#aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #ebgg  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend section
 #ddb of title #ah1 ,united ,states     
,code1 to exempt certain interests in   
mutual funds1 unit investment trusts1   
employee benefit plans1 and retirement  
plans from conflict of interest         
limitations for the ,government         
,publishing ,office4  #a4 ,government   
,publishing ,office  7a7 ,in general    
,section #ddb of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended to read as    
follows3  #ddb4 ,government ,publishing 
,office  7a7 ,definitions ,in this      
section--  7#a7 the terms diversified1  
employee benefit plan1 holdings1 mutual 
fund1 and unit investment trust have the
 meanings given those terms under       
section #bfdj4ajb of title #e1 ,code of 
,federal ,regulations1 or any successor 
thereto2 and  7#b7 the term             
printing-related interest means an      
interest1 direct or indirect1 in--  7,a7
 the publication of any newspaper or    
periodical2  7,b7 any printing1 binding1

 engraving1 or lithographing of any     
kind2 or  7,c7 any contract for         
furnishing paper or other material      
connected with the public printing1     
binding1 lithographing1 or engraving4   
7b7 ,offense  7#a7 ,in general ,except  
as provided in paragraph 7#b71 the      
,director of the ,government ,publishing
 ,office1 ,deputy ,director of the      
,government ,publishing ,office1 nor any
 of their assistants as determined by   
the ,director of the ,government        
,publishing ,office shall not1 during   
his or her continuance in office1 have  
any printing-related interest4  7#b7    
,exception for mutual funds1 unit       
investment trusts1 employee benefit     
plans1 and retirement plans ,it shall   
not be a violation of paragraph 7#a7 for
 an individual who is described in such 
paragraph to have an interest in a      
diversified mutual fund1 diversified    
unit investment trust1 employee benefit 
plan1 investment fund under the ,thrift 
,savings ,plan under subchapter ,,iii of

 chapter #hd of title #e1 or pension    
plan established or maintained by a     
,state government or any political      
subdivision of a ,state government for  
its employees that has #a or more       
holdings that are printing-related      
interests if the fund1 trust1 or plan   
does not exhibit a practice of          
concentrating in printing-related       
interests4  7#c7 ,authority of          
supervising ethics office ,the          
supervising ethics office for the       
,government ,publishing ,office under   
the ,ethics in ,government ,act of #aigh
 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app47 shall have the    
authority to issue rules and promulgate 
regulations governing the implementation
 of this subsection4  7c7 ,penalty      
,whoever violates subsection 7b77#a7    
shall be fined under this title1        
imprisoned for not more than #a year1 or
 both4  4  7b7 ,technical and conforming
 amendment ,the table of sections for   
chapter #bc of title #ah1 ,united       
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   

the item relating to section #ddb and   
inserting the following3  #ddb4         
,government ,publishing ,office4  4     
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,december #c1 #bjai4;,clerk4