Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents
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This Act is organized into divisions as follows: Division A—Preventing Abuses of Presidential Power. Division B—Restoring Checks and Balances, Accountability, and Transparency. Division C—Miscellaneous. Division D—Severability. The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Division A—Preventing Abuses of Presidential Power Title I—Abuse of the Pardon Power Prevention Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102.
Congressional oversight relating to certain pardons. Sec. 103. Bribery in connection with pardons and commutations. Sec. 104. Prohibition on presidential self-pardon. Title II—Ensuring No President Is Above the Law Sec. 201. Short title. Sec. 202. Tolling of statute of limitations. Sec. 203. Contracts by the President, the Vice President, or a Cabinet member. Sec. 204. Forfeiture of benefits for former Presidents convicted of a felony. Title III—Enforcement Of The Foreign And Domestic Emoluments Clauses Of The Constitution Sec. 301.
Short title. Sec. 302. Definitions. Sec. 303. Prohibition on acceptance of foreign and domestic emoluments. Sec. 304. Civil actions by Congress concerning foreign emoluments. Sec. 305. Disclosures concerning foreign and domestic emoluments. Sec. 306. Enforcement authority of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 307. Jurisdiction of the Office of Special Counsel. Sec. 308. Rulemaking for ethics requirements for legal expense funds. Sec. 309. Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disbursements by, inaugural committees.
Division B—Restoring Checks and Balances, Accountability, and Transparency Title IV—Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas Sec. 401. Short title. Sec. 402. Findings. Sec. 403. Enforcement of congressional subpoenas. Sec. 404. Compliance with congressional subpoenas. Sec. 405. Rule of construction. Sec. 406. Enforcement of requests for information from certain committees of Congress. Title V—Reasserting Congressional Power of the Purse Sec. 500. Short title. Subtitle A—Strengthening Congressional Control and Review To Prevent Impoundment Sec. 501.
Strengthening congressional control. Sec. 502. Strengthening congressional review. Sec. 503. Updated authorities for and reporting by the Comptroller General. Sec. 504. Advance congressional notification and litigation. Sec. 505. Penalties for failure to comply with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Subtitle B—Strengthening Transparency and Reporting Part 1—Funds Management and Reporting to the Congress Sec. 511. Expired balance reporting in the President’s budget. Sec. 512.
Cancelled balance reporting in the President’s budget. Sec. 513. Lapse in appropriations—reporting in the President’s budget. Sec. 514. Transfer and other repurposing authority reporting in the President’s budget. Sec. 515. Authorizing cancellations in indefinite accounts by appropriation. Part 2—Empowering Congressional Review Through Nonpartisan Congressional Agencies and Transparency Initiatives Sec. 521. Requirement to respond to requests for information from the Comptroller General for budget and appropriations law decisions.
Sec. 522. Reporting requirements for Antideficiency Act violations. Sec. 523. Department of Justice reporting to Congress for Antideficiency Act violations. Sec. 524. Publication of budget or appropriations law opinions of the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel. Sec. 525. Treatment of requests for information from Members of Congress. Subtitle C—Strengthening Congressional Role in and Oversight of Emergency Declarations and Designations Sec. 531. Improving checks and balances on the use of the National Emergencies Act.
Sec. 532. National Emergencies Act declaration spending reporting in the President’s budget. Sec. 533. Disclosure to Congress of presidential emergency action documents. Sec. 534. Congressional designations. Title VI—Security From Political Interference in Justice Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Definitions. Sec. 603. Communications logs. Sec. 604. Rule of construction. Title VII—Protecting Whistleblowers Subtitle A—Whistleblower Protection Improvement Sec. 701. Short title.
Sec. 702. Additional whistleblower protections. Sec. 703. Enhancement of whistleblower protections. Sec. 704. Classifying certain furloughs as adverse personnel actions. Sec. 705. Codification of protections for disclosures of censorship related to research, analysis, or technical information. Sec. 706. Title 5 technical and conforming amendments. Subtitle B—Whistleblowers of the Intelligence Community Sec. 711. Limitation on sharing of intelligence community whistleblower complaints with persons named in such complaints.
Sec. 712. Disclosures to Congress. Sec. 713. Prohibition against disclosure of whistleblower identity as reprisal against whistleblower disclosure by employees and contractors in intelligence community. Title VIII—Accountability for Acting Officials Sec. 801. Short title. Sec. 802. Clarification of Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998. Title IX—Strengthening Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties Subtitle A—Strengthening Hatch Act Enforcement and Penalties Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Strengthening Hatch Act enforcement and penalties against political appointees. Sec. 903. Including Executive Office of the President under limitation on nepotism in the civil service. Sec. 904. Disclosure of Hatch Act investigations for certain political employees. Sec. 905. Clarification on candidates visiting Federal property. Sec. 906. Applying Hatch Act to President and Vice President while on Federal property. Sec. 907. Granting the Office of Special Counsel rulemaking authority.
Sec. 908. Greater accountability for political appointees. Sec. 909. Investigating former political employees. Sec. 910. GAO review of reimbursable political events. Subtitle B—Strengthening Ethics Enforcement and Penalties for Federal Executive Employees Sec. 911. Definitions. Sec. 912. Ethics pledge. Sec. 913. Waivers. Sec. 914. Administration. Sec. 915. Enforcement. Sec. 916. General provisions. Title X—Presidential and Vice Presidential Tax Transparency Sec. 1001. Presidential and Vice Presidential tax transparency.
Division C—Miscellaneous Title XI—Reporting Foreign Interference in Elections Sec. 1101. Federal campaign reporting of foreign contacts. Sec. 1102. Federal campaign foreign contact reporting compliance system. Sec. 1103. Criminal penalties. Sec. 1104. Report to congressional intelligence committees. Sec. 1105. Rule of construction. Title XII—Eliminating Foreign Interference in Elections Sec. 1201. Clarification of application of foreign money ban. Sec. 1202. Requiring acknowledgment of foreign money ban by political committees.
Sec. 1203. Prohibition on contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda. Title XIII—Honest Ads Sec. 1301. Short title. Sec. 1302. Purpose. Sec. 1303. Sense of Congress. Sec. 1304. Expansion of definition of public communication. Sec. 1305. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. Sec. 1306. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. Sec. 1307. Political record requirements for online platforms.
Sec. 1308. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign nationals in the form of online advertising. Sec. 1309. Requiring online platforms to display notices identifying sponsors of political advertisements and to ensure notices continue to be present when advertisements are shared. Title XIV—Preventing a Patronage System Sec. 1401. Short title. Sec. 1402. Limitations on excepting positions from competitive service and transferring positions.
Title XV—Use of Federal Property; Visitor Records Sec. 1501. Prohibition on use of Federal property for political conventions. Sec. 1502. Improving access to influential visitor access records. Division D—Severability Title XVI—Severability Sec. 1601. Severability.