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This resolution provides amounts for the expenses of the House Committee on Ethics for the 116th Congress.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) the Budget, (2) Ethics, (3) Natural Resources, and (4) Rules. In addition, the resolution ranks a specified Member on the House Committee on Rules.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Ethics, and (2) House Administration.

This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Ethics, and (2) House Administration.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committee on Ethics.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) Ethics, (2) Natural Resources, (3) Small Business, and (4) Veterans' Affairs.

White House Ethics Transparency Act of 2019 This bill creates transparency requirements for ethics waivers (i.e., waivers from the requirement to sign an ethics pledge) issued to executive branch appointees. Specifically, such ethics waivers must be transmitted to the Office of Government Ethics and made publicly available online.

This resolution sets forth the levels of payment for 116th Congress expenses (including staff salaries) for the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) the Budget; (4) Select Committee on the Climate Crisis; (5) Education and Labor; (6) Energy and Commerce; (7) Ethics; (8) Financial Services; (9) Foreign Affairs; (10) Homeland Security; (11) House Administration; (12) Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; (13) the Judiciary; (14) Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress; (15) Natural Resources; (16) Oversight and Reform; (17) Rules; (18) Science, Space, and Technology; (19) Small Business; (20) Transportation and Infrastructure; (21) Veterans' Affairs; and (22) Ways and Means. Among other things, this resolution (1) prescribes limitations to such expenses for the 1st and 2nd sessions of the 116th Congress, and (2) establishes a reserve fund for unanticipated committee expenses for the 116th Congress.

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE). Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to * issue subpoenas during investigations; and * order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion). Additionally, the OGE shall be the central repository of all laws, rules, and regulations relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues, recusals, waivers, and exemptions of such laws, rules, and regulations. The OGE shall make available to the public all financial disclosure reports and records relating to conflicts of interest and other ethics issues that are determined to be public information. The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority.

Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act This bill establishes ethics requirements for a President-elect's transition team. The bill requires a President-elect to submit to Congress a report with a list of any individual (1) for whom an application for a security clearance was submitted, by 10 days after its submission; or (2) provided a security clearance, by 10 days after it was provided. The Federal Transition Coordinator must negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the transition representative of each eligible candidate by October 1 (currently November 1) of a year during which a presidential election occurs. Each memorandum of understanding shall include an agreement that the eligible candidate will implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition beginning on the date on which the candidate becomes the President-elect. The ethics plan shall include * a description of the ethics requirements that will apply to all transition team members; * a description of how the transition team will address the role on the team of registered lobbyists, former registered lobbyists, persons registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreign nationals, other foreign agents, and transition team members with sources of income or clients that are not disclosed to the public; * a Code of Ethical Conduct, to which each transition team member will sign and be subject to, that reflects the content of the ethics plans and that meets other specified requirements; and * a description of how the transition team will enforce the Code of Ethical Conduct.

Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act This bill establishes ethics requirements for a President-elect's transition team. The bill requires a President-elect to submit to Congress a report with a list of any individual (1) for whom an application for a security clearance was submitted, by 10 days after its submission; or (2) provided a security clearance, by 10 days after it was provided. The Federal Transition Coordinator must negotiate a memorandum of understanding with the transition representative of each eligible candidate by October 1 (currently November 1) of a year during which a presidential election occurs. Each memorandum of understanding shall include an agreement that the eligible candidate will implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition beginning on the date on which the candidate becomes the President-elect. The ethics plan shall include * a description of the ethics requirements that will apply to all transition team members; * a description of how the transition team will address the role on the team of registered lobbyists, former registered lobbyists, persons registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, foreign nationals, other foreign agents, and transition team members with sources of income or clients that are not disclosed to the public; * a Code of Ethical Conduct, to which each transition team member will sign and be subject to, that reflects the content of the ethics plans and that meets other specified requirements; and * a description of how the transition team will enforce the Code of Ethical Conduct.

Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act of 2019 This bill expands the duties and authorities of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) and reauthorizes the OGE through FY2023. Among other things, the bill authorizes the OGE to * issue subpoenas during investigations, and * order corrective actions (e.g., divestiture) and issue administrative remedies (e.g., suspension or demotion). The OGE must provide ethics education and training to all designated and alternate designated agency ethics officials, who must register with, and report to, the OGE and their appointing authority. Agency ethics officials must provide specified ethics records to the OGE in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format; such information must be published on the OGE's website.

This resolution adopts the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress. The resolution adopts the rules of the 115th Congress with amendments that include * allowing Delegates and the Resident Commissioner to vote in the Committee of the Whole; * revising annual ethics training requirements; * providing mandatory anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies for House offices; * prohibiting Members, officers, and employees of the House from serving as an officer or director of a public company; * requiring Members to pay for any discrimination settlements against them; * requiring indicted Members to step down from any committee and leadership positions until disposition of the criminal case; * reinstating certain provisions of Pay-As-You-Go rules; * providing for automatic suspension of the debt limit if the House adopts a budget resolution (Gephardt rule); * requiring committee hearings and markups on bills and joint resolutions before floor consideration; * revising the rule prohibiting a floor vote on a measure before the third day text is available to require text to be available for 72 hours before a floor vote; * excluding measures addressing the War Powers Resolution from "motions to table"; * renaming, establishing, or reauthorizing specified congressional committees, commissions, and offices; * creating a Consensus Calendar, which provides an alternative path to a floor vote for measures with 290 or more cosponsors; * permitting religious headwear in the Hall of the House; * authorizing the Speaker to intervene in litigation involving the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; * directing the Office of General Counsel to explore legal options for responding to certain rulemaking by the Department of Agriculture regarding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program requirements for able-bodied adults without dependents; * prohibiting nondisclosure agreements from requiring notice or approval for employees to communicate with certain offices or entities, including the Committee on Ethics and the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights; and * requiring each House office to prominently display a statement of the rights and protections provided to House employees. The resolution also bans (1) discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, and (2) sexual relationships between Members and committee staff. For more detailed information, seeCongressional Research Service Report R45787,House Rules Changes Affecting Floor Proceedings in the 116th Congress (2019-2020),Congressional Research Service Report R45731,House Rules Changes Affecting Committee Procedure in the 116th Congress (2019-2020), andCongressional Research Service Report R45552,Changes to House Rules Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Included in H.Res. 6 (116th Congress).

Ethics in Public Service Act This bill codifies certain provisions of an executive order requiring political appointees in the executive branch to sign an ethics pledge.

Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 This bill revises provisions regarding federal advisory committees, including to (1) require designation of committee members as special government employees or representatives, (2) apply the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to subcommittees and subgroups, and (3) require publication of certain information about advisory committees. The bill requires appointments to advisory committees to be made without regard to political affiliation or campaign activity, unless required by federal statute. Each agency, prior to appointing members to an advisory committee, must solicit nominations for potential committee members. The agency shall solicit nominations at least once every two years. The bill provides statutory authority for the designation of advisory committee members as special government employees (if they are appointed to exercise their individual best judgement) or representatives (if they are appointed to represent a nongovernment entity). Agencies may not designate committee members as representatives to avoid federal ethics rules. Each agency shall make available on its website specified information about each of the agency's advisory committees, including membership, meeting minutes, and notices of future meetings. The General Services Administration must also publish this information. The bill revises requirements for Advisory Committee Management Officers, including to require them to be senior officials with expertise in implementing FACA. The Government Accountability Office shall report on agency compliance with FACA.

Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2019 This bill revises provisions regarding federal advisory committees, including to (1) require designation of committee members as special government employees or representatives, (2) apply the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to subcommittees and subgroups, and (3) require publication of certain information about advisory committees. The bill requires appointments to advisory committees to be made without regard to political affiliation or campaign activity, unless required by federal statute. Each agency, prior to appointing members to an advisory committee, must solicit nominations for potential committee members. The agency shall solicit nominations at least once every two years. The bill provides statutory authority for the designation of advisory committee members as special government employees (if they are appointed to exercise their individual best judgement) or representatives (if they are appointed to represent a nongovernment entity). Agencies may not designate committee members as representatives to avoid federal ethics rules. Each agency shall make available on its website specified information about each of the agency's advisory committees, including membership, meeting minutes, and notices of future meetings. The General Services Administration must also publish this information. The bill revises requirements for Advisory Committee Management Officers, including to require them to be senior officials with expertise in implementing FACA. The Government Accountability Office shall report on agency compliance with FACA.

This resolution designates the majority party's membership on the Senate Select Committee on Ethics for the 116th Congress.

This resolution directs various committees of the House of Representatives to investigate whether Robert Hunter Biden's business dealings were ethical and proper given Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s role as Vice President.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committee on Administration and ranks specified Members on the House Committee on the Budget.

This concurrent resolution requires supervisors of congressional employees who receive outside compensation for their congressional work to report to congressional ethics committees on that compensation.

This resolution elects specified Members to the House Committees on (1) Armed Services, and (2) Transportation and Infrastructure. In addition, the resolution ranks specified Members on the House Committees on (1) Science, Space, and Technology; and (2) Veterans Affairs.