[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3734 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3734

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and 
employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in 
matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 4, 2025

   Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Scholten, Ms. 
    Craig, and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and 
employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in 
matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, 
                        and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Millionaires Using Service for 
Kickbacks Act'' or the ``Stop MUSK Act''.

SEC. 2. RECUSAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN MATTERS 
              AFFECTING FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS.

    Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``an officer or employee of the executive 
        branch of the United States Government, or of any independent 
        agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve bank director, 
        officer, or employee, or an officer or employee of the District 
        of Columbia, including a special Government employee'' and 
        inserting ``an officer or employee in any position listed under 
        the Executive Schedule (sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5), 
        a special Government employee, or an officer or employee of the 
        Executive Office of the President''; and
            (2) by inserting after ``organization in which he is 
        serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner or 
        employee,'' the following: ``organization for which he, during 
        the 4-year period preceding such participation, served as an 
        officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, 
        consultant, contractor, employee, or direct competitor, 
        organization (other than a political organization described in 
        section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in which 
        he is an active participant,''.
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