U.S. Congress - H.R.422 To establish the Office of Public Integrity as an independent office within the legisla...
H.R.422 - To establish the Office of Public Integrity as an independent office within the legislative branch of the Government, to reduce the duties of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, and for other purposes.
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- Official: To establish the Office of Public Integrity as an independent office within the legislative branch of the Government, to reduce the duties of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate, and for other purposes. as introduced.
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Official Summary
1/11/2007--Introduced.Establishes as an independent office within the legislative branch the Office of Public Integrity to: (1) oversee financial disclosure and other reports filed by Members of Congress, congressional officers and employees, and registered lobbyists; (2) investigate allegOfficial Summary
1/11/2007--Introduced.Establishes as an independent office within the legislative branch the Office of Public Integrity to:
(1) oversee financial disclosure and other reports filed by Members of Congress, congressional officers and employees, and registered lobbyists;
(2) investigate alleged violations of any applicable rule or other standard of conduct;
(3) present a case of probable ethics violations to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or the Senate Select Committee on Ethics (ethics committees); and
(4) make recommendations about reporting to the appropriate federal or state authorities any substantial evidence of a violation. Amends Rule XI (Procedures of Committees and Unfinished Business) and Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, as well as the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (EGA of 1978), the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, and the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA), to conform to this Act.
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When is the "new" Democratic Party going to fully embrace H.R. 422 and S 192 & 230 - Ethics Reform; and specifically the promised independent Offices of Public Integrity? The Democratic Party can not claim any significant changes of ...
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US Congress: HR 422, To establish the Office of Public Integrity as an independent office within the legislative branch of the Government, to reduce the duties of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of ...
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