,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjbg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #b1 #bjai,mr4 
,espaillat introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,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#e       
,u4,s4,c4 ,app4 #aja et seq47 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