Senate Bill 2321
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jan 18, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
2321
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act
This bill expands ethics and disclosure requirements for presidential transition teams. Among other changes, the bill requires presidential candidates to develop and publicly release ethics plans for their transition teams, requires team members to sign an ethical code of conduct, requires teams to report to Congress regarding security clearances, and expands disclosure requirements for team members who are assigned to federal departments or agencies.
January 18, 2018
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01/18/2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
01/18/2018
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
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