Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act
USA117th CongressHR-6844| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Andy Kim
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Committees (8)
• Committee on House Administration• Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Financial Services Committee• Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act This bill prohibits a public official or the spouse or dependent of a public official from owning or trading a covered investment. Any official who violates the prohibition is subject to a civil fine equal to the official's salary for each month that the official is in violation. The bill also prohibits Members of Congress from receiving any outside income or having any outside employment while in office. Further, the bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Government Operations and Politics
Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act
USA117th CongressHR-6844| House
| Updated: 11/1/2022
Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act This bill prohibits a public official or the spouse or dependent of a public official from owning or trading a covered investment. Any official who violates the prohibition is subject to a civil fine equal to the official's salary for each month that the official is in violation. The bill also prohibits Members of Congress from receiving any outside income or having any outside employment while in office. Further, the bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).
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Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Andy Kim
Democratic Representative
New Jersey
Committees (8)
• Committee on House Administration• Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development Subcommittee• Ways and Means Committee• Agriculture Committee• Financial Services Committee• Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee• Judiciary Committee• Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Government Operations and Politics
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted