,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cia  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #i1         
#bjai,mr4 ,lynch 7for himself and ,mr4  
,cummings7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to provide transparency       
regarding waivers granted to individuals
 from the ethics requirements of        
,executive ,order #acggj or any         
subsequent similar order1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,white ,house       
,ethics ,transparency ,act of #bjai4    
#b4 ,procedure for waivers and          
authorizations relating to ethics       
requirements  7a7 ,in general           
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 not later than #cj days after an   
officer or employee issues or approves a
 waiver or authorization pursuant to    
section #c of ,executive ,order #acggj  
7#hb ,fed4 ,reg4 #iccc71 or any         
subsequent similar order1 such officer  

or employee shall--  7#a7 transmit a    
written copy of such waiver or          
authorization to the ,director of the   
,office of ,government ,ethics2 and     
7#b7 make a written copy of such waiver 
or authorization available to the public
 on the website of the employing agency 
of the covered employee4  7b7           
,retroactive application ,in the case of
 a waiver or authorization described in 
subsection 7a7 issued during the period 
beginning on ,january #bj1 #bjag1 and   
ending on the date of enactment of this 
,act1 the issuing officer or employee of
 such waiver or authorization shall     
comply with the requirements of         
paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7 of such        
subsection not later than #cj days after
 the date of enactment of this ,act4    
7c7 ,office of ,government ,ethics      
public availability ,not later than #ad 
days after receiving a written copy of a
 waiver or authorization under          
subsection 7a77#a71 the ,director of the
 ,office of ,government ,ethics shall   

make such waiver or authorization       
available to the public on the website  
of the ,office of ,government ,ethics4  
7d7 ,definition of covered employee ,in 
this section1 the term covered          
employee-- 7#a7 means a full-time1      
non-career ,presidential or ,vice       
,presidential appointee1 non-career     
appointee in the ,senior ,executive     
,service 7or other ,,ses-type system71  
or an appointee to a position that has  
been excepted from the competitive      
service by reason of being of a         
confidential or policymaking character  
7,schedule ,c and other positions       
excepted under comparable criteria7 in  
an executive agency2 and  7#b7 does not 
include any individual appointed as a   
member of the ,senior ,foreign ,service 
or solely as a uniformed service        
commissioned officer4