SEER Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on conflicts of interest among special Government employees who hold high-level positions, requires tightened conflict-of-interest rules for non-advisory-committee SGEs by requiring SF-50 designation, expanding particular-matter scope to discrete components, requiring OGE concurrence for waivers, and requires prohibition on SGE communications with agencies that contract with, regulate, or have enforcement actions against large companies owned by or employing the SGE. It relies on compliance mandates, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Labor.
Who Benefits and How
Public accountability could face reduced risk, Public seeking transparency on SGE financial interests could face reduced risk, and Public accountability and transparency could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Office of Government Ethics would take on compliance duties, Special Government employees serving beyond 60-day threshold would take on compliance duties, and Special Government employees affiliated with large companies could face higher barriers.
Key Provisions
- Creates congressional findings on conflicts of interest among special Government employees who hold high-level positions.
- Requires tightened conflict-of-interest rules for non-advisory-committee SGEs by requiring SF-50 designation, expanding particular-matter scope to discrete components, requiring OGE concurrence for waivers...
- Requires prohibition on SGE communications with agencies that contract with, regulate, or have enforcement actions against large companies owned by or employing the SGE.
- Requires public financial disclosure for non-advisory-committee SGEs and SGE chairs/vice-chairs of advisory committees, except for low-level (GS-9 and below) closely supervised positions; agency ethics officers must...
- Requires extends STOCK Act online disclosure requirements to executive branch SGEs who are not on advisory committees or serve as chair/vice-chair, excluding low-level closely supervised positions.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill creates congressional findings on conflicts of interest among special Government employees who hold high-level positions, requires tightened conflict-of-interest rules for non-advisory-committee SGEs by requiring SF-50 designation, expanding particular-matter scope to discrete components, requiring OGE concurrence for waivers, and requires prohibition on SGE communications with agencies that contract with, regulate, or have enforcement actions against large companies owned by or employing the SGE.
Key Policy Areas
Labor
Primary Purpose
The bill creates congressional findings on conflicts of interest among special Government employees who hold high-level positions, requires tightened conflict-of-interest rules for non-advisory-committee SGEs by requiring SF-50 designation, expanding particular-matter scope to discrete components, requiring OGE concurrence for waivers, and requires prohibition on SGE communications with agencies that contract with, regulate, or have enforcement actions against large companies owned by or employing the SGE.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- Public accountability
- Public seeking transparency on SGE financial interests
- Public accountability and transparency
Identified Costs
- Office of Government Ethics
- Special Government employees serving beyond 60-day threshold
- Special Government employees affiliated with large companies
- High-level special Government employees
- Special Government employees not on advisory committees
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Stansbury (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McCollum, …
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Executive branch special Government employees, High-level special Government employees, SGE chairs and vice chairs of advisory committees
Public accountability, Public accountability and transparency, Public seeking transparency on SGE financial interests
Agency ethics officers, Office of Government Ethics
Large companies (>B market cap or >M federal revenue)
Executive branch agencies relying on long-term SGE arrangements
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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