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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 3855 (Introduced in Senate) — To ensure ethical and accountable use of COVID–19 relief funds, to prevent corruption and bias in the disbursement an... · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Special Government Employee and White House Task Force Member Ethics

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In this section: The term covered special Government employee means an individual who— is appointed by the President to serve on a White House task force to address the outbreak of COVID–19; or is— appointed by the President under section 710(b)(1) of the Defense Production Act of 1950 ( 50 U.S.C. 4560(b)(1) ); a provider of a voluntary and uncompensated service described in section 621(c)(3) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5197(c)(3) ); or a special Government employee (as defined in section 202(a) of title 18, United States Code); and advises, consults, or otherwise works on a Coronavirus pandemic-related program, project, or activity.
The term periodic transaction report means a report containing the information required for a report of a transaction under section 103(l) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). The term public financial disclosure report means a report that includes a full and complete statement with respect to the items described in paragraphs
(1)through
(8)of section 102(a) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). The term transaction means a transaction required to be reported under section 102(a)(5)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). A covered special Government employee shall file with the Director or the designated agency ethics official of the agency served by the covered special Government employee— for an individual serving as a covered special Government employee on the date of enactment of this Act, not later than the later of 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a public financial disclosure report; for an individual appointed to a position as a covered special Government employee on or after the date of enactment of this Act, not later than 30 days after the date of the appointment, a public financial disclosure report; not later than 30 days after the special Government employee is notified of a transaction to which the special Government employee is a party, but in no case later than 45 days after such transaction, a periodic transaction report; and not later than 30 days after separating from service as a covered special Government employee, a public financial disclosure report. Not later than 15 days after a designated agency ethics official receives a report from a covered special Government employee under paragraph (1), the designated agency ethics official shall submit a copy of the report to the Director. Not later than 15 days after the date on which the Director receives a report under subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2), the Director shall make the report publicly available on the website of the Office of Government Ethics. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall— conduct a review to create and update a list of the names of every covered special Government employee; and ensure that— each covered special Government employee on the list described in subparagraph
(A)has timely filed— the public financial disclosure report required under subparagraph
(A)or
(B)of subsection (b)(1); each periodic transaction report required under subsection (b)(1)(C); and if appropriate, the public financial disclosure report required under subsection (b)(1)(D); and each report received by the Director under subsection (b)(1) and (b)(2) has been made publicly available on the website of the Office of Government Ethics.
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