For the People Act of 2021 (H.R. 1; 117th Congress)/Division C/Title VIII/Subtitle F

SEC. 8051. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the “Transition Team Ethics Improvement Act”.

SEC. 8052. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ETHICS PROGRAMS.
The Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended—
 * (1) in section 3(f), by adding at the end the following:
 * “(3) Not later than 10 days after submitting an application for a security clearance for any individual, and not later than 10 days after any such individual is granted a security clearance (including an interim clearance), each eligible candidate (as that term is described in subsection (h)(4)(A)) or the President-elect (as the case may be) shall submit a report containing the name of such individual to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.”; and
 * (2) in section 6(b)—
 * (A) in paragraph (1)—
 * (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “and” at the end;
 * (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and
 * (iii) by adding at the end the following:
 * “(C) a list of all positions each transition team member has held outside the Federal Government for the previous 12-month period, including paid and unpaid positions;
 * “(D) sources of compensation for each transition team member exceeding $5,000 a year for the previous 12-month period;
 * “(E) a description of the role of each transition team member, including a list of any policy issues that the member expects to work on, and a list of agencies the member expects to interact with, while serving on the transition team;
 * “(F) a list of any issues from which each transition team member will be recused while serving as a member of the transition team pursuant to the transition team ethics plan outlined in section 4(g)(3); and
 * “(G) an affirmation that no transition team member has a financial conflict of interest that precludes the member from working on the matters described in subparagraph (E).”;
 * (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “not later than 2 business days” after “public”; and
 * (C) by adding at the end the following:
 * “(3) The head of a Federal department or agency, or their designee, shall not permit access to the Federal department or agency, or employees of such department or agency, that would not be provided to a member of the public for any transition team member who does not make the disclosures listed under paragraph (1).”.