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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 5315 (Introduced in Senate) — To improve the anti-corruption and public integrity laws, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Table of contents

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Applicability. TITLE I—Public Integrity, Ethics, Conflicts of Interest, and Revolving Door Subtitle A—Conflicts of Interest Sec. 101. Definitions. Sec. 102. Lobbyist ban. Sec. 103. Executive branch conflicts of interest law expansions. Sec. 104. Legislative branch conflicts of interest law expansions. Sec. 105. Conflicts of interest rules for all senior government officials and nonconflicted Federal employee investment accounts.
Sec. 106. Post-employment restrictions. Sec. 107. Golden parachutes ban. Sec. 108. General public integrity rules. Sec. 109. Legal expense funds. Sec. 110. Penalties. Subtitle B—Presidential conflicts of interest Sec. 111. Short title. Sec. 112. Divestiture of personal financial interests of the President and Vice President that pose a potential conflict of interest. Sec. 113. Recusal of appointees. Sec. 114. Contracts by the President or Vice President. Sec. 115. Presidential transition ethics programs.
Sec. 116. Criminality of the President or other senior government officials. Sec. 117. Presidential obstruction of justice. Sec. 118. Sense of Congress regarding violations. Sec. 119. Rule of construction. Sec. 120. Severability. Subtitle C—Strengthening criminal anti-Corruption laws Sec. 121. Bribery of public officials and witnesses. Sec. 122. Prohibition on undisclosed self-dealing by public officials. Subtitle D—Requiring financial disclosures before taking office Sec. 131.
Prohibition on taking office until financial disclosures are filed. Subtitle E—Strengthening Inauguration Fund Rules Sec. 141. Strengthening Inauguration Fund rules. Subtitle F—Political intelligence transparency Sec. 151. Disclosure of political intelligence activities under Lobbying Disclosure Act. Sec. 152. Effective date. TITLE II—Lobbying Reform Sec. 201. Enforcement by the Office of Public Integrity. Sec. 202. Definitions. Sec. 203. Registration of lobbyists. Sec. 204. Reports by lobbyists.
Sec. 205. Prohibition on foreign lobbying. Sec. 206. Prohibition on contingent fee lobbying. Sec. 207. Prohibition on provision of gifts or travel by registered lobbyists. Sec. 208. Application of General Schedule to Congress. Sec. 209. Reestablishment of Office of Technology Assessment. Sec. 210. Progressive tax on lobbying expenditures. Sec. 211. Disclosure of registration status. TITLE III—Rulemaking reform Sec. 301. Disclosure of conflicts of interest. Sec. 302. Increasing disclosures relating to studies and research.
Sec. 303. Disclosure of inter-governmental rule changes. Sec. 304. Justification of withdrawn rules. Sec. 305. Negotiated rulemaking. Sec. 306. Streamlining OIRA review. Sec. 307. Limiting temporary court injunctions and postponing of final rules pending judicial review. Sec. 308. Penalizing individuals that submit false information to agencies. Sec. 309. Establishment of the Office of the Public Advocate. Sec. 310. Actions by private persons. Sec. 311. Scope of review. Sec. 312.
Expanding rule making notifications. Sec. 313. Public petitions. Sec. 314. Amendment to Congressional Review Act. Sec. 315. Cost-benefit analysis. Sec. 316. Sense of Congress. TITLE IV—Judicial Ethics Sec. 401. Clarification of gift ban. Sec. 402. Restrict privately funded educational events and speeches. Sec. 403. Code of Conduct. Sec. 404. Improving disclosure. Sec. 405. Appointment of administrative law judges. Sec. 406. Improve reporting on judicial diversity. Sec. 407. Pleading standards.
Sec. 408. Electronic court records reform. Sec. 409. Forced arbitration injustice repeal. Sec. 410. Restrictions on protective orders and sealing of cases and settlements. Sec. 411. Secret settlements ban. Sec. 412. Oversight process for disqualification of justice, judge, or magistrate judge. Sec. 413. Complaints against retired judges and judicial discipline. Sec. 414. Action by judicial council in response to misconduct by judges. Sec. 415. Supreme Court Complaints Review Committee.
Sec. 416. Expedited impeachment of Federal judges. Sec. 417. Judicial workplace climate surveys. Sec. 418. Pilot program to provide access to counsel in Federal court. TITLE V—Enforcement Subtitle A—Office of Public Integrity Sec. 511. Establishment of Office of Public Integrity. Sec. 512. Designated agency ethics officials. Subtitle B—Inspectors General Sec. 531. General supervision and removal of Inspectors General. Subtitle C—Office of Congressional Ethics Sec. 551. Definitions.
Sec. 552. The Office of Congressional Ethics. Sec. 553. Establishment of the Board of the Office of Congressional Ethics. Sec. 554. Duties and Powers of the Office and the Board. Sec. 555. Review process of submissions. Sec. 556. Personnel matters. Sec. 557. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 558. Conforming amendments and rules of construction. Subtitle D—Applicability Sec. 571. Applicability. TITLE VI—Transparency and Government Records Subtitle A—Transparency for Federal Personnel and Candidates for Federal Office Sec. 601.
Categories relating to the amount or value of certain income. Sec. 602. Disclosure of personal income tax returns by Presidents, Vice Presidents, Members of Congress, and certain candidates. Sec. 603. Transparency relating to candidates for Federal office and Members of Congress. Subtitle B—Think Tank, Nonprofit, and Advocate Transparency Sec. 611. Amendments to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. Sec. 612. Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Subtitle C—Strengthening FOIA Enforcement Sec. 621.
Strengthening FOIA enforcement. Sec. 622. Exemptions from disclosure. Sec. 623. Public interest balancing test. Sec. 624. Affirmative disclosure of agency records on website. Sec. 625. Applicability. Subtitle D—Federal Contractor Transparency Sec. 631. Expanding applicability of the Freedom of Information Act to Federal contractors. Sec. 632. Public disclosure by large contractors. Subtitle E—Congressional Transparency Sec. 641. Increased transparency of committee work. Sec. 642.
Increased transparency of recorded votes. Sec. 643. Increased transparency of appropriations bills. TITLE VII—Campaign Finance Reforms Subtitle A—Requirements relating to preventing conflicts of interest Part I—Requirements relating to registered lobbyists and government contractors Sec. 701. Requirements relating to registered lobbyists. Sec. 702. Disclosure of political spending by government contractors. Sec. 703. Repeal of restriction of use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations.
Sec. 704. Repeal of revenue procedure that eliminated requirement to report information regarding contributors to certain tax-exempt organizations. Part II—Requirements relating to corporations Sec. 711. Banning corporations from fundraising. Sec. 712. Banning contributions to Members of Congress from corporations under the jurisdiction of their committees. Sec. 713. Corporate PAC ban. Sec. 714. Disclosure of campaign-related disbursements. Part III—Requirements relating to foreign nationals Sec. 721.
Banning foreign-owned and partially foreign-owned corporations from spending on United States elections. PART IV—Additional requirements SUBPART A—Campaign Finance Sec. 731. Clarification on treatment of information used to influence an election for Federal office as a contribution; clarification regarding purpose of influencing an election for Federal office. Sec. 732. Prohibition on super PAC-candidate coordination. Sec. 733. Disclosure of major donors, bundlers, and finance events in Presidential campaigns.
Sec. 734. Lowering contribution limits; repeal of special contribution limits for contributions to national parties for certain purposes. Sec. 735. Restrictions on testing the waters. Sec. 736. Personal use ban for leadership PACS. Sec. 737. Prohibition on joint fundraising committees. SUBPART B—Prohibition on the appointment of big donor ambassadors and chiefs of mission Sec. 738. Prohibition on the appointment of big donor ambassadors and chiefs of mission. Subtitle B—Strengthening Oversight of Online Political Advertising Sec. 741.
Expansion of definition of public communication. Sec. 742. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. Sec. 743. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. Sec. 744. Political record requirements for online platforms. Sec. 745. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign nationals in the form of online advertising. Subtitle C—Public Financing Part I—Small Dollar Financing of Senate Election Campaigns Sec. 751.
Eligibility requirements and benefits of fair elections financing of Senate election campaigns. Sec. 752. Exception to limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Sec. 753. Assessments against fines and penalties. Part II—Presidential Elections SUBPART A—Primary Elections Sec. 761. Increase in and modifications to matching payments. Sec. 762. Eligibility requirements for matching payments. Sec. 763. Repeal of expenditure limitations.
Sec. 764. Period of availability of matching payments. Sec. 765. Examination and audits of matchable contributions. Sec. 766. Modification to limitation on contributions for Presidential primary candidates. Sec. 767. Use of Freedom From Influence Fund as source of payments. SUBPART B—General Elections Sec. 771. Modification of eligibility requirements for public financing. Sec. 772. Repeal of expenditure limitations and use of qualified campaign contributions. Sec. 773. Matching payments and other modifications to payment amounts.
Sec. 774. Increase in limit on coordinated party expenditures. Sec. 775. Establishment of uniform date for release of payments. Sec. 776. Amounts in Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Sec. 777. Use of general election payments for general election legal and accounting compliance. Sec. 778. Use of Freedom From Influence Fund as source of payments. SUBPART C—Presidential nominating conventions Sec. 779. Payments for Presidential nominating conventions. SUBPART D—Effective Date Sec. 779A.
Effective date. Subtitle D—Enhancing FEC Enforcement Sec. 781. Membership of Federal Election Commission. Sec. 782. Assignment of powers to Chair of Federal Election Commission. Sec. 783. Revision to enforcement process. Sec. 784. Permitting appearance at hearings on requests for advisory opinions by persons opposing the requests. Sec. 785. Permanent extension of administrative penalty authority. Sec. 786. Requiring forms to permit use of accent marks. Sec. 787. Restrictions on ex parte communications.
Sec. 788. Clarifying authority of FEC attorneys to represent FEC in Supreme Court. Sec. 789. Effective date; transition. Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Sec. 791. Comptroller general report and briefing on campaign donations by nominees before the Senate. Sec. 792. Effective date. Sec. 793. Severability.
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