A bill to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to provide for programs designed to inform Federal employees of applicable standards of conduct and to improve the administration of ethics programs in the Federal Government, and to amend title 18, United States Code, to impose a criminal penalty for theft of confidential campaign information in Federal elections.

Summary

Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the Director of the Office of Government Ethics to: (1) provide overall direction of executive branch policies for promoting ethical conduct; (2) report to Congress in FY 1984, 1987, and every fourth fiscal year thereafter concerning the need for changes in agency rules concerning conflict of interest and ethical problems; (3) promulgate regulations under which each agency shall establish a program of mandatory briefings on applicable ethics laws and standards of conduct for officers and employees, publish summaries of representative agency decisions in cases involving financial disclosure requirements, standards of conduct, and post- employment conflict of interest regulations, and transmit summaries applicable to other agencies to the Office; and (4) maintain a case reporting system under which such summaries which are generally applicable or which involve matters of first impression shall be compiled, published, and made available to agencies and the public. Establishes criminal penalties to be imposed against: (1) any person who steals confidential campaign information from a candidate for Federal office or copies or communicates such information to another candidate; and (2) any candidate for Federal office who receives confidential campaign information of another candidate, knowing that such information has been stolen, copied, or communicated.

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Timeline

1. 23 May 1984

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 May 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 23 May 1984

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 1 June 1984

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.

   Source: Committee

5. 5 June 1984

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Office of Gov't Ethics, Justice, OMB.

   Source: Committee

6. 12 June 1984

   Referred

   Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.

   Source: Committee

7. 19 June 1984

   Committee

   Subcommittee Hearings Held.

   Source: Committee

8. 22 June 1984

   Committee

   Clean Bill H.R.5917 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.

   Source: Committee

9. 22 June 1984

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from OPM, Justice.

   Source: Committee

10. 10 July 1984

    Committee

    Executive Comment Received From OPM.

    Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 23 May 1984

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Rep. Albosta, Donald J. [D-MI-10] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Dymally, Mervyn M. [D-CA-31] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Yatron, Gus [D-PA-6] · D · Sponsor
• · hspo00 · Standing
• · hsju00 · Standing

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