H.R. 2678: ETHICS Act of 2017
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H.R. 2678: ETHICS Act of 2017
115th Congress · introduced 2017-05-25 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2017-05-25 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
ETHICS Act of 2017
Plain summary
Ensuring Trust and Honorability in Congressional Standards Act of 2017 or the ETHICS Act of 2017 This bill requires the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives to conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members, officers, and employees of the House. A Member, officer, or employee who serves in or is employed by the House, during each session of Congress, must complete a committee program by the last day of the session, except that: an individual who did not serve or who was not employed in the previous session of Congress, or whose service or employment begins after the first day of the session, must complete the program within 60 days after that service or employment begins; and during the session in which this bill is enacted into law, each Member, officer, and employee must complete the program by the last day of the session or 60 days after enactment, whichever occurs earlier.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] · 23 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Jim Costa (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Scott H. Peters (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr2678.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>
Record fed-us-cong115-hr2678 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115