To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1020 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with foreign entities, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 6, 2019 Mr. POSEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of Congress to disclose business ties with for- eign entities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS OF 3 BUSINESS TIES WITH FOREIGN ENTITIES. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102 of the Ethics in Gov- 5 ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 102) is amended by 6 adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(j) Any report filed pursuant to section 101(d) by 8 a Member of Congress shall include the disclosure of any 9 business ties the Member or any member of the Member’s 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1020.IH H1020 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1020 IH immediate family has (if any) with a foreign entity. If a 1 Member of Congress makes an affirmative disclosure of 2 any such ties, the Member shall include information detail- 3 ing the nature of the business tie and foreign entity.’’. 4 (b) APPLICATION.—The amendment made by sub- 5 section (a) shall apply to any report filed pursuant to sec- 6 tion 101(d) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 7 U.S.C. App. 101(d)) after the date of enactment of this 8 Act. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:33 Feb 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1020.IH H1020 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS