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Main Subject: Government Operations and Politics

Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Act

This bill revises ethics requirements and modifies provisions related to conflicts of interest involving certain federal government employees.

Specifically, the bill

expands restrictions on certain federal government employees' acceptance of compensation from nongovernment sources,
generally requires certain federal government employees to recuse themselves from any official action that would provide a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit for a recent former employer or client,
generally prohibits such an employee from participating in matters that involve an individual or entity with whom the employee is negotiating future employment,
prohibits a federal government employee from participating in a procurement involving a contractor that had recently employed that employee, and
expands restrictions on lobbying by certain former federal government employees.

Administrative law and regulatory procedures Banking and financial institutions regulation Civil actions and liability Commodity Futures Trading Commission Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Department of the Treasury Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal Reserve System Federal officials Financial services and investments Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption National Credit Union Administration Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Personnel records Government employee pay benefits personnel management Government ethics and transparency public corruption Government Operations and Politics

IntroReferral
Jan. 16 2019	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

IntroReferral
Jan. 16 2019	Introduced in Senate