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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Executive Comment Requested from Office of Gov't Ethics, Justice, OMB.
Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Executive Comment Requested from OPM, Justice.
Clean Bill H.R.5917 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Executive Comment Received From OPM.
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