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119-hr-2894119th Congress

SEER Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

Introduced

Summary

Stronger ethics and transparency for Special Government Employees (SGEs). This bill would tighten conflict-of-interest limits for SGEs, require official designation on personnel forms, and push waivers into the public view quickly.

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  • Special Government Employees: It would expand when SGEs face conflict rules, cover SGEs who are not on advisory committees and those who serve as chair or vice chair, and apply prohibitions to specific parts of a matter where the SGE’s organization has a financial interest.
  • Agencies and the Office of Government Ethics: Waivers under the law would need concurrence from a designated OGE official before issuance.
  • Public and oversight: Any waiver or exemption must be posted in a searchable online database within 14 days, and waivers for non-advisory SGEs or chairs and vice chairs must be made promptly accessible.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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Public SGE database and waiver checks

Agency conflict‑of‑interest waivers for SGEs would need concurrence from an Office of Government Ethics official. For SGEs not on advisory committees, or who chair or vice chair, any waiver would be posted online in a searchable database within 14 days. The government would run a free public database listing covered SGEs, showing days served and why each was designated an SGE. Online financial disclosure access would expand to executive‑branch SGEs who are not on advisory committees or who chair or vice chair, and to those above GS‑9 without close supervision. Agency ethics officers would review claimed exemptions from public filing, and SGE status would appear on the employee’s personnel form.

Stricter conflict rules for SGEs

This bill would tighten conflict rules for special Government employees (SGEs) not on advisory panels, or who chair or vice chair one. They would be barred from official contacts about a large company they own or help run with any agency that regulates, contracts with, or is enforcing against it. Large company would mean a for‑profit with over $1 billion average market cap or revenue over three years, a federal contractor paid over $100 million a year, or a firm with monopoly‑like power set by OGE rules. If an SGE served more than 60 days in the last 365 days, all federal ethics rules would apply; after more than 130 days, the pay‑supplement ban and related rules would also apply, even if unpaid. For these SGEs, the conflict ban would also reach discrete parts of a matter tied to their organization, and OGE would issue implementing rules.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

NM • D

Cosponsors

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 4/10/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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