House Committee on Ethics
Enforces the House code of conduct and investigates possible violations by members and staff. It also gives ethics advice and training, oversees gift and financial disclosure rules and has five members from each party.
Enforces the House code of conduct and investigates members and staff. Also gives ethics advice and has five members from each party.
WHAT IT DECIDES
Code of conductInvestigationsEthics adviceGift rulesFinancial disclosureEthics training
Code of conductInvestigationsEthics adviceGift rulesFinancial disclosureEthics training
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS
15 bills sent here. 1 came out.15 bills in. 1 came out.
REFERRED15
CAME OUT6.7%1
PASSED THE HOUSE100%1
BECAME LAW0%0
6.7% came out, against a House average of 10%.
REFERRED
15
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
1
6.7% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE HOUSE
1
100% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
0
0% OF PREVIOUS
Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full House passed it.
AFTER THEY LEFT COMMITTEEON THE FLOOR
Breaking the Gridlock Act230–196PASSED230–196Rule for Breaking the Gridlock Act224–202AGREED TO224–202BILLS WAITING HERE · 14
What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet
H.R. 9821 · SENT JUL 210 COSPONSORSH.R. 9821SENT JUL 21Shared Values ActTL;DR Federal policy covers programs ranging from local food and health services to taxes and government operations. The Shared Values Act would change rules and funding across those areas, including support for nursing programs and farmers' markets, continued CDC climate-health work, and new requirements for agencies and some state grant recipients. It would also address veterans' contraceptive supplies, family leave, and other topics.Lauren UnderwoodD-IL-14Lauren UnderwoodD-IL-140 COSPONSORSH.R. 9586 · SENT JUL 20 COSPONSORSH.R. 9586SENT JUL 2Delivering Priority Legislation ActTL;DR Federal laws shape access to research programs, outdoor activities, workplace leave, housing finance, and tax benefits. The bill would change rules in those areas, establish a nuclear-forensics center, and add national-security, election, and House-governance provisions. It also provides additional appropriations for several federal programs.Jim McGovernD-MA-2Jim McGovernD-MA-20 COSPONSORSH.R. 9358 · SENT JUN 180 COSPONSORSH.R. 9358SENT JUN 18Improving the Lives of the American People ActTL;DR Federal rules shape paid time off, public officials’ financial interests, energy policy, health coverage, and other areas of daily life. The bill would set a federal paid-leave minimum and restrict certain investments by elected officials and their families. It would also change clean-energy tax credits, Medicare coverage, military and veterans’ pay, and a range of other federal policies.Seth MagazinerD-RI-2Seth MagazinerD-RI-20 COSPONSORSH.R. 7315 · SENT FEB 20 COSPONSORSH.R. 7315SENT FEB 2Advancing Policy Priorities ActTL;DR Retirement plans and federal benefits shape how workers save and what benefits they can receive. The bill would revise retirement-plan rules and incentives, change retirement treatment for certain workers injured on duty, and expand apprenticeship information for service members and veterans. It also addresses livestock reporting and other policy areas.Seth MagazinerD-RI-2Seth MagazinerD-RI-20 COSPONSORSH.R. 7314 · SENT FEB 20 COSPONSORSH.R. 7314SENT FEB 2Advancing Commonsense Policies ActTL;DR Retirement plans and other federal programs operate under detailed rules that affect workers, employers, and agencies. The bill would change workplace retirement-plan enrollment, tax credits, and savings rules, and would adjust retirement treatment for certain federal workers injured on duty. It also covers veterans’ apprenticeships, livestock reporting, and several other policy areas.Seth MagazinerD-RI-2Seth MagazinerD-RI-20 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 10
In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line
REPUBLICANS5 SEATS
1Michael GuestMS-3CHAIR2Andrew R. GarbarinoNY-23Ashley HinsonIA-2RUNNING FOR SENATE4Nathaniel MoranTX-15Brad KnottNC-13DEMOCRATS5 SEATS
1Mark DeSaulnierCA-10RANKING2Deborah K. RossNC-23Glenn IveyMD-44Sylvia R. GarciaTX-295Suhas SubramanyamVA-10WHERE THEY’RE FROM8 STATES
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Darker means more members. North Carolina and Texas have the most, with 2 each.
WHAT IT HANDLES
Mostly government operations
Government operations853%
Taxes427%
Congress itself320%
ITS BILLS IN THE NEWSMOST COVERED
H.R. 1834 · PASSED A CHAMBERBreaking the Gridlock ActITS BILLS IN THE NEWS
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS
When it meets
2
hearings this Congress
0
markups
A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.
Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.
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