,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ag1 #bjag,mr4  
,espaillat 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,cohen1   
and ,mr4 ,mc,govern7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,ethics in ,government ,act of
 #aigh to require the ,president to     
place any financial conflicts of        
interest into a blind trust1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,drain the     
,swamp and the ,president's ,assets     
,act4  #b4 ,placement of ,president's   
financial conflicts of interest into    
blind trust  7a7 ,in general ,title ,i  
of the ,ethics in ,government ,act of   
#aigh 7,public ,law #ie-eba7 is amended 
by inserting after section #aaa the     
following3  #aab4 ,the ,president3      
placement of financial conflicts of     
interest into blind trust  7a7 ,in      
general ,beginning on the date that is  

#cj days after the date that the        
,president first assumes office1 the    
,president may not hold any asset that  
would otherwise be considered a         
disqualifying financial interest under  
section #bjh of title #ah1 ,united      
,states ,code1 if the ,president were   
subject to such section4  7b7 ,blind    
trust  7#a7 ,in general ,the ,president 
may place any asset covered by          
subsection 7a7 into a blind trust 7as   
that term is defined in section         
#ajb7;f77#c774  7#b7 ,divestiture ,not  
later than #cj days after any such asset
 is placed in a blind trust1 the trustee
 or other entity who is involved in the 
management or control of the blind trust
 shall divest the blind trust of such   
asset4  4  7b7 ,application ,the        
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to any ,president assuming office 
on or after the date of enactment of    
this ,act4  #c4 ,violations ,a violation
 of the amendment made by this ,act     
shall constitute a high crime and       

misdemeanor for the purposes of article 
,,ii1 section #d of the ,constitution of
 the ,united ,states4