Ethics Rules: Recusal for Former Employers
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This bill is highly partisan and uses a provocative name that will likely prevent it from getting support from the other party. It is currently sitting in a committee where most bills do not move forward.
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Executive branch officers and employees who worked for, consulted for, or competed with a private company within the past 4 years would have to step aside from any government matter affecting that company's financial interests. This closes a loophole that let recent hires from industry make decisions that could benefit their old employers or business ties.
“organization for which he, during the 4-year period preceding such participation, served as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, employee, or direct competitor”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Stop MUSK Act
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