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Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

USA116th CongressS-5070| Senate 
| Updated: 12/19/2020
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Finance Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government. Specifically, the bill prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards; institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads; requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate; requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench; creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws; requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.
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Timeline
Dec 18, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-9029
Introduced in House
Dec 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Dec 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • December 18, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-9029
    Introduced in House


  • December 19, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 19, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-20: Presidential Tax Transparency Act
  • HR 116-9029: Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act
  • HR 116-1423: FAIR Act
  • S 116-2064: Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019
  • S 116-610: Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
  • S 116-2639: Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act
  • HR 116-964: Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act
  • HR 116-1382: Inaugural Fund Integrity Act
  • HR 116-4053: Empower Act of 2019
Administrative remediesAdvisory bodiesAge discriminationAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightConsumer creditDisability and health-based discriminationElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Election Commission (FEC)Federal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHousing discriminationIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationJudicial procedure and administrationJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic participation and lobbyingRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local courtsSupreme CourtTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and feesVoting rightsWages and earnings

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

USA116th CongressS-5070| Senate 
| Updated: 12/19/2020
Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government. Specifically, the bill prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards; institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads; requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate; requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench; creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws; requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.
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Timeline
Dec 18, 2020

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-9029
Introduced in House
Dec 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Dec 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • December 18, 2020

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-9029
    Introduced in House


  • December 19, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 19, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

Democratic Senator

Massachusetts

Finance Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • S 116-20: Presidential Tax Transparency Act
  • HR 116-9029: Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act
  • HR 116-1423: FAIR Act
  • S 116-2064: Electronic Court Records Reform Act of 2019
  • S 116-610: Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act
  • S 116-2639: Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act
  • HR 116-964: Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act
  • HR 116-1382: Inaugural Fund Integrity Act
  • HR 116-4053: Empower Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesAdvisory bodiesAge discriminationAlternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityCompetition and antitrustComputers and information technologyComputer security and identity theftCongressional oversightConsumer creditDisability and health-based discriminationElections, voting, political campaign regulationEmployment discrimination and employee rightsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Election Commission (FEC)Federal officialsGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsHousing discriminationIntelligence activities, surveillance, classified informationJudicial procedure and administrationJudicial review and appealsLabor-management relationsPolitical parties and affiliationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsPublic participation and lobbyingRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local courtsSupreme CourtTax administration and collection, taxpayersUser charges and feesVoting rightsWages and earnings