Presidential Ethics Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 8489 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8489 To amend title 5, United States Code, to require additional ethics disclosures for the President, Vice President, and their family members, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 2024 Mr. Comer (for himself and Ms. Porter) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 5, United States Code, to require additional ethics disclosures for the President, Vice President, and their family members, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Ethics Reform Act''. SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS. (a) Additional Ethics Reporting Requirements for Presidents and Vice Presidents.--Section 13103 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection (j); (2) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: ``(i) Additional Ethics Reports for Presidents and Vice Presidents.-- ``(1) Upon entering.--Within 30 days of assuming the office of President or Vice President, an individual shall file a report containing the information described in each of subsections (j) through (m) of section 13104 with respect to the 2 years preceding the assumption of such office. ``(2) Additional annual reports.--Any individual who occupies the office of President or Vice President shall file on or before May 15 a report containing, with respect to the prior calendar year for which such individual occupies the office, the information described in eac