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HR 358 · in committee · significant

No Corruption in Government Act

What this bill does

  • The bill extends the waiting period before former Congress members can lobby Congress from 1-2 years to 3-6 years.
  • Congress members and their spouses are prohibited from buying or selling stocks and other financial instruments while in office.
  • Violations result in profit forfeiture, fines up to $50,000, and biennial ethics audits; automatic congressional pay raises are eliminated.

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  1. 01

    How would extending the lobbying waiting period from 1-2 years to 3-6 years affect former members' career options and retirement security?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that stock trading restrictions on Congress members and spouses would reduce conflicts of interest compared to existing disclosure requirements?

  3. 03

    Would eliminating automatic congressional pay raises combined with strict ethics enforcement make it harder to recruit qualified candidates to serve in Congress?

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Zachary Nunn

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Introduced 2025-01-13

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

  2. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

  3. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

  4. 2025-01-13 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform, 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.

  5. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  6. 2025-01-13 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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