S-5070 : Still Just a Bill

Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act

This bill addresses issues of corruption and public integrity, campaign reform, and ethics in government.

Specifically, the bill

• prohibits members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, federal judges, and other senior government officials from owning and trading individual stock or serving on corporate boards;
• institutes a lifetime ban on lobbying by former members of Congress, Presidents, and agency heads;
• requires disclosure of funding or editorial conflicts of interest in rulemaking and establishes an Office of the Public Advocate;
• requires the Supreme Court to follow the ethics rules for all other federal judges and encourages diversity on the federal bench;
• creates a new, independent anti-corruption agency dedicated to enforcing federal ethics laws;
• requires elected officials and candidates for federal office to disclose more financial and tax information and requires increased disclosure of corporate money behind lobbying; and
• makes changes to the Federal Election Commission.