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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Dec 1, 2011
Amends Rule XXIII (Code of Official Conduct) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (Member) to place into a blind trust all securities, commodities for future delivery, security-based swaps, or swaps that are transacted on or through the facilities of a national securities exchange or from or through a broker or dealer, unless the Member files with the Clerk of the House a specified detailed disclosure report of all such transactions within five business days after the last day of a calendar month in which a transaction is completed.
Requires the Clerk to make available to the public a detailed summary of each such disclosure report.
Prohibits a Member or officer or employee of the House from purchasing or selling a security, commodity for future delivery, security-based swap, or swap, on or through the facilities of a national securities exchange or from or through a broker or dealer, while in possession of material, nonpublic information obtained by reason of employment in the House.
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Rep. Canseco, Francisco "Quico" [R-TX-23] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Ethics.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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