US HB5277 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-12-05 - Became Public Law No: 116-78. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on December 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-12-05 - Became Public Law No: 116-78. (TXT | PDF)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Revises conflict-of-interest limitations for personnel at the Government Publishing Office (GPO). Current law prohibits GPO personnel from having any printing-related interest. creates an exemption for certain interests—interests in diversified mutual funds, diversified unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans—that have underlying holdings in printing-related interests.
Title
To amend section 442 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt certain interests in mutual funds, unit investment trusts, employee benefit plans, and retirement plans from conflict of interest limitations for the Government Publishing Office.
Sponsors
| Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] | Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-05 | House | Became Public Law No: 116-78. (TXT | PDF) |
| 2019-12-05 | House | Signed by President. |
| 2019-12-05 | House | Presented to President. |
| 2019-12-05 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2019-12-04 | Senate | Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6861) |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| 2019-12-03 | House | On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H9210) |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H9209-9210) |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Committee on the Judiciary discharged. |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Ms. Lofgren asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider. |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| 2019-12-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB2851 (Related) 2019-11-14 - Held at the desk.
Subjects
Books and print media
Congressional agencies
Crime and law enforcement
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
News media and reporting
Public contracts and procurement
Congressional agencies
Crime and law enforcement
Federal officials
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
News media and reporting
Public contracts and procurement
