,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #edie  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ab1 #bjah    
,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california7         
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    
employees of the ,executive ,office of  
the ,president or the ,white ,house to  
notify the ,office of ,government       
,ethics and ,congress in each instance  
the individual is recused from a        
particular matter pursuant to section   
#bjh of title #ah1 ,united ,states      
,code1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,congressional ,oversight ,needed   
,for ,likely ,illicit and ,corrupt      
,transactions ,act4  #b4 ,notification  
of recusal  7a7 ,in general ,title ,i of
 the ,ethics in ,government ,act of     
#aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #aja et seq47 

is amended by adding after section #aaa 
the following3  #aab4 ,recusal for      
conflicts of interest  7a7 ,an officer  
or employee of the ,executive ,office of
 the ,president or the ,white ,house who
 is recused from a particular matter by 
operation of section #bjh of title #ah1 
,united ,states ,code1 shall1 not later 
than #aj business days after such       
recusal1 provide notification 7in       
writing7 of such recusal and the        
specific reasons for the recusal to--   
7#a7 the ,director of the ,office of    
,government ,ethics2  7#b7 the          
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives2 and  7#c7 the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate4  
7b7 ,with respect to any instance in    
which an officer or employee of the     
,executive ,office of the ,president or 
the ,white ,house notifies the          
designated agency ethics official of a  
future particular matter that may       

require recusal under section #bjh of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 the   
officer or employee shall provide a     
report to the entities listed in        
paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71 and 7#c7 of      
subsection 7a7 that describes-- 7#a7 the
 particular matter2  7#b7 whether the   
designated agency ethics official       
advised the officer or employee that the
 officer or employee should not         
participate in the particular matter2   
and  7#c7 whether the particular matter 
occurred4  4  7b7 ,application ,the     
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
apply to any recusal pursuant to section
 #bjh of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 occurring on or after the date of
 enactment of this ,act4