (a) shall appear on the 
                packages of each brand style of cigarettes with respect 
                to which the application was approved an equal number 
                of times within the 12-month period beginning on the 
                date of the approval by the Commission of the 
                application.
    ``(f) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
a distributor or a retailer of cigarettes who does not manufacture, 
package, or import cigarettes for sale or distribution within the 
United States.
    ``(g) Cigars; Pipe Tobacco.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall promulgate such 
        regulations as may be necessary to establish warning labels for 
        cigars and pipe tobacco. Such regulations shall require 
        content-specific messages regarding health hazards posed by 
        cigars and pipe tobacco, include graphic illustrations of such 
        content messages, as is required under subsection (a), and be 
        formatted in a clear and unambiguous manner, as is required 
        under subsection (a).
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Cigar.--The term `cigar' means any roll of 
                tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance 
                containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco that 
                is a cigarette or cigarillo).
                    ``(B) Pipe tobacco.--The term `pipe tobacco' means 
                any loose tobacco that, because of the appearance, 
                type, packaging or labeling of such tobacco, is likely 
                to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a 
                tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH 
              EDUCATION ACT OF 1986.

    (a) Amendment.--The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health 
Education Act of 1986 (15 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended by striking 
section 3 and inserting the following:

``SEC. 3. SMOKELESS TOBACCO WARNING.

    ``(a) General Rule.--
            ``(1) Label on package.--It shall be unlawful for any 
        person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or 
        distribution within the United States any smokeless tobacco 
        product unless the product package bears, in accordance with 
        the requirements of this section, a warning label.
            ``(2) Label in advertisements.--It shall be unlawful for 
        any manufacturer, packager, or importer of smokeless tobacco 
        products to advertise or cause to be advertised within the 
        United States any smokeless tobacco product unless the 
        advertising bears, in accordance with the requirements of this 
        Act, one of the labels required by paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations 
describing the warning labels required under subsection (a).
    ``(c) Content of Label.--The regulations promulgated under 
subsection (b) shall ensure that the text of each warning label 
addresses one of the following:
            ``(1) Diseases resulting from use of smokeless tobacco 
        products.
            ``(2) Any physical addiction that results from using 
        smokeless tobacco products.
            ``(3) The influence that use of smokeless tobacco products 
        by adults has on young children and teenagers and the 
        consequences of such use.
    ``(d) Number of Labels.--The regulations promulgated under 
subsection (b) shall ensure that not less than 2 warning labels are 
created for each subject matter described in paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) of subsection (c). Such regulations shall also require that each 
package of smokeless tobacco bear 1 warning label that shall be rotated 
in accordance with subsection (g).
    ``(e) Graphics.--
            ``(1) In general.--The regulations promulgated under 
        subsection (b) shall ensure that each warning label required by 
        subsection (a) contains a color graphic or picture that 
        illustrates or emphasizes to the greatest practicable extent 
        the message of the text of the corresponding warning label.
            ``(2) Contents.--The graphics described in paragraph (1) 
        shall enhance the message of the text of the warning label and 
        may include a color picture of one of the following:
                    ``(A) A diseased mouth or other physical effect of 
                using smokeless tobacco products.
                    ``(B) An individual using a smokeless tobacco 
                product.
                    ``(C) Children watching an adult use a smokeless 
                tobacco product.
    ``(f) Format.--
            ``(1) Location.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be located on the principal display 
        panel of the product and occupy not less than 50 percent of 
        such panel.
            ``(2) Type and color.--Each label statement required by 
        subsection (a)(1) shall be printed in 17 point type with 
        adjustments as determined appropriate by the Secretary to 
        reflect the length of the required statement. All the letters 
        in the label shall appear in conspicuous and legible type in 
        contrast by typography, layout, or color with all other printed 
        material on the package and be printed in an alternating black 
        on white and white on black format as determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary.
    ``(g) Advertising and Rotation.--The provisions of sections (d) and 
(e)(1) of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (as 
amended by the Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act) shall 
apply to advertisements for smokeless tobacco products required under 
subsection (a)(2) and the rotation of the label statements required 
under subsection (a)(1) on such products.
    ``(h) Application of Requirement.--Subsection (a) does not apply to 
a distributor or a retailer of smokeless tobacco products who does not 
manufacture, package, or import such products for sale or distribution 
within the United States.
    ``(i) Television and Radio Advertising.--It shall be unlawful to 
advertise smokeless tobacco or cigars on any medium of electronic 
communications subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal 
Communications Commission.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this section.
[EX A]: Stronger Tobacco Warning Labels to Save Lives Act - Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act and the Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act of 1986 to make it unlawful for any person to manufacture, package, or import for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products unless the product package bears, in accordance with the specified requirements of this Act, a warning label on the upper portion of the front and back panels of the cigarette package or carton. Specifies label requirements for advertisements. Requires the rotation of labels for both packages and advertisements in accordance with a Federal Trade Commission approved plan.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``SEC Revolving Door Restriction Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. ONE-YEAR EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTION RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT MATTERS.

    (a) In General.--The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78a 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4E the following new 
section:

``SEC. 4F. ONE-YEAR EMPLOYMENT RESTRICTION RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT 
              MATTERS AND REQUIRED ETHICS OPINIONS.

    ``(a) One-Year Employment Restriction.--Any person who is an 
employee of the Commission and who, within 1 year after the termination 
of such employment with the Commission, works for any company or 
individual against whom the Commission brought an enforcement action, 
where such action (or a waiver related to such action) was brought 
within the previous 18 months and was participated on by such person, 
shall be subject to the same penalties as provided for in section 216 
of title 18, United States Code, for offenses described in that 
section.
    ``(b) Required Ethics Opinion.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any person who is an employee of the 
        Commission and who, within 1 year after the termination of such 
        employment with the Commission, seeks to work for any company 
        or individual against whom the Commission brought an 
        enforcement action (or issued a waiver related to such action) 
        where such action (or waiver) was participated on by such 
        person, shall first receive an ethics opinion from the 
        Commission.
            ``(2) Ethics opinion.--
                    ``(A) Content.--The ethics opinion described in 
                paragraph (1) shall include a determination of whether 
                such person should be permitted to work for such 
                company or individual.
                    ``(B) Determination requirements.--The Commission 
                may not determine, under subparagraph (A), that such 
                person should be permitted to work for such company or 
                individual unless the Commission finds that--
                            ``(i) there would be no appearance of 
                        impropriety for such person to work for such 
                        company or individual;
                            ``(ii) no material advantage would be 
                        gained by such company or individual because 
                        such person participated on an enforcement 
                        action (or a waiver related to such action); 
                        and
                            ``(iii) the integrity of any ongoing 
                        enforcement action participated on by such 
                        person is not diminished by such person going 
                        to work for such company or individual.
                    ``(C) Regulations.--The Chairman of the Commission 
                shall provide for regulations for the issuance of 
                ethics opinions under this subsection.
            ``(3) Penalties.--A person shall be subject to the same 
        penalties as provided for in section 216 of title 18, United 
        States Code, for offenses described in that section, if such 
        person--
                    ``(A) receives an ethics opinion under paragraph 
                (1), where such ethics opinion states that such person 
                should not be permitted to work for a particular 
                company or individual; and
                    ``(B) within 1 year after the termination of such 
                person's employment with the Commission, the person 
                works for such company or individual.
    ``(c) Exception for Non-Professional Staff.--The provisions of this 
section shall not apply to a person who is a non-professional staff 
employee of the Commission.
    ``(d) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Enforcement action.--The term `enforcement action' 
        means such court actions, administrative proceedings, 
        Commission opinions, and other actions, as the Commission may 
        determine appropriate.
            ``(2) Participated on.--With respect to an enforcement 
        action (or a waiver related to such action) and a person, the 
        term `participated on' means the person either--
                    ``(A) participated personally in the enforcement 
                action (or waiver related to such action); or
                    ``(B) knew or reasonably should have known that the 
                enforcement action (or waiver related to such action) 
                was under his or her official responsibility as an 
                employee of the Commission.
            ``(3) Work for.--The term `work for' means--
                    ``(A) employed by;
                    ``(B) volunteers for;
                    ``(C) lobbies on behalf of; or
                    ``(D) consults for.''.
    (b) Report.--One year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission shall submit a 
report to the Congress analyzing the impact that the provisions of this 
Act have had on recruitment and retention of employees by the 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
[EX A]:
SEC Revolving Door Restriction Act of 2015 This bill amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to subject to federal criminal penalties for bribery, graft, and conflicts of interest an ex-employee of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who, within one year after ending employment with the SEC, works for any company or individual against whom the SEC brought an enforcement action (or a related waiver) within the previous 18 months and the ex-employee participated in that action.  Any employee who seeks to work for such a company or individual must first receive an ethics opinion from the SEC on whether permission to do so should be granted.  Non-professional SEC staff are exempt from this employment prohibition.