United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 859 (115th)
Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act
Introduced
3 February 2017
Last action
2 March 2017 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Sponsors
Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
10 January 2026
Summary
Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act This bill amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and other laws to: expand restrictions on federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources, generally require certain financial-services regulators to recuse themselves from any official action that would provide a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit for a recent former employer or client, generally prohibit such a regulator from participating in matters that involve an individual or entity with whom the regulator is negotiating future employment, prohibit a federal government employee from participating in a procurement involving a contractor that had recently employed that employee, and expand restrictions on lobbying by certain former financial-services regulators.
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Timeline
3 February 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2017
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2017
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Financial Services, 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.
Source: IntroReferral
3 February 2017
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
2 March 2017
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Source: Committee
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in House · 3 February 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → Financial Services Conflict of Interest Act
- related to ← We the People Act of 2017
- related to ← We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017
- related to ← We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/859
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/hr/859
- us · 115-hr-859 · source updated 10 January 2026