[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6644 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6644

  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of 
Congress to include information on the value of any personal residence 
 and on the balance of any mortgage secured by a personal residence in 
the annual financial disclosure reports required to be filed under such 
                                  Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2008

 Mr. Moran of Kansas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require Members of 
Congress to include information on the value of any personal residence 
 and on the balance of any mortgage secured by a personal residence in 
the annual financial disclosure reports required to be filed under such 
                                  Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. INCLUSION OF INFORMATION ON PERSONAL RESIDENCES IN ANNUAL 
              FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS FILED BY MEMBERS OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) Inclusion of Information.--
            (1) Amounts owed on mortgage.--Section 102(a)(4)(A) of the 
        Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 102(a)(4)(A)) 
        is amended by striking ``any mortgage'' and inserting ``in the 
        case of a reporting individual who is not a Member of Congress, 
        any mortgage''.
            (2) Value of property.--Section 102(a)(5)(A) of such Act (5 
        U.S.C. App. 102(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking ``his spouse'' 
        and inserting ``his spouse in the case of a reporting 
        individual who is not a Member of Congress''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to reports required to be filed under section 101 of 
the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 on or after January 1, 2009.
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