No Corporate Crooks Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The No Corporate Crooks Act creates an executive-branch eligibility rule tied to prior corporate leadership and criminal convictions. Any person who served or was employed as a chief executive officer at an entity and was finally convicted of a covered crime becomes ineligible for appointment to an executive-branch position. Covered crimes include bribery, copyright infringement, corruption, cybercrime, embezzlement, fraud, insider trading, wage theft, and tax evasion. If an individual is found to violate the section, the individual must be removed from service or employment in the executive branch. The bill therefore treats certain CEO-level corporate misconduct as disqualifying for federal executive service.
Who Benefits and How
Government ethics advocates benefit from a bright-line disqualification for convicted former CEOs seeking executive-branch appointments. Workers affected by wage theft benefit symbolically because wage theft is listed with fraud, bribery, insider trading, and tax evasion. Executive-branch vetting offices benefit from an explicit list of covered crimes to screen against. Public integrity watchdogs benefit from mandatory removal if a covered person is serving in violation of the rule.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Former CEOs convicted of covered crimes lose eligibility for executive-branch appointment. Executive-branch agencies must remove covered individuals found to be serving in violation of the rule. Presidential personnel staff must screen appointees for final convictions and CEO employment history. Corporate executives with past convictions face reputational and employment consequences beyond the criminal sentence.
Key Provisions
- Bars executive-branch appointment for former CEOs finally convicted of covered crimes.
- Defines covered crimes to include bribery, corruption, cybercrime, embezzlement, fraud, insider trading, wage theft, and tax evasion.
- Requires removal from executive-branch service or employment for violations.
- Creates a corporate-accountability screen for federal appointments.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes any former chief executive officer of an entity who was finally convicted of bribery, copyright infringement, corruption, cybercrime, embezzlement, fraud, insider trading, wage theft, or tax evasion ineligible for executive-branch appointment, and requires removal if such an individual is serving in violation of the rule.
Key Policy Areas
Government Ethics, Executive Branch, Corporate Accountability
Primary Purpose
Makes any former chief executive officer of an entity who was finally convicted of bribery, copyright infringement, corruption, cybercrime, embezzlement, fraud, insider trading, wage theft, or tax evasion ineligible for executive-branch appointment, and requires removal if such an individual is serving in violation of the rule.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Government ethics advocates
- Workers affected by wage theft
- Executive-branch vetting offices
- Public integrity watchdogs
Identified Costs
- Convicted former CEOs
- Executive-branch agencies
- Presidential personnel staff
- Corporate executives with convictions
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Deluzio (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Ryan, Mrs. Sykes, …
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Executive-branch agencies, Executive-branch vetting offices, Government ethics advocates
Positive-direction: Government ethics advocates
Negative-direction: Executive-branch agencies, Presidential personnel staff
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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