HR 6844 United States House · 117th Congress

Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act

Summary

Restoring Trust in Public Servants Act This bill prohibits a public official or the spouse or dependent of a public official from owning or trading a covered investment. Any official who violates the prohibition is subject to a civil fine equal to the official's salary for each month that the official is in violation. The bill also prohibits Members of Congress from receiving any outside income or having any outside employment while in office. Further, the bill revises post-employment lobbying restrictions on former Members of Congress. Specifically, it makes permanent the post-employment lobbying ban on a former Member of the Senate (currently, two years) or a former Member of the House of Representatives (currently, one year).

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2022

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Introduced Feb 25, 2022 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Committee

Nov 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.

lower

Feb 25, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Agriculture, Oversight and Reform, House Administration, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

lower

Feb 25, 2022

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Introduced in House

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