H.R. 8362: To require senior officials to report payments received from the Federal Government and to improve the filing and disclosure of financial disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, and very senior employees.

H.R. 8362: To require senior officials to report payments received from the Federal Government and to improve the filing and disclosure of financial disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, and very senior employees.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-09-23 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 2020-09-23 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To require senior officials to report payments received from the Federal Government and to improve the filing and disclosure of financial disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, and very senior employees.

Plain summary

This bill requires senior government officials to report certain payments received from the federal government by the officials or certain immediate family members, and it revises availability requirements for certain financial disclosures. Specifically, the bill requires senior government officials, including the President, Members of Congress, and certain government employees, to file a report of certain payments made or promised to be made by the federal government (e.g., loan agreements, contracts, and grants). This report must include (1) an identification of the type of payment or thing of value applied for or received, (2) the name of the recipient and the recipient's relation to the person required to file the report, (3) the dates of the application for and receipt of the payment or thing of value, and (4) the amount of the payment or thing of value. Further, the bill requires that certain financial disclosure reports that must be filed by senior government officials be available in a manner that (1) allows the public to search, sort, and download report data using specified criteria; (2) allows access through an application programming interface (i.e., a mobile application); and (3) complies fully with accessibility guidelines for online content.

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To require senior officials to report payments received from the Federal Government and to improve the filing and disclosure of financial disclosures by Members of Congress, congressional staff, and very senior employees.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-45] · 14 cosponsors

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Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Brad Sherman (D-CA)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr8362.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr8362 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116