H.R. 1388: CLEAN Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-07 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-07 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

CLEAN Act

Plain summary

Clean Legislating and Ethical Accountability Now Act or the CLEAN Act This bill enacts H.Res. 895, 110th Congress (establishing the Office of Congressional Ethics [OCE]) into permanent law, except that: the OCE shall be treated as a standing House committee for purposes of procuring the temporary or intermittent services of individual consultants or organizations to study or advise the OCE on matters within its jurisdiction or on its administration of affairs, references to the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct shall be construed to be references to the House Committee on Ethics, the prohibition on members of the OCE board serving more than four consecutive Congresses shall not apply, individuals appointed for the remainder of a Congress may be reappointed for a second additional term of two Congresses, individuals who are subjects of a preliminary review or second-phase review by the board shall be informed of the right to be represented by counsel, and invoking that right should not be held negatively against them, the OCE may not take actions that would deny persons rights or protection provided under the Constitution; and the OCE shall have the same subpoena power as a House standing committee.

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Official text

CLEAN Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. O'Halleran, Tom [D-AZ-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1388.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1388 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115