United States 116th Congress Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

HR 964 — Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act

Last action — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.

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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

31 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment modifies section 3(f) by specifying that both eligible candidates and the President-elect must report the names of individuals who apply for or are granted a security clearance. The previous version only required the President-elect to submit this report. This change means that eligible candidates will also have the responsibility to report, expanding the scope of accountability regarding security clearance applications.

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964 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
964 Reported in House (RH)] <DOC> Union Calendar No.
306 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H.
964 To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes.
964 [Report No.
116-382] To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes.
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes.
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform January 27, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 5, 2019] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes.
102 note) is amended-- (1) in section 3(f), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
102 note) is amended-- (1) in section 3(f), by adding at the end the following:
``(3) The President-elect shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report with a list of-- ``(A) any individual for whom an application for a security clearance was submitted, not later than 10 days after the date on which the application was submitted;
``(3) Not later than 10 days after submitting an application for a security clearance for any individual, and not later than 10 days after any such individual is granted a security clearance (including an interim clearance), each eligible candidate (as that term is described in subsection (h)(4)(A)) or the President-elect (as the case may be) shall submit a report containing the name of such individual to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.'';
and ``(B) any individual provided a security clearance, not later than 10 days after the date on which the security clearance was provided.'';
``(C) Publicly available.--The transition team shall make the ethics plan described in this paragraph publicly available on the Internet website of the General Services Administration the earlier of-- ``(i) the day on which the memorandum of understanding is completed;
``(C) Publicly available.--The transition team shall make the ethics plan described in this paragraph publicly available on the website of the General Services Administration the earlier of-- ``(i) the day on which the memorandum of understanding is completed;
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If any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions and amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the holding.
964 [Report No.
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116-382] _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to require the development of ethics plans for certain transition teams, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________ January 27, 2020 Reported from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

  4. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  5. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 12.

  6. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-382.

  7. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Reform. H. Rept. 116-382.

  8. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 306.

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HR 964 is sponsored by Cummings, Elijah E. (Democratic).
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