SEER Act of 2025
House Committee Reviews SEER Act to Tighten Ethics Rules for Special Government Employees
Stalled
No legislative action in over 90 days.
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Makes it harder to use “special Government employee” status without proper paperwork and clearer limits on what counts as a conflict.
- Tightens conflict-of-interest rules for certain special Government employees, especially those not on advisory committees or who lead them.
- Requires the government to publicly post conflict-of-interest waivers for these workers in a searchable online database within 14 days.
- Bars certain special Government employees from contacting agencies about matters involving large companies they own or help run, when those agencies regulate or contract with the company.
- Creates a public online database listing these special Government employees, how many days they’ve served, and why they weren’t hired as regular employees.
Impact Analysis
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Milestones
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Sen. Warren Introduces Bill to Tighten Ethics Rules for Special Government Employees
The SGE Ethics Enforcement & Reform Act of 2025, or SEER Act, targets concerns over temporary federal employees. It requires the Office of Government Ethics to concur before any conflict-of-interest waiver is granted and mandates a public database.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
SEER Act of 2025
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