STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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Record: Senate Floor
Section type: Legislation
Chamber: Senate
Date: July 30, 2026
Congress: 119th Congress
Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.

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People mentioned: Schumer, Charles E., Durbin, Richard J., Barrasso, John
Bills and resolutions: S. 5183 (119th Congress), S. 5194 (119th Congress), S. 5204 (119th Congress)
Committees: Committee on Finance, Committee on Rules and Administration, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. Kim, Mr. Merkley, and Mr.

Padilla):

S. 5183. A bill to establish the Anti-Corruption Bureau, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now, today, on anti-corruption and the Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act—today, I am introducing the Anti- Corruption Bureau Creation Act, the biggest, boldest, and broadest proposal ever put forward to revitalize our anti-corruption institutions.

The scope and scale of Donald Trump's corruption dwarf anything we

have ever seen in American history, which is why Congress has to respond more strongly than ever before. In just 18 months, the Trump family has cashed in on the influence of the Presidency to the tune of more than $4 billion—billion.

The same corrupt practices that Trump is using to rake in billions

are also causing Americans to pay an extra $3,100 in higher costs each year. Trump profits; Americans pay. Our “Grifter in

Chief'' has tried every scam in the book and invented new ones we never

imagined.

The bill I am introducing today with my colleagues Senators Padilla,

Merkley, and Kim is designed to stop Trump's “Art of the Steal.”

The first goal of our bill is to get the American people their money

back. The bill will create, for the first time, a private right of action that allows Americans, including State attorneys general representing the public, to sue to recover the money Trump and his family have taken from them.

Now, the False Claims Act already allows citizens to file lawsuits

against people who defraud the government and share part of the civil penalty if they win. So it only makes sense that we are expanding that ability so citizens can sue people who use government influence to defraud the public. If Donald Trump or one of his lackeys, sons, cronies uses government influence to steal from you, you deserve your day in court.

The second goal of our bill is to stop this corruption from happening

again. Instead of draining the swamp, Trump blew our anti-corruption institutions to smithereens. He installed MAGA loyalists at the Office of Government Ethics and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, watchdogs whose whole mission is to stop the same type of corruption Trump is now committing. Trump also neutered the Federal Elections Commission, which Congress created to stop the corruption Watergate exposed.

My bill would establish a new, independent Anti-Corruption Bureau

that brings all the guardrails Trump has weakened under one roof. The Anti-Corruption Bureau is a sum greater than its parts. The Bureau would have subpoena power to give it real investigative strength, meaningful enforcement authority, and the ability to disgorge ill- gotten gains. We want to create a one-stop shop to catch the corruption and make them pay up, an Agency with real teeth and real independence.

It will be led by seven Senate-confirmed Commissioners--three

Republicans, three Democrats, and one Independent.

Trump won't be able to commandeer the Bureau because our bill

explicitly outlaws trying to weaponize it, with fines and jail time for people who try.

Congress can't defund the Bureau because our bill establishes a self-

sustaining funding source for the Agency, much like the Fed.

And the President can't dismantle the Bureau by purging its members,

since our bill requires a panel of judges to appoint temporary replacements so the Bureau always has a quorum.

The bill is just common sense--a basic, straightforward way to make

sure all facets of government serve the people and no one else.

Americans are demanding we go back to a government they can actually

trust. This legislation tells them that we hear them and that we are going to fight for them with the strongest measures we have ever proposed.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be

printed in the Record, as follows:

S. 5183

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 “Anti-Corruption Bureau

Creation Act” .

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 4. Definitions.

TITLE I—PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION TO UNWIND CORRUPTION

Sec. 101. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Civil liability for corruption-related violations.
Sec. 104. Private right of action.
Sec. 105. Award to plaintiffs.
Sec. 106. Severability.

TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

Sec. 201. Establishment of Bureau.
Sec. 202. Membership.
Sec. 203. Terms of service.
Sec. 204. Chair; Vice Chair.
Sec. 205. Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel.
Sec. 206. Removal; notice to Congress.

TITLE III—POWERS AND DUTIES OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

Sec. 301. Powers and duties of the Bureau.
Sec. 302. Transfer of functions.
Sec. 303. Personnel.

TITLE IV—APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY MEMBERS TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION

BUREAU

Sec. 401. Assignment of judges to division to appoint temporary members

to the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

TITLE V—GENERAL MATTERS

Sec. 501. Freedom From Influence Fund.
Sec. 502. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 503. References.
Sec. 504. Regulations.
Sec. 505. Technical and conforming amendments.

SEC. 3. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:

(1) A Federal Government free from corruption is essential

to maintaining public trust.

(2) Political corruption is fundamentally at odds with the

commitment to democratic self-government outlined in the

Constitution of the United States. The purpose of the

Constitution is to create a Government in which all powers

derive, in the words of James Madison, “from the great body

of the people.” The Federalist No. 39 (James Madison).

Corruption frustrates this purpose by privileging the

monetary interests of a private elite over the democratically

expressed will of the people.

(3) The Framers of the Constitution of the United States

recognized that corruption poses an existential threat to

self-government. George Mason, an influential participant in

the Constitutional Convention, told his fellow delegates

that, “if we do not provide against corruption, our

government will soon be at an end.” Notes of Robert Yates

(June 23, 1787), in 1 The Records of the Federal Convention

of 1787, at 391, 392 (Max Farrand ed., rev. ed. 1966) (1937).

Alexander Hamilton, in Federalist No. 68, explained that, in

the writing of the Constitution, “nothing was more to be

desired than that every practicable obstacle should be

opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption.”

(4) To protect the democracy principle of the Constitution

of the United States from this threat, the founding charter

of the United States is rife with anti-corruption measures.

In the article “The Anti-Corruption Principle”, Professor

Zephyr Teachout identifies 23 distinct constitutional

provisions aimed at preventing corruption. 94 Cornell L. Rev.

341, 354 (2009). Most prominently, the Constitution of the

United States forbids, pursuant to clause 8 of section 9 of

article I, Federal officials, including the President, from

receiving gifts “of any kind” from a foreign power without

congressional consent and provides, pursuant to section 4 of

article II, that the President should be removed from office

in cases of “bribery”.

(5) In defiance of these provisions, the Trump

administration has been marked by widespread corruption,

disregard for basic ethical standards, and repeated efforts

to weaken or take control of independent watchdog agencies to

protect the President, the allies of the President, and the

financial interests of the President from accountability.

(6) President Trump and the family and close supporters of

President Trump have leveraged the Government for personal

profit at the expense of the people of the United States.

(7) When public officials use governmental power to enrich

themselves, their families, and major donors—through self-

dealing, conflicts of interest, and preferential treatment—

those public officials violate their oath to the Constitution

of the United States, defy the democratically expressed will

of the people, distort markets, increase costs and financial

risks for families in the United States, undermine fair

competition for honest businesses, and erode public

confidence in democratic institutions.

(8) Systemic corruption and pay-to-play practices in the

executive branch function as a hidden tax on families in the

United States by driving up the prices those families pay for

essentials while channeling public resources and policy

favors toward special interests rather than the broader

public interest.

(9) The Constitution of the United States empowers

Congress, as the branch of Government with the most direct

relationship to the people, to enact laws providing for

strong anti-corruption enforcement and truly independent

investigative mechanisms, as these measures are essential to

defending democracy and protecting the economic well-being of

families in the United States.

(10) After the Watergate scandal, Congress exercised these

powers to create a system of independent watchdog agencies,

including the Federal Election Commission, the Office of

Government Ethics, and the Office of Special Counsel, to

prevent abuses of power, oversee money in politics, and

restore trust in Federal institutions. Today, these agencies

are failing to fulfill the missions of those agencies because

the agencies have been systematically weakened, particularly

during the Trump administration.

(11) Fifty years after Watergate, the Federal Election

Commission—the leading reform agency created during that

era—has been deliberately weakened, stalled by gridlock, and

influenced by the very interests the Commission is meant to

regulate. This includes the appointment of commissioners

opposed to the mission of the Commission, the removal of the

Chair of the Commission, and efforts to prevent the

Commission from maintaining a quorum.

(12) As a result, there is little meaningful enforcement of

Federal campaign finance laws, allowing Trump, affiliated

political committees, and others to violate or push the

limits of the law without consequence.

(13) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978, now codified as

chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, established the

Office of Government Ethics to prevent conflicts of interest

and uphold public trust. The Trump administration, however,

weakened this office by removing a Senate-confirmed Director

mid-term, attacking inspectors general, and signaling that

ethics officials risk retaliation for doing their jobs.

(14) These actions are part of a broader strategy to treat

ethics rules as optional, reduce financial disclosure to a

formality, and allow the President, the inner circle of the

President, and family members of the President to benefit

from public office without meaningful oversight.

(15) The Office of Special Counsel, which is responsible

for protecting the merit-based civil service, enforcing the

Hatch Act (codified as subchapter III of chapter 73 of title

5, United States Code) and safeguarding whistleblowers, has

also been destabilized. This includes the removal of a

Senate-confirmed Special Counsel and the installation of

interim leadership that pursued politically driven

investigations, discouraging the reporting of wrongdoing.

(16) Across these agencies, a consistent pattern has

emerged: identify the watchdog, target the leadership of the

watchdog, shape appointments for political ends, and erode

the independence of the watchdog until the watchdog can no

longer effectively detect, prevent, or punish misconduct.

(17) These actions have accelerated the decline in public

confidence in ethical Government and accountability and have

put the foundation of democratic governance at risk.

(18) The Supreme Court of the United States has held that

Congress retains the power to create independent agencies,

but that these agencies must be both independent in fact and

appearance (see Trump v. Cook, No. 25A312, slip op. at 14

(U.S. June 29, 2026)), with functions that are “essentially

of an investigative and informative nature” (Buckley v.

Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 137 (1976)), consistent with the holdings

of the Supreme Court regarding Congress establishing new

independent agencies (see Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332,

slip op. at 27 (U.S. June 29, 2026) (citing Buckley, 424 U.S.

1, 137-138)).

(19) Congress therefore finds it necessary to rebuild and

strengthen these institutions ensuring the institutions are

truly independent, in fact and appearance, protected from

similar abuses in the future, capable of enforcing the law in

practice and providing essential transparency into the

Government of the United States, and not easily undermined by

any single President or political party.

(b) Purpose.—The purposes of this Act are the following:

(1) To restore and strengthen the ability of the Federal

Government to prevent, detect, and address corruption,

conflicts of interest, abuses of power, and serious

violations of campaign finance, ethics, and civil service

laws.

(2) To facilitate recovering for the people of the United

States the money that has been pilfered through corruption.

(3) To rebuild and update the post-Watergate oversight

system so that Federal anti-corruption laws are enforced as

Congress intended, and that no administration—including the

Trump administration—can turn public service into personal

gain and easily weaken or take control of that system.

(4) To rebuild public trust in the Federal Government by

making clear that no one, regardless of position, is above

the law—and that the institutions responsible for enforcing

the law are strong enough to do so, even in the face of

determined efforts, such as those by Trump, to undermine

them.

(5) To close gaps in the law that have emerged over the

past 5 decades and update the post-Watergate framework to

address modern challenges, ensuring that future Presidents

and administrations cannot repeat the pattern seen during the

Trump administration of weakening or taking control of

independent oversight agencies.

(6) To create an independent establishment that is both

independent in fact and appearance, with functions that are

essentially of an investigative and informative nature,

consistent with the holdings of the Supreme Court of the

United States regarding Congress establishing new independent

agencies.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

In this Act:

(1) Bureau.—The term “Bureau” means the Anti-Corruption

Bureau established under section 201.

(2) Chair.—The term “Chair” means the member of the

Bureau designated as the Chair of the Bureau pursuant to

section 204(a).

(3) Fund.—The term “Fund” means the Freedom From

Influence Fund established under section 501(a).

(4) Panel.—The term “Panel” means the Blue Ribbon

Advisory Panel established under section 205(a).

(5) Vice chair.—The term “Vice Chair” means the member

of the Bureau elected to the position of Vice Chair of the

Bureau pursuant to section 204(b)(1).

TITLE I—PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION TO UNWIND CORRUPTION

SEC. 101. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.—Congress finds the following:

(1) President Trump has earned not less than $2,000,000,000

since returning to the White House in 2025 according to a

recent financial disclosure—a stunning sum for a sitting

president. The New Yorker estimates that Donald Trump and the

immediate family of Donald Trump have made more than

$4,000,000,000 exploiting the presidency.

(2) These gains are from various, and extremely lucrative,

cryptocurrency ventures, timely stock trades, overseas deals,

and business and media ventures intractably linked to the

presidential role of Trump.

(3) The Trump administration cut a billion-dollar mining

deal with Kazakhstan to open one of the largest untapped

reserves in the world of tungsten—a critical metal used in

semiconductor manufacturing. The United States Government set

aside $1,600,000,000 to fund and finance the project. The

sons of Donald Trump have a stake in the deal.

(4) The sons of Donald Trump have also profited heavily

from investing in a huge portfolio of defense technology

start-ups that are benefitting from Pentagon contracts.

According to the Washington Post, more than a dozen firms

have reportedly generated “at least $3.2 billion in direct

government business since the sons invested and an additional

$3.1 billion in future contract options”.

(5) The Trump family has more than $1,000,000,000 in this

crypto fund that is tied to foreign governments. The largest

business partner in World Liberty Financial is a fund backed

by the United Arab Emirates, whose purchase of a 49 percent

stake in the company funneled $187,000,000 to the Trump

family.

(6) Elon Musk, the first trillionaire in the world, backed

Trump and Republicans with over $250,000,000 in election

spending. Less than a month into the new administration,

companies owned by Musk were already benefitting from the

support of those companies for Trump. The New York Times

reported that “Government investigations into Mr. Musk's

companies are stalling amid President Trump's firings and

Biden administration resignations.” Trump bestowed

unprecedented, and likely unlawful, authority to Musk to run

a so-called Department of Government Ethics (commonly known

as “DOGE”), where Musk diverted billions in taxpayer funds

to benefit the personal financial interests of Musk while

cutting Federal jobs, programs, and essential public

services. At the same time, Mr. Musk continued to oversee a

vast private business empire that depends heavily on

Government funding and has been tasked with handling the

conflicts of interest of Musk.

(7) Peter Thiel, a Republican megadonor, Vice President

J.D. Vance ally, and founder of Palantir, has raked in

billions in Government contracts since donating millions to

the campaigns of Trump and the allies of Trump. Since the

inauguration of Trump, Palantir has been awarded more than

$1,300,000,000 in Federal contracts, and Anduril, the defense

tech company heavily backed by Founders Fund, which was

founded by Thiel, signed a 10-year contract with the United

States Army potentially worth up to $20,000,000,000.

(8) These acts of corruption have come at the expense of

the people of the United States—investors and consumers

defrauded, taxpayers fleeced by paying for no-bid contracts,

and victims unable to recover money they are owed because of

corrupt pardons, among other direct costs to the public in

the United States.

(9) When Government officials exploit those positions to

benefit themselves, their relatives, or powerful donors—

through self-interested deals, undisclosed conflicts, or

favoritism—those officials warp market incentives, raise

costs and risks for everyday individuals in the United

States, disadvantage law-abiding businesses, and weaken

public trust in democratic governance.

(10) The money pilfered to line the pockets of the wealthy

and the well-connected belongs to the people of the United

States. Private litigation can be a tool to recuperate what

has been stolen—these funds should be clawed back and

returned to the people of the United States.

(b) Purposes.—It is the purpose of this title to

strengthen enforcement against corruption-related violations

by authorizing private persons, including attorneys general

of States, to bring civil actions in the name of the United

States and to share in recoveries obtained through those

actions.

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

In this title:

(1) Adult child.—The term “adult child” means a child

who has attained 18 years of age.

(2) Covered person.—The term “covered person” means—

(A) the President, the Vice President, the spouse or adult

child of the President or Vice President, or the spouse of an

adult child of the President or Vice President;

(B) any individual serving in a position specified in

section 5312 of title 5, United States Code, including any

individual serving in that position in an acting capacity;

President who is compensated at a rate of pay at or above

level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of

title 5, United States Code;

(D) any individual serving as a special Government

employee, as defined in section 202 of title 18, United

States Code;

(E) any Assistant Attorney General and any individual

working in the Department of Justice who is compensated at a

rate of pay at or above level III of the Executive Schedule

under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code;

(F) the Director of Central Intelligence, the Deputy

Director of Central Intelligence, and the Commissioner of

Internal Revenue;

(G) the chairman and treasurer of the principal campaign

committee seeking the election or reelection of the

President, and any officer of that committee exercising

authority at the national level, during the incumbency of the

President;

(H) any contractor, as defined in section 7101 of title 41,

United States Code; and

(I) any individual who held an office or position described

in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), or (H) for

1 year after leaving the office or position.

(3) Covered violation.—The term “covered violation”

means a violation of section 103(a).

(4) Personal enrichment.—The term “personal enrichment”

means any money or other thing of value inuring to the

benefit of a covered person.

SEC. 103. CIVIL LIABILITY FOR CORRUPTION-RELATED VIOLATIONS.

(a) Prohibition.—It shall be unlawful for any covered

person to, in connection with the receipt, use, or control of

public funds, property, or authority, engage in any conduct

that, directly or indirectly, corruptly uses the office or

position of the covered person to obtain personal enrichment

for the covered person, or demands, seeks, receives, accepts,

or agrees to receive or accept any thing of value to further

such corrupt purpose, in an aggregate amount, whether

monetary or otherwise, in excess of $50,000.

(b) Penalty.—Any covered person who commits a covered

violation shall be liable to the United States Government

for—

(1) a civil penalty of not less than $50,000 for each

covered violation, which shall be adjusted in accordance with

the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990

(28 U.S.C. 2461 note);

(2) disgorgement of the personal enrichment derived from

the covered violation, together with prejudgment interest;

and

(3) three times the amount of damages that the United

States Government sustains as a result of the covered

violation.

(b)(1), each transaction or course of conduct through which a

covered person obtains personal enrichment constitutes a

separate covered violation.

SEC. 104. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

(a) In General.—

(1) Action.—A person, including an attorney general of a

State acting as parens patriae, may bring a civil action in

an appropriate district court of the United States for a

covered violation for the person and for the United States

Government, and the action shall be brought in the name of

the United States Government.

(2) Voluntary dismissal.—An action brought under paragraph

(1) may be voluntarily dismissed only if the court and the

Chair give written consent to the dismissal and their reasons

for consenting.

(b) Initial Procedure.—

(1) Notice.—A copy of the complaint and written disclosure

of substantially all material evidence and information the

person possesses shall be served on the Government pursuant

to rule 4(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

(2) Protection of complaint.—The complaint shall be filed

in camera, shall remain under seal for not fewer than 60

days, and shall not be served on the defendant until the

court so orders.

(3) Intervention.—The Government may elect to intervene in

an action brought under subsection (a)(1) and proceed with

the action within 60 days after the Government receives both

the complaint and the material evidence and information.

(1) Extension of seal.—

(A) In general.—The Government may, for good cause shown,

move the court for extensions of the time during which the

complaint remains under seal under subsection (b)(2).

(B) Affidavits and submissions.—Any motion under

subparagraph (A) may be supported by affidavits or other

submissions in camera.

(2) Response.—The defendant shall not be required to

respond to any complaint filed under this section until 20

days after the complaint is unsealed and served upon the

defendant pursuant to rule 4 of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure.

(d) Conduct of Action.—Before the expiration of the 60-day

period or any extensions obtained under subsection (c), the

Government shall—

(1) proceed with the action, in which case—

(A) the action shall be conducted by the Government; and

(B) the person bringing the action under subsection (a)(1)

shall have the right to continue as a party to the action; or

(2) notify the court that the Government declines to take

over the action, in which case the person bringing the action

under subsection (a)(1) shall have the right to conduct the

action.

(e) No Further Intervention or Action Permitted.—When a

person brings an action under this section, no person other

than the Government may intervene or bring a related action

based on the facts underlying the pending action.

(f) Equitable Relief.—In an action for a covered violation

under this section, the court may—

(1) impose a constructive trust upon, or order an

accounting of, any property traceable to any personal

enrichment derived from a covered violation;

(2) rescind, or declare void, any contract, lease, license,

or other transaction procured by means of a covered

violation, on such terms as the court determines equitable to

protect the interests of any third party that acted in good

faith; and

(3) order such other equitable relief as the court

determines appropriate to prevent the retention of any

benefit of a covered violation.

(g) Statute of Limitations.—

(1) In general.—A civil action under this section may not

be brought more than 10 years after the date on which the

covered violation is committed.

(2) Applicable conduct.—A civil action under this section

may be brought for a covered violation that occurred on or

before the date of enactment of this Act, including a covered

violation that occurred on or after January 20, 2025,

provided that the civil action shall be required to meet the

statute of limitations under paragraph (1).

(h) Frivolous Claims.—If the Government does not proceed

with the action and the defendant prevails, the court may

award the defendant its reasonable attorneys' fees and

expenses against the person bringing the action upon a

finding that the claim was clearly frivolous, clearly

vexatious, and brought primarily for purposes of harassment.

(i) Definition of Government.—

(1) In general.—For purposes of this section, the term

“Government” means the Bureau, acting through the general

counsel of the Bureau.

(2) Rule of construction.—For purposes of this section, an

election, motion, or consent by the Bureau shall constitute

the election, motion, or consent of the United States

Government.

SEC. 105. AWARD TO PLAINTIFFS.

(a) Government Proceeds With Action.—If the Government

proceeds with an action brought by a person under section

104, the court shall award the person not less than 15

percent and not more than 25 percent of the proceeds of the

action or settlement of the action, depending upon the extent

to which the person substantially contributed to the

prosecution of the action.

(b) Cases in Which Government Does Not Proceed.—If the

Government does not proceed with an action brought by a

person under section 104, the court shall award the person

not less than 25 percent and not more than 30 percent of the

proceeds of the action or settlement of the action.

reasonable attorneys' fees, expenses, and costs of the person

bringing the action under section 104, which shall be paid

out of the proceeds of the action or settlement of the action

prior to any distribution to the United States Government.

(d) Definition of Government.—

(1) In general.—For purposes of this section, the term

“Government” means the Bureau, acting through the general

counsel of the Bureau.

(2) Rule of construction.—For purposes of this section, an

election, motion, or consent by the Bureau shall constitute

the election, motion, or consent of the United States

Government.

SEC. 106. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this title, or the application of any

provision to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the

remainder of this title, and the application of the provision

to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected by

the invalidation.

TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF BUREAU.

There is established in the executive branch the Anti-

Corruption Bureau, which shall be an independent

establishment (as defined in section 104 of title 5, United

States Code).

SEC. 202. MEMBERSHIP.

(a) Composition.—The Bureau shall be composed of 7 members

appointed by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the Senate.

(b) Initial Appointment.—

(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), the members of

the Bureau first taking office after the date of enactment of

this Act shall be appointed by the President, by and with the

advice and consent of the Senate, not later than 180 days

after the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) Failure to nominate.—If the President fails to submit

a nomination of an individual for appointment to the Bureau

before the date required under paragraph (1), the division of

the court specified in section 50 of title 28, United States

Code, as added by this Act, shall appoint an appropriate

individual to fill that vacancy in the same manner as

provided for temporary members of the Bureau under section

203(f) of this title.

(1) In general.—The Committee on Rules and Administration

of the Senate and the Committee on Homeland Security and

Governmental Affairs of the Senate shall have joint

jurisdiction over any nomination of an individual nominated

by the President to be a member of the Bureau.

(2) Report of nominations.—If one committee votes to order

reported a nomination

described in paragraph (1), the other committee shall report

the nomination not later than 30 calendar days thereafter or

be automatically discharged.

(d) Political Balance.—

(1) In general.—Not more than 3 members of the Bureau may

be affiliated with the same political party.

(2) Treatment.—For purposes of paragraph (1), an

individual shall be deemed affiliated with a political party

if the individual was affiliated, including as a registered

voter, employee, consultant, or officer, with the political

party or any of the candidates or elected public officials of

the political party at any time during the 5-year period

ending on the date on which the individual is nominated to be

a member of the Bureau.

(e) Independent Member.—Not fewer than 1 member of the

Bureau shall be unaffiliated with any political party during

the 5-year period ending on the date on which the individual

is nominated to be a member of the Bureau.

(f) Qualifications.—In appointing members of the Bureau

under subsection (a), the President shall select individuals

who have demonstrated—

(1) expertise in election law, Government ethics, criminal

law, administrative law, whistleblower protection, or other

relevant disciplines relating to public integrity and anti-

corruption enforcement; and

(2) records of integrity, impartiality, and good judgment.

(g) Prohibition on Outside Business, Vocation, or

Employment.—Members of the Bureau shall not—

(1) engage in any other business, vocation, or employment;

(2) hold any other concurrent position within the Federal

Government.

(h) Quorum.—

(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), a quorum of the

Bureau shall consist of 3 members.

(2) Requirement.—The Bureau may not take any action if

more than \1/2\ of the members of the Bureau in attendance

are affiliated with the same political party due to any

vacancy.

SEC. 203. TERMS OF SERVICE.

(a) Term.—Each member of the Bureau shall be appointed for

a single term of 6 years, except as provided in subsections

(b) and (c).

(b) Initial Staggering.—The terms of office of the members

of the Bureau first taking office after the date of enactment

of this Act shall expire, as designated by the President at

the time of the appointment of the members, as follows:

(1) Two such terms shall expire at the end of 2 years.

(2) Two such terms shall expire at the end of 4 years.

(3) Three such terms shall expire at the end of 6 years.

initial term of fewer than 6 years may be reappointed to 1

additional term of 6 years.

(d) Vacancies.—Any member of the Bureau appointed to fill

a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for

which the predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only

for the remainder of that term.

(e) Limitation on Service After Expiration of Term.—A

member of the Bureau may continue to serve on the Bureau

after the expiration of the term of the member for an

additional period, but only until the earlier of—

(1) the date on which a successor for the member has taken

office as a member of the Bureau; or

(2) the expiration of the 60-day period that begins on the

last day of the term of the member.

(f) Appointment of Temporary Members.—

(1) Appointment.—For any period in which there is a

vacancy on the Bureau, the division of the court specified in

section 50 of title 28, United States Code, as added by this

Act, shall appoint an appropriate individual to fill the

vacancy not later than 14 days after the date on which the

vacancy first occurs, consistent with the requirements under

section 202, except that the individual shall be required to

be a retired justice or judge of the United States.

(2) Powers and privileges.—

(A) In general.—Any member of the Bureau appointed to fill

a vacancy under paragraph (1) shall be entitled to the same

powers and privileges as those members of the Bureau

appointed by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the Senate.

(B) Powers and privileges of the chair.—Any member of the

Bureau appointed to fill a vacancy in the position of Chair

under paragraph (1) shall be entitled to the same powers and

privileges as the Chair under section 204(d).

(3) Termination.—The temporary term of any member of the

Bureau appointed to fill a vacancy under paragraph (1) shall

end on the date on which the successor of the member has

taken office as a member of the Bureau consistent with the

requirements under section 202.

(g) Compensation.—Members of the Bureau shall be paid at

an annual rate of pay equal to the annual rate in effect for

level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of

title 5, United States Code.

(h) Recusal.—A member of the Bureau shall recuse himself

or herself from consideration of, or participation in, any

matter pending before the Bureau that would constitute a

conflict of interest.

SEC. 204. CHAIR; VICE CHAIR.

(a) Appointment of Chair.—

(1) Initial appointment.—Of the members of the Bureau

first appointed to serve, one such member (as designated by

the President at the time the President submits nominations

to the Senate) shall serve as Chair of the Bureau.

(2) Subsequent appointments.—Any individual who is

appointed to succeed the member who serves as Chair (as well

as any individual who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the

position of Chair) shall serve as Chair.

(b) Selection of Vice Chair.—

(1) In general.—The Bureau shall select, by majority vote

of its members, one of its members to serve as Vice Chair.

(2) Absence or disability of the chair.—The Vice Chair

shall act as Chair in the absence or disability of the Chair.

the Chair is affiliated with a political party, the Vice

Chair shall be required to be a member of the Bureau who is

not affiliated with any political party.

(d) Powers Assigned to Chair.—

(1) Administrative powers.—The Chair—

(A) shall be the chief administrative officer of the

Bureau;

(B) shall have the authority to administer the Bureau and

the staff of the Bureau; and

shall have the authority to—

(i) in accordance with section 203, appoint and remove the

staff and the staff director of the Bureau;

(ii) request the assistance (including personnel and

facilities) of any other agency or department of the United

States, whose heads shall make such assistance available to

the Bureau with or without reimbursement; and

(iii) prepare and establish the budget of the Bureau and

make budget requests to the President, the Director of the

Office of Management and Budget, and Congress.

(2) Other powers.—The Chair shall have the power to—

(A) appoint and remove the general counsel of the Bureau

with the concurrence of not fewer than 2 other members of the

Bureau;

(B) require by special or general orders, any person to

submit, under oath, such written reports and answers to

questions as the Chair may prescribe;

(D) require by subpoena, signed by the Chair, the

attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of

all documentary evidence relating to the execution of the

duties of the Bureau;

(E) in any proceeding or investigation, order testimony to

be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by

the Chair, and shall have the power to administer oaths and,

in such instances, to compel testimony and the production of

evidence in the same manner as authorized under subparagraph

(D); and

(F) pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as are paid in

like circumstances in the courts of the United States.

SEC. 205. BLUE RIBBON ADVISORY PANEL.

(a) Establishment.—There is established a Blue Ribbon

Advisory Panel to recommend individuals for appointment to

the Bureau.

(b) Convening.—

(1) In general.—On or before the date that is 90 days

before the regularly scheduled expiration of the term of a

member of the Bureau, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in

the membership of the Bureau prior to the expiration of a

term, as applicable, the President shall promptly convene the

Panel to propose nominees for membership on the Bureau.

(2) Special requirement to convene following enactment.—

Not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of this

Act, the President shall convene the Panel to propose

nominees for membership on the Bureau for each member of the

Bureau.

(1) Composition.—The Panel shall be composed of 11 members

appointed by the President, in consultation with—

(A) the majority leader of the Senate; and

(B) the minority leader of the Senate.

(2) Political balance.—Members of the Panel shall include

individuals representing each major political party and

individuals who are not affiliated with any political party,

and may include distinguished scholars, retired members of

the Federal judiciary, former law enforcement officials, or

individuals having experience with and knowledge of election

and anti-corruption laws, except that the President may not

select any individual to serve on the Panel who holds any

public office at the time of selection.

(3) Diversity.—In selecting members of the Panel, the

President shall make reasonable efforts to encourage racial,

ethnic, and gender diversity on the Panel.

(d) Duties.—The Panel shall—

(1) identify and evaluate individuals qualified to serve as

members of the Bureau;

(2) submit to the President a list of recommended

individuals for each vacancy on the Bureau, anticipated

vacancy on the Bureau, or initial appointment to the Bureau;

and

(3) submit a report describing the qualifications of each

recommended individual for appointment to the Bureau.

(e) Timing.—The Panel shall submit recommendations to the

President for appointment to the Bureau not later than 90

days after the date on which the Panel is convened.

(f) Public Disclosure.—The recommendations and report

submitted under paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (d),

respectively, shall be made public upon transmittal to the

President.

(g) Presidential Nominations.—If the President submits to

the Senate a nomination of an individual not included in the

recommendations of the Panel submitted under subsection

(d)(2), the President shall, at the time of such submission

to the Senate, provide a written explanation of the reasons

for the nomination.

SEC. 206. REMOVAL; NOTICE TO CONGRESS.

(a) In General.—Not later than 5 days after removing a

member of the Bureau from such position, the President shall

submit to the Committee on Rules and Administration and the

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of

the Senate and the Committee on House Administration and the

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of

Representatives a written statement of the reasons for

removal of the member.

(b) Hearings.—

(1) In general.—If the President fails to timely submit a

statement under subsection (a), or if the statement does not

set forth specific, detailed reasons for removal of the

member of the Bureau, the committees described in subsection

(a) shall conduct joint oversight hearings on the removal of

the member of the Bureau for which a statement was required

not later than 60 days after the missed submission deadline.

(2) Witnesses.—Any member of the Bureau for which a

statement was required under subsection (a) but was not

timely or appropriately submitted shall appear as a witness

during a joint hearing under paragraph (1).

TITLE III—POWERS AND DUTIES OF ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU

SEC. 301. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BUREAU.

(a) In General.—The Bureau shall—

(1) administer, seek to obtain compliance with, enforce,

and formulate policy with respect to Federal laws relating

to—

(A) campaign finance;

(B) ethics in Government;

(D) financial disclosure by Government officers and

employees; and

(E) whistleblower protection;

(2) have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to civil

enforcement of—

(A) this Act and any regulation promulgated under this Act;

(B) the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.

30101 et seq.);

1986;

(D) subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, United States

Code; and

(E) chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code; and

(3) recover proceeds from corrupt activities carried out in

violation of the Federal laws described in paragraph (1) for

victims of such activities and taxpayers in the United States

through use of existing Federal authorities.

(b) Powers Assigned to Bureau.—The Bureau shall have the

power to—

(1) initiate (through civil actions for injunctive,

declaratory, or other appropriate relief), defend or appeal

(including a proceeding before the Supreme Court on

certiorari) any civil action in the name of the Bureau to

enforce the provisions of this Act, the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), chapters 95

and 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, subchapter II of

chapter 12 of title 5, United States Code, and chapter 131 of

title 5, United States Code, through the general counsel of

the Bureau;

(2) render advisory opinions with respect to the provisions

of law described in subsection (a)(2);

(3) develop such prescribed forms and to make, amend, and

repeal such rules, pursuant to the provisions of chapter 5 of

title 5, United States Code, as are necessary to carry out

the provisions of this Act, the Federal Election Campaign Act

of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), chapters 95 and 96 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, subchapter II of chapter 12 of

title 5, United States Code, and chapter 131 of title 5,

United States Code;

(4) conduct investigations and hearings expeditiously, to

encourage voluntary compliance with, to impose appropriate

civil penalties under, and to report apparent criminal

violations to the appropriate law enforcement authorities of,

as applicable, this Act, the Federal Election Campaign Act of

1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), chapters 95 and 96 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, subchapter II of chapter 12 of

title 5, United States Code, and chapter 131 of title 5,

United States Code; and

(5) transmit to the President and Congress not later than

June 1 of each year a report that—

(A) states in detail the activities of the Bureau in

carrying out the duties of the Bureau under this Act, the

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et

seq.), chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of

1986, subchapter II of chapter 12 of title 5, United States

Code, and chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code; and

(B) includes any recommendations for any legislative or

other action the Bureau considers appropriate.

With respect to any investigation, action, or proceeding, the

Bureau, by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members

who are serving at the time, may exercise any of the powers

of the Chair described in 204(d).

(d) Staff-initiated Actions.—

(1) Procedures.—The Bureau shall establish procedures

under which career, nonpartisan staff of the Bureau may

determine whether there is reason to believe a violation of

Federal law described in subsection (a)(1) has occurred.

(2) Initiation of investigation.—Upon such a determination

by career, nonpartisan staff of the Bureau that a violation

of Federal law described in subsection (a)(1) has occurred,

staff of the Bureau may initiate an investigation of the

violation unless, within a reasonable period established by

regulation, a majority of the members of the Bureau votes to

prohibit the investigation.

(3) Ethics and whistleblower protections.—The Bureau shall

establish comparable procedures to those established under

paragraphs (1) and (2) for investigation into matters

relating to ethics and whistleblower protections.

(e) Meetings.—The Bureau shall meet—

(1) not less frequently than once each month; and

(2) at the call of any member of the Bureau.

(f) Rules for Conduct of Activities; Judicial Notice of

Seal; Principal Office.—The Bureau shall—

(1) prepare written rules for the conduct of the activities

of the Bureau;

(2) have an official seal that shall be judicially noticed;

and

(3) have its principal office in or near the District of

Columbia (but may meet or exercise any of the powers of the

Bureau anywhere in the United States).

(g) Restrictions on Ex Parte Communications.—Not later

than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the

Bureau shall promulgate regulations relating to limitations

on ex parte communications by members and employees of the

Bureau.

(h) Prohibition on Executive Branch Influence Over Bureau

Activities.—

(1) Prohibition.—It shall be unlawful for any applicable

person to—

(A) exercise any power or carry out any duty of the Bureau

under this Act on the basis of political or partisan animus;

(B) request that any member or employee of the Bureau,

directly or indirectly, exercise any power or carry out any

duty of the Bureau under this Act on the basis of political

or partisan animus.

(2) Reporting requirement.—Any member of the Bureau who

receives any request prohibited under paragraph (1)(B) shall

report the receipt of such request to the Chair.

(3) Penalty.—Any person who willfully violates paragraph

(1) or fails to report under paragraph (2) shall be punished

upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding

$50,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both,

together with the costs of prosecution.

(4) Definition.—For purposes of this section, the term

“applicable person” means—

(A) the President, the Vice President, any employee of the

executive office of the President, and any employee of the

executive office of the Vice President; and

(B) any individual serving in a position specified in

section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

(i) Private Right of Action.—

(1) In general.—Any person, including an attorney general

of a State acting as parens patriae, aggrieved by an order of

the Bureau dismissing a complaint or other referral for

Bureau action filed by such party under any provision of law

described in subsection (a)(2), or by a failure of the Bureau

to act on such complaint or other referral during the 120-day

period beginning on the date the complaint is filed, may file

a petition with the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia.

(2) Procedure.—Any petition under paragraph (1) shall be

filed, in the case of a dismissal of a complaint or other

referral for Bureau action by the Bureau, within 60 days

after the date of the dismissal.

(3) Orders by the court.—In any proceeding under this

subsection the court may declare that the dismissal of the

complaint or the failure to act is contrary to law, and may

direct the Bureau to conform with such declaration within 30

days, failing which the complainant may bring, in the name of

such complainant, a civil action to remedy the violation

involved in the original complaint.

(4) Attorneys' fees.—In a civil action under this

subsection, the court may allow the prevailing party (other

than the Bureau) reasonable attorneys' fees, including

litigation expenses, and costs.

(5) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subsection shall

be construed to supplant the provisions of section 309(a)(8)

of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.

30109(a)(8)).

(j) Campaign Finance Powers and Duties.—

(1) Standard for initiating investigations and determining

whether violations have occurred.—

(A) Revision of standards.—Section 309(a) of the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)) is amended

by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the

following:

“(2)(A) The general counsel, upon receiving a complaint

filed with the Bureau under paragraph (1) or upon the basis

of information ascertained by the Bureau in the normal course

of carrying out its supervisory responsibilities, shall make

a determination as to whether or not there is reason to

believe

that a person has committed, or is about to commit, a

violation of this Act or chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and as to whether or not the

Bureau should either initiate an investigation of the matter

or that the complaint should be dismissed. The general

counsel shall promptly provide notification to the Bureau of

such determination and the reasons therefore, together with

any written response submitted under paragraph (1) by the

person alleged to have committed the violation. Upon the

expiration of the 30-day period that begins on the date the

general counsel provides such notification, the determination

of the general counsel shall take effect, unless during such

30-day period the Bureau, by vote of a majority of the

members of the Bureau who are serving at the time, overrules

the determination of the general counsel. If the

determination by the general counsel that the Bureau should

investigate the matter takes effect, or if the determination

by the general counsel that the complaint should be dismissed

is overruled as provided under the previous sentence, the

general counsel shall initiate an investigation of the matter

on behalf of the Bureau.

“(B) If the Bureau initiates an investigation pursuant to

subparagraph (A), the Bureau, through the Chair, shall notify

the subject of the investigation of the alleged violation.

Such notification shall set forth the factual basis for such

alleged violation. The Bureau shall make an investigation of

such alleged violation, which may include a field

investigation or audit, in accordance with the provisions of

this section. The general counsel shall provide notification

to the Bureau of any intent to issue a subpoena or conduct

any other form of discovery pursuant to the investigation.

Upon the expiration of the 15-day period that begins on the

date the general counsel provides such notification, the

general counsel may issue the subpoena or conduct the

discovery, unless during such 15-day period the Bureau, by

vote of a majority of the members of the Bureau who are

serving at the time, prohibits the general counsel from

issuing the subpoena or conducting the discovery.

“(3)(A) Upon completion of an investigation under

paragraph (2), the general counsel shall promptly submit to

the Bureau the recommendation of the general counsel that the

Bureau find either that there is probable cause or that there

is not probable cause to believe that a person has committed,

or is about to commit, a violation of this Act or chapter 95

or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and shall

include with the recommendation a brief stating the position

of the general counsel on the legal and factual issues of the

case.

“(B) At the time the general counsel submits to the Bureau

the recommendation under subparagraph (A), the general

counsel shall simultaneously notify the respondent of such

recommendation and the reasons therefore, shall provide the

respondent with an opportunity to submit a brief within 30

days stating the position of the respondent on the legal and

factual issues of the case and replying to the brief of the

general counsel. The general counsel and shall promptly

submit such brief to the Bureau upon receipt.

“(C) Not later than 30 days after the general counsel

submits the recommendation to the Bureau under subparagraph

(A) (or, if the respondent submits a brief under subparagraph

(B), not later than 30 days after the general counsel submits

the respondent's brief to the Bureau under such

subparagraph), the Bureau shall approve or disapprove the

recommendation by vote of a majority of the members of the

Bureau who are serving at the time.”.

(B) Conforming amendment relating to initial response to

filing of complaint.—Section 309(a)(1) of the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(1)) is

amended—

(i) in the third sentence, by striking “the Commission”

and inserting “the general counsel”; and

(ii) by amending the fourth sentence to read as follows:

“Not later than 15 days after receiving notice from the

general counsel under the previous sentence, the person may

provide the general counsel with a written response that no

action should be taken against such person on the basis of

the complaint.”.

(2) Revision of standard for review of dismissal of

complaints.—

(A) In general.—Section 309(a)(8) of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(8)) is amended to

read as follows:

“(8)(A)(i) Any party aggrieved by an order of the Bureau

dismissing a complaint filed by such party after finding

either no reason to believe a violation has occurred or no

probable cause a violation has occurred may file a petition

with the United States District Court for the District of

Columbia. Any petition under this subparagraph shall be filed

within 60 days after the date on which the party received

notice of the dismissal of the complaint.

“(ii) In any proceeding under this subparagraph, the court

shall determine by de novo review whether the dismissal by

the Bureau of the complaint is contrary to law. In any matter

in which the penalty for the alleged violation is greater

than $50,000, the court should disregard any claim or defense

by the Bureau of prosecutorial discretion as a basis for

dismissing the complaint.

“(B)(i) Any party who has filed a complaint with the

Bureau and who is aggrieved by a failure of the Bureau,

within 1 year after the filing of the complaint, to either

dismiss the complaint or to find reason to believe a

violation has occurred or is about to occur, may file a

petition with the United States District Court for the

District of Columbia.

“(ii) In any proceeding under this subparagraph, the court

shall treat the failure to act on the complaint as a

dismissal of the complaint, and shall determine by de novo

review whether the failure by the Bureau to act on the

complaint is contrary to law.

“(C) In any proceeding under this paragraph, the court may

declare that the dismissal of the complaint or the failure to

act is contrary to law, and may direct the Bureau to conform

with such declaration within 30 days, failing which the

complainant may bring, in the name of such complainant, a

civil action to remedy the violation involved in the original

complaint.”.

(B) Effective date.—The amendments made by subparagraph

(A) shall apply—

(i) in the case of complaints that are dismissed by the

Bureau, with respect to complaints that are dismissed on or

after the date of the enactment of this Act; and

(ii) in the case of complaints upon which the Bureau failed

to act, with respect to complaints that were filed on or

after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(k) Government Ethics Powers and Duties.—

(1) Enforcement powers.—Chapter 131 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in section 13104(f)(6)(C), by striking “The Attorney

General” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau” each

place the term appears;

(B) in section 13106—

(i) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “The Attorney

General” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in subsection (b)—

(I) in the subsection heading, by striking “Attorney

General” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(II) by striking “the Director of the Office of Government

Ethics,”; and

(III) by striking “the Attorney General” each place that

terms appears and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

General” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(D) in section 13145(a), by striking “The Attorney

General” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Definitions.—

(A) In general.—Section 13121 of title 5, United States

Code, is amended—

(i) in the section heading, by striking “Establishment”

and inserting “Definitions; establishment”;

(ii) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

“(a) Definitions.—In this subchapter:

“(1) Agency; executive agency.—The terms `agency' and

`executive agency' shall include the Executive Office of the

President.

“(2) Agency head; head of agency.—The terms `agency head'

and `head of an agency' shall include the President or the

President's designee.

“(3) Bureau.—The term `Bureau' means the Anti-Corruption

Bureau established under section 201 of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau Creation Act.

“(4) Officer or employee.—The term `officer or employee'

shall include any individual occupying a position, providing

any official services, or acting in an advisory capacity, in

the White House or the Executive Office of the President.”;

(iii) by striking subsection (b);

(iv) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b); and

(v) in subsection (b), as so redesignated—

(I) in the subsection heading, by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau” each

place the term appears.

(B) Table of sections.—The table of sections for chapter

131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended in the item

relating to section 13121, by striking “Establishment” and

inserting “Definitions; establishment”.

(3) Overall direction.—Section 13122 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended by striking subsection (a) and

inserting the following:

“(a) In General.—The Bureau—

“(1) shall provide overall direction of executive branch

policies related to ethics and preventing conflicts of

interest on the part of officers and employees of any

Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of this title;

and

“(2) shall have the authority to—

“(A) conduct investigations into alleged violations of

executive branch policies described in paragraph (1), either

in response to a complaint filed with the Bureau or sua

sponte;

“(B) issue administrative fines to individuals for

violations of executive branch policies described in

paragraph (1);

“(C) order individuals to take corrective action,

including disgorgement, divestiture, and recusal, as the

Bureau determines necessary to enforce the executive branch

policies described in paragraph (1); and

“(D) bring civil actions in an appropriate district court

to enforce fines and orders described in subparagraphs (B)

and (C), respectively.”.

(4) Responsibilities of the bureau.—Section 13122(b) of

title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking “Director” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “developing, in

consultation with the Attorney General and the Office of

Personnel Management, rules and regulations to be promulgated

by the President or the Director” and inserting “developing

and promulgating rules and regulations”;

“(2) providing mandatory education and training programs

for designated agency ethics officials, which may be

delegated to each agency or the White House Counsel as

determined appropriate by the Bureau;”;

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking “problems” and

inserting “issues”;

(E) in paragraph (6)—

(i) by striking “issued by the President or the

Director”; and

(ii) by striking “problems” and inserting “issues”;

(F) in paragraph (7)—

(i) by striking “, when requested,”; and

(ii) by striking “conflict of interest problems” and

inserting “conflicts of interest, as well as other ethics

issues,”;

(G) in paragraph (9)—

(i) by striking “ordering” and inserting “receiving

allegations of violations of this Act or regulations of the

Bureau and, when necessary, investigating an allegation to

determine whether a violation occurred, and ordering”;

(ii) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(iii) by inserting “, and recommending appropriate

disciplinary action” before the semicolon at the end;

(H) in paragraph (10), by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”;

(I) in paragraph (12)—

(i) by striking “evaluating, with the assistance of” and

inserting “promulgating, with input from”;

(ii) by striking “the need for”;

(iii) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

and

(iv) by striking “conflict of interest and ethical

problems” and inserting “conflict of interest and ethics

issues”;

(J) in paragraph (13)—

(i) by striking “with the Attorney General” and inserting

“with the inspectors general and the Attorney General”;

(ii) by striking “violations of the conflict of interest

laws” and inserting “conflict of interest issues and

allegations of violations of ethics laws and regulations and

this Act”; and

(iii) by striking “, as required by section 535 of title

28”;

(K) in paragraph (14), by striking “; and” and inserting

a semicolon;

(L) in paragraph (15)—

(i) by striking “, in consultation with the Office of

Personnel Management,”;

(ii) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting a

semicolon; and

(M) by adding at the end the following:

“(16) directing and providing final approval, when

determined appropriate by the Bureau, for designated agency

ethics officials regarding the resolution of conflicts of

interest as well as any other ethics issues under the purview

of this Act in individual cases; and

“(17) reviewing and approving, when determined appropriate

by the Bureau, any recusals, exemptions, or waivers from the

conflicts of interest and ethics laws, rules, and regulations

and making approved recusals, exemptions, and waivers made

publicly available by the relevant agency available in a

central location on the official website of the Bureau.”.

(5) Written procedures.—Section 13122(d) of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking “The Director shall, by the exercise of

any authority otherwise available to the Director under this

subchapter,” and inserting “The Bureau shall”;

(ii) by striking “the agency is”; and

(iii) by inserting “, or written documentation of

recusals, waivers, or ethics authorizations relating to,”

after “filed by”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “the Director” and

inserting “the Bureau”.

(6) Corrective actions.—Section 13122(f) of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking

“Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(ii) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking “of such

agency”; and

(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting “and determine

that a violation of this Act has occurred and issue

appropriate administrative or legal remedies as prescribed in

paragraph (2)” before the period at the end;

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in subparagraph (A)—

(I) in clause (i), by striking “Director” each place that

term appears and inserting “Bureau”;

(II) in clause (ii)—

(aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking

“Director” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”; and

(bb) in subclause (I), by inserting “to the President or

the President's designee if the matter involves employees of

the Executive Office of the President or” after “may

recommend”; and

(cc) in subclause (II)—

(AA) by striking “Director” each place that term appears

and inserting “Bureau”;

(BB) by inserting “President or” after “determines that

the”; and

(CC) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting “;

and”;

(III) in clause (iii)—

(aa) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking

“Director” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”; and

(bb) in subclause (II)—

(AA) by striking “notify, in writing,” and inserting

“advise the President or order”;

(BB) by inserting “to take appropriate disciplinary action

including reprimand, suspension, demotion, or dismissal

against the officer or employee (provided, however, that any

order issued by the Bureau shall not affect an employee's

right to appeal a disciplinary action under applicable law,

regulation, collective bargaining agreement, or contractual

provision).” after “employee's agency”; and

(CC) by striking “of the officer's or employee's

noncompliance, except that, if the officer or employee

involved is the agency head, the notification shall instead

be submitted to the President; and”; and

(IV) by striking clause (iv);

(ii) in subparagraph (B)—

(I) in clause (i)—

(aa) in the clause heading, by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”;

(bb) by striking “Director's” and inserting “Bureau's”;

(cc) by striking “subparagraph (A)(iii) or (iv)” and

inserting “subparagraph (A)”;

(dd) by striking “the Director” and inserting “the

Bureau”;

(ee) by inserting “(I) In general.—” before “In order

to”; and

(ff) by adding at the end the following:

“(II) Production of information.—The Bureau may—

“(aa) secure directly from any agency information

necessary to enable the Bureau to carry out this Act. Upon

request of the Bureau, the head of such agency shall furnish

that information to the Chair of the Bureau; and

“(bb) require by subpoena the production of all

information, documents, reports, answers, records, accounts,

papers, and other data in any medium and documentary evidence

necessary in the performance of the functions assigned by

this Act, which subpoena, in the case of refusal to obey,

shall be enforceable by order of any appropriate United

States district court.”;

(II) in clause (ii)—

(aa) in subclause (I)—

(AA) by striking “Subject to clause (iv) of this

subparagraph, before” and inserting “Before”; and

(BB) by striking “subparagraphs (A)(iii) or (iv)” and

inserting “subparagraph (A)(iii)”; and

(bb) in subclause (II), by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(III) in clause (iii), by striking “Subject to clause (iv)

of this subparagraph, before” and inserting “Before”;

(A), by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(D) in paragraph (4), by striking “(iv),”; and

(E) in paragraph (5), by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(7) Definitions.—Section 13122 of title 5, United States

Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(g) Prior Approval, Comment, or Review.—The Chair of the

Bureau shall not be required to obtain the prior approval,

comment, or review of any officer or agency of the United

States, including the Office of Management and Budget, before

submitting to Congress, or any committee or subcommittee

thereof, any information, reports, recommendations,

testimony, or comments, if such submissions include a

statement indicating that the views expressed therein are

those of the Director and do not necessarily represent the

views of the President.”.

(l) Agency Ethics Officials Powers and Duties.—Section

13123 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at

the end the following:

“(c) Designated Agency Ethics Officials.—

“(1) In general.—All designated agency ethics officials

and alternate designated agency ethics officials shall

authority of the official.

“(2) Provision of ethics education and training.—The

Bureau shall provide ethics education and training to all

designated agency ethics officials and alternate designated

agency ethics officials in a time and manner determined

appropriate by the Bureau.

“(3) Required attendance at ethics education and

training.—Each designated agency ethics official and each

alternate designated agency ethics official shall biannually

attend ethics education and training, as provided by the

Bureau under paragraph (2).

“(d) Required Documentation.—Each designated agency

ethics official, including the designated agency ethics

official for the Executive Office of the President—

“(1) shall provide to the Bureau, in writing, in a

searchable, sortable, and downloadable format, all approvals,

authorizations, certifications, compliance reviews,

determinations, directed divestitures, public financial

disclosure reports, notices of deficiency in compliance,

records related to the

approval or acceptance of gifts, recusals, regulatory or

statutory advisory opinions, waivers, including waivers under

section 207 or 208 of title 18, and any other records

designated by the Bureau, unless disclosure is prohibited by

law;

“(2) shall, for all information described in paragraph (1)

that is permitted to be disclosed to the public under law,

make the information available to the public by publishing

the information on the website of the Bureau, providing a

link to download an electronic copy of the information, or

providing printed paper copies of such information to the

public; and

“(3) may charge a reasonable fee for the cost of providing

paper copies of the information pursuant to paragraph (2).

“(e) Public Availability.—

“(1) In general.—For all information that is provided by

an agency to the Bureau under subsection (d)(1), the Bureau

shall make the information available to the public in a

searchable, sortable, downloadable format by publishing the

information on the website of the Bureau or providing a link

to download an electronic copy of the information.

“(2) Reasonable fee.—The Bureau may, upon request,

provide printed paper copies of the information published

under paragraph (1) and charge a reasonable fee for the cost

of printing such copies.”.

SEC. 302. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.

(a) Transfer.—

(1) Federal election commission.—There are transferred to

the Office of Campaign Finance of the Bureau established

under section 203(b) all functions, personnel, assets, and

obligations, as of the day before the date of enactment of

this Act, of the Federal Election Commission.

(2) Office of government ethics.—There are transferred to

the Office of Government Ethics of the Bureau established

under section 203(c) all functions, personnel, assets, and

obligations, as of the day before the date of enactment of

this Act, of the Office of Government Ethics.

(3) Office of special counsel.—There are transferred to

the Bureau all functions, personnel, assets, and obligations,

as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, of

the Office of Special Counsel.

(b) General Authority.—In carrying out any function

transferred by subsection (a)—

(1) the Bureau, or any member or employee of the Bureau,

may exercise any authority available by law with respect to

that function to the official or agency from which that

function is transferred; and

(2) the actions of the Bureau, or any member or employee of

the Bureau, in exercising the authority described in

paragraph (1), shall have the same force and effect as when

exercised by that official or agency.

regulations, permits, agreements, grants, contracts,

recognitions of labor organizations, certificates, licenses,

registrations, privileges, and other administrative actions—

(1) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to

become effective by any agency or office whose functions are

transferred under subsection (a); and

(2) that are in effect on the effective date of this Act,

shall continue in effect according to their terms until

modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in

accordance with Federal law.

(d) Pending Proceedings.—This Act shall not affect any

proceeding or application pending on the date of enactment of

this Act.

SEC. 303. PERSONNEL.

(a) Staff Director, General Counsel and Other Staff.—

(1) Staff director.—The Bureau shall appoint a staff

director who shall be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to

the annual rate in effect for level III of the Executive

Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

(2) General counsel.—In accordance with section

204(d)(2)(A), the Chair shall appoint a general counsel who

shall be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to the annual

rate in effect for level III of the Executive Schedule under

section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.

(3) Senior staff.—The Bureau may appoint and fix the pay

of staff designated as senior staff, such as a deputy staff

director, who may be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to

the annual rate in effect for level IV of the Executive

Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

(4) Other staff.—In addition to the staff director,

general counsel, and senior staff, the Bureau may appoint and

fix the pay of such other staff as the Bureau considers

necessary to carry out the duties of the Bureau, except that

no such staff may be compensated at an annual rate exceeding

the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in

effect for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule.

(b) Office of Campaign Finance.—There is established

within the Bureau an Office of Campaign Finance.

within the Bureau an Office of Government Ethics.

(d) Transfer of Employees.—

(1) In general.—

(A) Employees transferred.—Subject to subparagraph (B),

not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this

Act, all employees of the Federal Election Commission, the

Office of Government Ethics, and the Office of Special

Counsel shall be transferred to the Bureau.

(B) Employees not transferred.—The following individuals

shall not be transferred to the Bureau:

(i) Any individual serving as a Commissioner of the Federal

Election Commission.

(ii) Any individual serving as the Director, or acting

Director, of the Office of Government Ethics.

(iii) Any individual serving as the Special Counsel or

acting Special Counsel.

(2) Employee status and functions.—

(A) Status.—Each employee transferred under this

subsection shall be placed in a position at the Bureau with

the same status and tenure as the transferred employee held

on the day before the date on which the employee was

transferred.

(B) Functions.—To the extent practicable, each employee

transferred under this subsection shall be placed in a

position at the Bureau responsible for the same functions and

duties as the transferred employee had on the day before the

date on which the employee was transferred, in accordance

with the expertise and preferences of the transferred

employee.

(3) Pay.—

(A) Protection.—

(i) In general.—Except as provided in clause (ii), each

employee transferred under this subsection shall, during the

4-year period beginning on the date on which the employee is

transferred, receive pay at a rate that is not less than the

basic rate of pay (including any geographic differential)

that the employee received during the pay period immediately

preceding the date on which the employee is transferred.

(ii) Limitation.—Notwithstanding clause (i), if an

employee was receiving a higher rate of basic pay on a

temporary basis (because of a temporary assignment, temporary

promotion, or other temporary action) immediately before the

date on which the employee is transferred under this

subsection—

(I) the Bureau may reduce the rate of basic pay of the

employee on the date on which the rate would have been

reduced but for the transfer; and

(II) the protected rate for the remainder of the 4-year

period described in clause (i) shall be the reduced rate that

would have applied, but for the transfer.

(B) Exceptions.—Subparagraph (A) shall not limit the right

of the Bureau to reduce the rate of basic pay of an employee

transferred under this subsection—

(i) for cause or for unacceptable performance; or

(ii) with the consent of the employee.

apply with respect to an employee transferred under this

subsection only while that employee remains employed by the

Bureau.

(D) Pay increases permitted.—Subparagraph (A) shall not

limit the authority of the Bureau to increase the pay of an

employee transferred under this subsection.

(e) Prohibition on Changes to Mission.—No officer or

employee of the Federal Government, including the head of any

agency, other than the Chair may substantially or

significantly reduce the authorities, responsibilities, or

functions of the Bureau or the capability of the Bureau to

perform those authorities, responsibilities, or functions,

except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act and the

amendments made by this Act.

(f) Coverage Under Inspector General Act of 1978 for

Conducting Audits and Investigations.—

(1) In general.—Section 415(a)(1)(A) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended by inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau,” after “Election Assistance Commission,”.

(2) Effective date.—The amendment made by paragraph (1)

shall take effect 180 days after the date on which Members

are first appointed to the Bureau under section 202.

(3) Role of inspector general of bureau.—In addition to

the duties and responsibilities of the Inspector General of

the Bureau under section 404 of title 5, United States Code,

the Inspector General of the Bureau shall provide policy

direction for, and conduct, supervise, and coordinate, audits

and investigations into any allegation that any exercise of

the powers and duties of the Bureau under section 301(b) was

motivated by political or partisan animus.

TITLE IV—APPOINTMENT OF TEMPORARY MEMBERS TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION

BUREAU

SEC. 401. ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES TO DIVISION TO APPOINT

TEMPORARY MEMBERS TO THE ANTI-CORRUPTION

BUREAU.

(a) In General.—Chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code,

is amended by adding at the end the following:

“Sec. 50. Assignment of judges to division to appoint

temporary members to the Anti-Corruption Bureau

“(a) In General.—

“(1) Assignment of judges.—Beginning with the 2-year

period commencing on the date of the enactment of this

section, 3 judges shall be assigned for each successive 2-

year period to a division of the United States Court of

Appeals for the District of Columbia to be the division of

the court for the purpose of—

“(A) appointing temporary members of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau under section 203(f) the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Creation Act; and

“(B) if the President fails to appoint any initial member

of the Anti-Corruption Bureau under section 202(b)(1) of the

Anti-Corruption Bureau Creation Act, appointing a temporary

member to fill that vacancy.

“(2) Clerk.—The Clerk of the United States Court of

Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit shall serve as

the clerk of such division of the court and shall provide

such services as are needed by such division of the court.

“(b) Other Judicial Assignments.—Except as provided under

subsection (e), assignment to such division of the court

shall not be a bar to other judicial assignments during the

term of such division.

“(c) Designation and Assignment.—

“(1) In general.—The Chief Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall designate

and assign 3 circuit court judges, 1 of whom shall be a judge

of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of

Columbia, to such division of the court.

“(2) Restriction on certain senior and retired judges.—

Not more than 1 judge or senior or retired judge or justice

may be named to such division from a particular court.

“(d) Vacancies.—Any vacancy in such division of the court

shall be filled only for the remainder of the 2-year period

in which such vacancy occurs and in the same manner as

initial assignments to such division were made.”.

(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.—The table of

sections for chapter 3 of title 28, United States Code, is

amended by adding at the end the following:

“50. Assignment of judges to division to appoint temporary members to

the Anti-Corruption Bureau.”.

TITLE V—GENERAL MATTERS

SEC. 501. FREEDOM FROM INFLUENCE FUND.

(a) Establishment.—There is established in the Treasury of

the United States a fund to be known as the “Freedom From

Influence Fund”.

(b) Sense of the Senate Regarding Funding.—It is the sense

of the Senate that the Fund should consist of—

(1) assessments against certain fines, penalties, and

settlements as a result of—

(A) corporate malfeasance; and

(B) violations of the provisions of law described in

section 301(a)(2); and

(2) interest on, and proceeds from, the sale or redemption

of any obligations held by the Freedom From Influence Fund,

of which the Chair shall invest such portion as is not, in

the judgment of the Chair, required to meet current

withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-

bearing obligations of the United States. For such purpose,

such obligations may be acquired—

(A) on original issue at the issue price, or

(B) by purchase of outstanding obligations at the market

price.

SEC. 502. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Bureau from

the Fund such sums as may be necessary to carry out the

activities of the Bureau for fiscal year 2027 and each

succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 503. REFERENCES.

Any reference in any law, regulation, document, paper, or

other record of the United States to the Federal Election

Commission, the Office of Government Ethics, or the Office of

Special Counsel shall be deemed to refer to the Anti-

Corruption Bureau.

SEC. 504. REGULATIONS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Bureau shall promulgate such rules and regulations

as the Bureau considers necessary and appropriate to carry

out the duties of the Bureau under this Act and the

amendments made by this Act.

SEC. 505. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform

Act of 1998.—Section 620(b)(4)(B)) of the Agricultural

Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7

U.S.C. 7657(b)(4)(B)) is amended by striking “Office of the

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(b) Aircraft Certification, Safety, and Accountability

Act.—Section 133(d)(3)(D) of the Aircraft Certification,

Safety, and Accountability Act (49 U.S.C. 40122 note) is

amended by striking “Office of the Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(1) Responsibilities of federal communications

commission.—Section 201(b) of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform

Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 30104 note) is amended by striking

“Federal Election Commission” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Regulations by fec.—Section 214(c) of the Bipartisan

Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 30116 note) is

amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking “Federal Election Commission” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “Commission” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(3) Maintenance of website of election reports.—Section

502 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C.

30112 note) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a), by striking “Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (c), by striking “Federal Election

Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(d) Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949.—Section 12(g)

of the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 (50 U.S.C.

3512(g)) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1),

by striking “Director of the Office of Government Ethics”

and inserting “Chair of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(e) Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,

2015.—Section 8104 of the Consolidated and Further

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (10 U.S.C. 2241 note) is

amended by striking “Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(f) Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007.—Section

21078(a) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007

(52 U.S.C. 30146(a)) is amended—

(1) by striking “Federal Election Commission” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(2) by striking “Commission” each place that term appears

and inserting “Bureau”.

(g) Department of the Interior Volunteer Recruitment Act of

2005.—Section 3(d)(3) of the Department of the Interior

Volunteer Recruitment Act of 2005 (43 U.S.C. 1475b(d)(3)) is

amended by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Chair of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(h) Doctor Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act

of 2017.—

(1) Suicide by employees.—Section 105 of the Doctor Chris

Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (5 U.S.C.

1212 note) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph

(1), by striking “the Special Counsel” and inserting “the

Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“the Special Counsel” each place that term appears and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking “the Special Counsel”

and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Training for supervisors.—Section 106 of the Doctor

Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017 (5

U.S.C. 2301 note) is amended, in the matter preceding

paragraph (1), by striking “the Special Counsel” and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(i) Federal Deposit Insurance Act.—Section 12(f) of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1822(f)) is

amended—

(1) in paragraph (2)—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking “Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(B) in the second sentence, by striking “that Office” and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(2) in paragraph (6)—

(A) by striking “Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “that Office” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(j) Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.—

(1) Definitions.—Section 301 of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (9)(B)(iii), by striking “Commission”

and inserting “Bureau”;

(B) by striking paragraph (10) and inserting the following:

“(10) The term `Bureau' means the Anti-Corruption Bureau

established under section 201 of the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Creation Act.”;

inserting “Bureau”; and

(D) in paragraph (15), by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(2) Organization of political committees.—Section 302(g)

of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.

30102(g)) is amended—

(A) in the subsection heading, by striking “Commission”

and inserting “Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “with the Commission” and inserting

“with the Bureau”.

(3) Registration of political committees.—Section

303(d)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52

U.S.C. 30103(d)(2)) is amended by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(4) Reports.—Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign

Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended—

(A) by striking “The Commission” and inserting “The

Bureau”;

(B) by striking “the Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “the Bureau”; and

Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(5) Reports on convention financing.—Section 305 of the

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30105) is

amended, in the matter following paragraph (2), by striking

“the Commission” and inserting “the Bureau”.

(6) Authorities.—The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

(52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by striking section 306

(52 U.S.C. 30106) and inserting the following:

“anti-corruption bureau

“Sec. 306. (a) The Bureau shall—

“(1) administer, seek to obtain compliance with, and

formulate policy with respect to, this Act and chapter 95 and

chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and

“(2) have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to the civil

enforcement of such provisions.

“(b) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit,

restrict or diminish any investigatory, informational,

oversight, supervisory, or disciplinary authority or function

of the Congress or any committee of the Congress with respect

to elections for Federal office.”.

(7) Powers of the bureau.—Section 307 of the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30107) is amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “Commission” each place that term appears

and inserting “Bureau”.

(8) Advisory opinions.—Section 308 of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30108) is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(9) Enforcement.—Section 309 of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109), as amended by section

301 of this Act, is amended by striking “Commission” each

place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(10) Judicial review.—Section 310 of the Federal Election

Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30110) is amended by striking

“Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(11) Administrative provisions.—Section 311 of the Federal

Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30111) is amended by

striking “Commission” each place that term appears and

inserting “Bureau”.

(12) Statement filed with state officers.—Section 312 of

the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30113)

is amended by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(13) Authorization of appropriations.—Section 314 of the

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30115) is

amended by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(14) Limitations on contributions and expenditures.—

Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52

U.S.C. 30116) is amended by striking “Commission” each

place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(15) Modification of certain limits for house candidates in

response to personal fund expenditures of opponents.—Section

315A(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52

U.S.C. 30117(b)) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1)(F)(i), by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(B) in paragraph (2), by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(16) Soft money of political parties.—Section 323(b)(2)(A)

of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.

30125(b)(2)(A)) is amended, in the matter preceding clause

(i), by striking “Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(k) Financial Stability Act of 2010.—Section 152(g) of the

Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5342(g)) is

amended by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(l) FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.—Section

110(b)(1)(A)(vi) of the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act

of 2017 (5 U.S.C. 2303 note) is amended by striking “Office

of Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(m) GENIUS Act.—Section 4(i)(2) of the GENIUS Act (12

U.S.C. 5903(i)(2)) is amended by striking “Office of

Government Ethics” each place that term appears and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(n) Internal Revenue Code of 1986.—

(1) Sale of property to comply with conflict-of-interest

requirements.—Section 1043(b) of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 is amended—

(A) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “ Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking “Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Employees.—Section 7471(a)(8)(D) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(3) Presidential election campaign fund.—

(A) Table of sections.—The table of sections for chapter

95 of subtitle H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended—

(i) in the item relating to section 9005, by striking

“Commission” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(ii) in the item relating to section 9010, by striking

“Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(B) Definitions.—Section 9002 of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 is amended—

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”;

(ii) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

“(3) The term `Bureau' means the Anti-Corruption Bureau

established under section 201 of the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Creation Act.”; and

(iii) in paragraph (11), in the flush matter following

subparagraph (C), by striking “Commission” and inserting

“Bureau”.

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(D) Entitlement of eligible candidates to payments.—

Section 9004(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended by striking “Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(E) Certification by bureau.—Section 9005 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(i) in the section heading, by striking “commission” and

inserting “bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(F) Payments to eligible candidates.—Section 9006 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(G) Examinations and audits.—Section 9007 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “Commission”

each place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(H) Payments for presidential nominating conventions.—

Section 9008 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended

by striking “Commission” each place that term appears and

inserting “Bureau”.

(I) Reports to congress; regulations.—Section 9009 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(J) Participation by bureau in judicial proceedings.—

Section 9010 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended—

(i) in the section heading, by striking “commission” and

inserting “bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(K) Judicial review.—Section 9011 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 is amended—

(i) in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by

striking “Commission” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(L) Criminal penalties.—Section 9012 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “Commission”

each place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(4) Presidential primary matching payment account.—

(A) Table of sections.—The table of sections for chapter

96 of subtitle H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended—

(i) in the item relating to section 9036, by striking

“Commission” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(ii) in the item relating to section 9040, by striking

“Commission” and inserting “Bureau”.

(B) Definitions.—Section 9032 of the Internal Revenue Code

of 1986 is amended—

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “Commission” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:

“(3) The term `Bureau' means the Anti-Corruption Bureau

established under section 201 of the Anti-Corruption Bureau

Creation Act.”.

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “Commission”

each place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(D) Certification by bureau.—Section 9036 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended—

(i) in the section heading, by striking “commission” and

inserting “bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(E) Payments to eligible candidates.—Section 9037(b) of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(F) Examinations and audits; repayments.—Section 9038 of

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(G) Reports to congress; regulations.—Section 9039 of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking

“Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Bureau”.

(H) Participation by bureau in judicial proceedings.—

Section 9040 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended—

(i) in the section heading, by striking “commission” and

inserting “bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(I) Judicial review.—Section 9041 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 is amended—

(i) in subsection (a), in the subsection heading, by

striking “Commission” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Commission” each place that term

appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(J) Criminal penalties.—Section 9042(c)(1) of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “Commission”

each place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”.

(o) Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.—Section 6(a)(9)(C) of

the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(9)(C))

is amended by striking “Federal Election Commission” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(p) National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year

2018.—Section 1097(b)(2)(B) of the National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (5 U.S.C. 7503 note)

is amended by striking “Special Counsel” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(q) National Security Act of 1947.—Section 102A of the

National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3024) is amended—

(1) in subsection (t), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(2) in subsection (x)(4), by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(r) National Voter Registration Act of 1993.—Section

6(a)(1) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52

U.S.C. 20505(a)(1)) is amended by striking “Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “Election Assistance

Commission”.

(s) Presidential Transition Act of 1963.—Section 4 of the

Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note;

Public Law 88-277) is amended—

(1) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking “the Director of

the Office of Government Ethics,” and inserting “the Chair

of the Anti-Corruption Bureau,”; and

(2) in subsection (e)(3)(C), by striking “the Office of

Government Ethics,” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau,”.

(t) Public Law 103-424.—

(1) Implementation.—Section 12 of the Act entitled “An

Act to reauthorize the Office of Special Counsel, and for

other purposes”, approved October 29, 1994 (5 U.S.C. 1214

note) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b), by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(2) Annual survey of individuals seeking assistance.—

Section 13 of the Act entitled “An Act to reauthorize the

Office of Special Counsel, and for other purposes”, approved

October 29, 1994 (5 U.S.C. 1212 note) is amended—

(A) in subsection (a), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” each place that term appears and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(u) Public Law 107-276.—Section 4 of Public Law 107-276

(26 U.S.C. 527 note) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph

(1), by striking “Federal Election Commission” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(2) in subsection (b), by striking “Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(v) Small Business Act.—Section 9(o)(12) of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(o)(12)) is amended by striking

“Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(w) STOCK Act.—

(1) Prohibition of the use of nonpublic information for

private profit.—Section 9(a)(1) of the STOCK Act (Public Law

112-105; 126 Stat. 297) is amended by striking “The Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(2) Electronic filing and online public availability of

financial disclosure forms of certain executive branch

officials.—Section 11(b) of the STOCK Act (5 U.S.C. 13107

note) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking

“Director of the Office of Government Ethics” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in the flush text following subparagraph (B)(iii), by

striking “Office of Government Ethics” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking “Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Chair of the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(x) Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped

Act.—Section 3(c) of the Voting Accessibility for the

Elderly and Handicapped Act (52 U.S.C. 20102(c)) is amended—

(1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Federal

Election Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(2) in paragraph (1)—

(A) by striking “Federal Election Commission” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “Commission, the” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau, the”; and

(3) in paragraph (2), by striking “Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(y) William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021.—Section 548(c)(1) of

the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense

Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (38 U.S.C. 5906 note)

is amended by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(z) Chapter 4 of Title 5, United States Code.—

(1) Appointments.—Section 403(d)(1)(C) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in clause (i)(II)(aa), by striking “the Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(B) in clause (iii), by striking “the Special Counsel”

and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Council of the inspectors general on integrity and

efficiency.—Section 424 of title 5, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (b)(1)—

(i) in subparagraph (E), by striking “The Director of the

Office of Government Ethics.” and inserting “The Chair of

the Anti-Corruption Bureau.”; and

(ii) by striking subparagraph (F) and redesignating

subparagraphs (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (F), (G),

and (H), respectively;

(B) in subsection (c)(5)(B), by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(i) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by striking “The Director of

the Office of Government Ethics or the designee of the

Director.” and inserting “The Chair of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau or the designee of the Chair.”;

(ii) in paragraph (5)(A)—

(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “the

Office of Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) in clause (ii)—

(aa) by striking “the Office of Special Counsel” and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(bb) by striking “designated by the Special Counsel” and

inserting “designated by the Chair of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(iii) in paragraph (7)—

(I) in subparagraph (D), by striking “the Office of

Special Counsel” each place that term appears and inserting

“the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) in subparagraph (E)(ii)—

(aa) by striking “the Office of Special Counsel” and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(bb) by striking “or the Special Counsel” and inserting

“or the Chair of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(iv) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking “the Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(v) in paragraph (12)—

(I) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Special Counsel

or Deputy Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(II) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the

following:

“(A) Covered individual defined.—In this paragraph, the

term `covered individual' means a member of the Anti-

Corruption Bureau.”; and

(III) in subparagraph (B)(i)—

(aa) by striking “against the Special Counsel or the

Deputy Special Counsel” and inserting “against a covered

individual”; and

(bb) by striking “designated by the Special Counsel” and

inserting “designated by the Chair of the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(aa) Chapter 5 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

552(a)(4)(F) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in clause (i)—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking “the Special

Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in the second sentence—

(i) by striking “The Special Counsel” and inserting “The

Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “his findings and recommendations” and

inserting “the findings and recommendations of the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking “the Special Counsel”

and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(3) in clause (iii), by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(bb) Chapter 11 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

1103(a)(5) of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the

flush text following subparagraph (B), by striking “the

Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(cc) Chapter 12 of Title 5, United States Code.—

(1) Table of sections.—The table of sections for chapter

12 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in the item relating to subchapter II, by striking

“OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL” and inserting “ANTI-CORRUPTION

BUREAU”;

(B) in the item relating to section 1212, by striking

“Office of Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

“Office of Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(2) Powers and functions of the merit systems protection

board.—Section 1204 of title 5, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (e)(1)(B)(i), by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” each place that term appears and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (f)(1)(C), by striking “Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(3) Establishment.—Section 1211 of title 5, United States

Code, is repealed.

(4) Powers and functions.—Section 1212 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) by striking “Office of Special Counsel” each place

that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

term appears and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(D) by striking “The Special Counsel” each place that

term appears and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(5) Provisions relating to disclosures of violations of

law, gross mismanagement, and certain other matters.—Section

1213 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

“Special Counsel” each place that term appears and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(6) Investigation of prohibited personnel practices;

corrective action.—Section 1214 of title 5, United States

Code, is amended—

(A) by striking “the Special Counsel” each place that

term appears and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) by striking “The Special Counsel” each place that

term appears and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(7) Disciplinary action.—Section 1215 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) by striking “the Special Counsel” each place that

term appears and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(B) in subsection (a)(1), in the flush text following

subparagraph (C), by striking “the Special Counsel's

determination” and inserting “the determination of the

Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(8) Other matters within jurisdiction.—Section 1216 of

title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in the section heading, by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) by striking “Special Counsel” each place that term

appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(9) Transmittal of information to congress.—Section 1217

of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) by striking “Special Counsel” each place that term

appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) by striking “the Special Counsel's views” and

inserting “the views of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) by striking “the Office” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking “Special Counsel”

each place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(10) Annual report.—Section 1218 of title 5, United States

Code, is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“Special Counsel” each place that term appears and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in paragraph (1), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(D) in paragraph (3), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(E) in paragraph (4), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(F) in paragraph (5), by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(G) in paragraph (7), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(H) in paragraph (8), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(I) in paragraph (12), by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(J) in paragraph (13), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” each place that term appears and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(11) Public information.—Section 1219 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(12) Individual right of action in certain reprisal

cases.—Section 1221 of title 5, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (b), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (f)(3), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(dd) Chapter 13 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

1303 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the

matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(ee) Chapter 15 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

1504 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the

matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “Special

Counsel” each place that term appears and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(ff) Chapter 23 of Title 5, United States Code.—

(1) Prohibited personnel practices.—Section 2302 of title

5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (b)—

(i) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (9)(C), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (13)—

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) in subparagraph (B), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (c)(2)(C)—

(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking

“Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in clause (ii), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) in clause (iii)(I), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Prohibited personnel practices in the federal bureau of

investigation.—Section 2303(a)(1)(G) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(gg) Chapter 31 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

3132(a)(1)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

striking “the Federal Election Commission” and inserting

“the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(hh) Chapter 43 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

4302(b)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(ii) Chapter 53 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking the item relating to “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics.”; and

(2) by striking the item relating to “Special Counsel of

the Office of Special Counsel.”.

(jj) Chapter 63 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

6329b of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)(6)(D), by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(2) in subsection (e), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(3) in subsection (g), in the subsection heading, by

striking “Office of Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(kk) Chapter 71 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

7121(g)(4)(C) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Office of Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(ll) Chapter 73 of Title 5, United States Code.—

(1) Post-employment notification.—Section 7302(a) of title

5, United States Code, is amended by striking “the Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(2) Political activity authorized; prohibitions.—Section

7323(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “the Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i)—

(i) in subclause (I), by striking “the Federal Election

Commission or”; and

(ii) in subclause (IX), by striking “the Office of Special

Counsel;” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau;”.

(3) Gifts to federal employees.—Section 7353(d)(1)(D) of

title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking “the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(mm) Chapter 75 of Title 5, United States Code.—Section

7515(b)(1) is amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by striking “Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(nn) Chapter 131 of Title 5, United States Code.—

(1) Table of sections.—The table of sections for chapter

131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended, in the item

relating to subchapter II, by striking “OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT

ETHICS” and inserting “ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU”.

(2) Definitions.—Section 13101(18)(D) of title 5, United

States Code, is amended by striking “Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(3) Administration of provisions.—Section 13102(a)(1) of

title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking

“Director of the Office of Government Ethics” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(4) Persons required to file.—Section 13103 of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (f)—

(i) in paragraph (3), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (5)—

(I) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “the Director determines” and inserting

“the Anti-Corruption Bureau determines”; and

(iii) in paragraph (7), by striking “the Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “each member and

employee of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking “Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(5) Filing of reports.—Section 13105 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (b)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “With Director

of Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “by the

President, Vice President, and Independent Counsel”; and

(ii) by striking “with the Director of the Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “with the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(B) in subsection (c)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in the first sentence, by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(iii) in the second sentence, by striking “The Director”

and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(i) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “filed in the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “filed in the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(D) in subsection (e)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “With Federal

Election Commission” and inserting “by Candidates for

President and Vice President”; and

(ii) by striking “with the Federal Election Commission”

and inserting “with the Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(E) in subsection (k)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Federal

Election Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(ii) in the first sentence, by striking “Federal Election

Commission” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(F) in subsection (l)—

(i) in paragraph (3), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (5)—

(I) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Director determines” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau determines”; and

(iii) in paragraph (7), by striking “The Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Each member or

employee of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(6) Review of reports.—Section 13108 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” each place that term appears

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b)—

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(iii) in paragraph (3), in the matter preceding

subparagraph (A), by striking “Director of the Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(iv) in paragraph (6), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(7) Notice of actions taken to comply with ethics

agreements.—Section 13111(a) of title 5, United States Code,

is amended by striking “Office of Government Ethics” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(8) Authority and function.—Section 13122 of title 5,

United States Code, as amended by section 301 of this Act, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (c), by striking “Director” each place

that term appears and inserting “Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (e)—

(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking “Director” each

place that term appears and inserting “Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(9) Administrative provisions.—Section 13123 of title 5,

United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Director” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(iii) in paragraph (1), by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”;

(iv) in paragraph (2)—

(I) by striking “to the Director” and inserting “to the

Bureau”;

(II) by striking “which the Director” and inserting

“that the Bureau”; and

(III) by striking “Director's duties” and inserting

“duties of the Bureau”; and

(v) in the flush text following paragraph (2)—

(I) by striking “Director” each place that term appears

and inserting “Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Office of Government Ethics

responsibilities” and inserting “responsibilities of the

Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (b)—

(i) in paragraph (1)—

(I) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (3)—

(I) by striking “Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(II) by striking “Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Bureau”; and

(III) by striking “such Office” and inserting “the

Bureau”.

(10) Rules and regulations.—Section 13124 of title 5,

United States Code, is amended by striking “Director” and

inserting “Bureau”.

(11) Reports to congress.—Section 13126 of title 5, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“Director” and inserting “Bureau”;

(B) in paragraph (1),

(i) by striking “by the Director” and inserting “by the

Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “the Director's functions” and inserting

“the functions of the Bureau”; and

inserting “Bureau”.

(12) Administration relating to outside earned income and

employment.—Section 13142 of title 5, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in paragraph (2), by striking “Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in paragraph (3), by striking “and administered” and

inserting “administered”.

(oo) Table of Chapters for Title 5, United States Code.—

The table of chapters for part II of title 5, United States

Code, is amended, in the item relating to chapter 12, by

striking “OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL” and inserting “ANTI-

CORRUPTION BUREAU”.

(pp) Chapter 80 of Title 10, United States Code.—Section

1566(i)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Federal Election Commission” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(qq) Chapter 11 of Title 18, United States Code.—

(1) Restrictions on former officers, employees, and

elected officials of the executive and legislative

branches.—Section 207 of title 18, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (c)(2)(C), in the matter preceding clause

(i)—

(i) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “Director determines” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau determines”;

(B) in subsection (h)(1)—

(i) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” each places that term appears and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in the first sentence, by striking “the Director

shall” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau shall”;

(i) in paragraph (5), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(ii) in paragraph (7)(B)(i), by striking “Federal Election

Commission” each place that term appears and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(D) in subsection (k)—

(i) in paragraph (3), in the flush text following

subparagraph (B), by striking “Director of the Office of

Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(ii) in paragraph (5)(B)—

(I) by striking “Director of the Office of Government

Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “with the Director” and inserting “with

the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Acts affecting a personal financial interest.—Section

208 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (d)(2), in the matter preceding

subparagraph (A), by striking “Office of Government Ethics”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(rr) Chapter 40 of Title 28, United States Code.—Section

594(j)(5) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Director of the Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(ss) Chapter 13 of Title 31, United States Code.—Section

1353 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), by striking “Director of the Office

of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(2) in subsection (d)(1)—

(A) in the first sentence, by striking “Director of the

Office of Government Ethics” and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(B) in the second sentence, by striking “The Director

shall” and inserting “The Anti-Corruption Bureau shall”.

(tt) Chapter 5 of Title 36, United States Code.—Section

510(b)(1) of title 36, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Federal Election Commission” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(uu) Chapter 3 of Title 38, United States Code.—Section

323(c)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(vv) Chapter 7 of Title 38, United States Code.—

(1) Employees: removal, demotion, or suspension based on

performance or misconduct.—Section 714 of title 38, United

States Code, is amended—

(A) in subsection (e)(1)—

(i) by striking “Office of Special Counsel” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) by striking “approval of the Special Counsel” and

inserting “approval of the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (f)—

(i) in the subsection heading, by striking “Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

and

(ii) in paragraph (1)—

(I) by striking “the Special Counsel (established by

section 1211 of title 5)” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Special Counsel provides” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau provides”.

(2) Adverse actions against supervisory employees who

commit prohibited personnel actions relating to whistleblower

complaints.—Section 731 of title 38, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (a)(1), by striking “the Office of

Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(B) in subsection (c)(1)—

(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking “the Special

Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking “the Special

Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(3) Training regarding whistleblower disclosures.—Section

733(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by

striking “the Special Counsel” and inserting “the Anti-

Corruption Bureau”.

(ww) Chapter 43 of Title 38, United States Code.—

(1) Enforcement of rights with respect to federal executive

agencies.—Section 4324 of title 38, United States Code, is

amended—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “the Office of Special

Counsel established by section 1211 of title 5” and

inserting “the Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in paragraph (2)—

(I) in subparagraph (A), by striking “Special Counsel”

each place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”; and

(II) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause

(i), by striking “Special Counsel” each place that term

appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in subsection (b)—

(i) in paragraph (3), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(i) in paragraph (2), by striking “Special Counsel” each

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau” ; and

(ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(2) Noncompliance of federal officials with deadlines;

inapplicability of statutes of limitations.—Section 4327 of

title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking

“Special Counsel” each place that term appears and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau” .

(3) Regulations.—Section 4331(b)(2)(B) of title 38, United

States Code, is amended by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(4) Reports.—Section 4332 of title 38, United States Code,

is amended—

(A) in subsection (a)—

(i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking

“Special Counsel referred to in section 4324(a)(1)” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (3)—

(I) by striking “Special Counsel pursuant” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau pursuant”; and

(II) by striking “Office of Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (10), by striking “Special Counsel”

and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”;

(B) in subsection (b)—

(i) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph

(A), by striking “Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-

Corruption Bureau”;

(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking “Special Counsel” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(iii) in paragraph (3)—

(I) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Special

counsel” and inserting “Anti-corruption bureau”; and

(II) by striking “Special Counsel” each place that term

appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

place that term appears and inserting “Anti-Corruption

Bureau”.

(xx) Chapter 23 of Title 41, United States Code.—Section

2303(c) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Director of the Office of Government Ethics” and

inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(yy) Chapter 35 of Title 44, United States Code.—Section

3502(1) of title 44, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Federal Election Commission” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(zz) Chapter 1 of Title 49, United States Code.—Section

106(t) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3)(A)—

(A) in clause (v), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(B) in clause (vi), by striking “Office of Special

Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”; and

(2) in paragraph (8)(C)(iv), by striking “Office of the

Special Counsel” and inserting “Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

(aaa) Chapter 401 of Title 49, United States Code.—Section

40122(d) of title 49, United States Code, is amended by

striking “Office of Government Ethics” and inserting

“Anti-Corruption Bureau”.

By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Boozman):

S. 5194. A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to improve the maintenance, alteration, and construction of United States courthouses, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be

printed in the Record, as follows:

S. 5194

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 “Judicial Space and

Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL BRANCH

ACCOMMODATIONS AND AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR.

(a) In General.—Chapter 41 of title 28, United States

Code, is amended by inserting after section 604 the

following:

“Sec. 604A. Pilot program for transfer of jurisdiction,

custody, and control of certain judicial branch

accommodations to the Director; authority of the Director

“(a) Definitions.—In this section:

“(1) Administrator.—The term `Administrator' means the

Administrator of General Services.

“(2) Alter.—The term `alter' includes—

“(A) preliminary planning, engineering, architectural,

legal, fiscal, and economic investigations and studies,

conducting surveys, preparing designs, plans, working

drawings, specifications, and procedures, and other similar

actions necessary for the alteration of any space or

facility; and

“(B) repairing, remodeling, improving, extending, or

making any other change in any space or facility.

“(3) Covered judicial district.—The term `covered

judicial district' means a judicial district in which the

Director has identified real property under subsection (b).

“(4) Covered property.—The term `covered property'

means—

“(A) any real property owned or leased by the United

States, and any lease of real property made on behalf of the

United States, that—

“(i) is located in a covered judicial district;

“(ii) contains court accommodations; and

“(iii) for which jurisdiction, custody, and control is

transferred to the Director under subsection (i); and

“(B) the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building.

“(5) Construct.—The term `construct' includes preliminary

planning, engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, and

economic investigations and studies, conducting surveys,

preparing designs, plans, working drawings, specifications,

and procedures, and any other similar action necessary for

the construction of any space or facility.

“(6) Court accommodation.—The term `court accommodation'

includes—

“(A) the chambers and courtrooms of the Judiciary (other

than the Supreme Court of the United States); and

“(B) accommodations for all court-related functions and

for probation offices, pretrial service offices, Federal

Public Defender Organizations, the United States Sentencing

Commission, the Administrative Office of the United States

Courts, the Federal Judicial Center, and any other

administrative or clerical personnel associated with the

Judiciary.

“(7) Director.—The term `Director' means the Director of

the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

“(8) Facility; building.—The terms `facility' or

`building' mean any building or other structure, including

its grounds, approaches, appurtenances, and parking spaces,

or any part thereof.

“(9) Federal agency; property.—The terms `Federal agency'

and `property' have the meanings given the terms `federal

agency' and `property', respectively, in section 102 of title

“(10) Public building.—The term `public building' has the

meaning given the term in section 3301(a) of title 40.

“(11) Space.—The term `space' means any interest, whether

fee simple or otherwise, in real property, including land,

buildings, structures, or parts thereof.

“(12) Space and facilities fund.—The term `Space and

Facilities Fund' means the Judicial Space and Facilities

Management Fund established under subsection (l)(1)(A).

“(b) Identification of Judicial Districts for Pilot

Program.—The Director shall identify real property that is

owned or leased by the Federal Government and that contains

court accommodations in not more

than 10 judicial districts for which jurisdiction, custody,

and control shall be transferred to the Director in

accordance with this section.

“(c) Authority of Director.—The Director is authorized to

establish a Judiciary Buildings Service under the direction

of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to—

“(1) acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation,

exchange, transfer, or otherwise, any space or facility

located in a covered judicial district that the Director

determines to be necessary for the provision of court

accommodations;

“(2) manage and operate any space or facility described in

paragraph (1);

“(3) alter any space or facility that is acquired under

the authority of this section as the Director determines is

necessary for the provision of court accommodations;

“(4) acquire and exercise any option for the acquisition

or lease of any land, or an interest in land, that is located

in a covered judicial district as the Director determines is

necessary for the provision of court accommodations;

“(5) construct such facilities in a covered judicial

district as the Director determines is necessary for the

provision of court accommodations;

“(6) lease, or acquire and exercise any option for the

acquisition of a lease, any space or facility located in a

covered judicial district as the Director deems necessary for

the provision of court accommodations and manage that lease;

“(7) outlease space located in a covered property;

“(8) contract for utility services for covered properties;

“(9) secure covered properties in coordination with the

United States Marshals Service and the Federal Protective

Service;

“(10) for covered properties, provide by contract or

otherwise for the provision of amenities, such as childcare,

cafeterias, physical fitness centers, credit unions, and

others, to serve tenants and, if appropriate, the public;

“(11) pay rent and make repairs, alterations, and

improvements under the terms of a lease for court

accommodations in a covered property entered into by, or

transferred to, the Director;

“(12) pay ground rent for buildings located in a covered

judicial district that are owned by the Federal Government or

occupied by Federal agencies, and pay rent in advance for

leased property if required by law or if the Director

determines that advance payment is in the interest of the

Judiciary; and

“(13) perform such other duties as necessary to implement

this section.

“(d) Delegation of Authority.—The Director may delegate

any authority authorized by this section. The Director may

authorize successive redelegation of authority as permitted

by this section.

“(e) Architectural, Engineering, and Construction

Services.—The Director is authorized to employ, by contract

or otherwise, the services of architectural, engineering, and

construction firms, corporations, or individuals, to the

extent the Director may require such services for any space

or facility authorized to be constructed or altered under

this section.

“(f) Operation and Maintenance.—The Director is

authorized to employ, by contract or otherwise, the services

of corporations, firms, or individuals for the operation and

maintenance of any building under the jurisdiction, custody,

and control of the Director, to the extent the Director may

require such services.

“(g) Construction.—

“(1) Replacement of existing buildings.—If the Director

considers it to be in the best interest of the Judiciary to

construct a new space or facility to take the place of an

existing space or facility in a covered property, the

Director may demolish the existing building and use the site

on which it is located for the site of the proposed space or

facility. If the Director believes that it is more

advantageous to construct the space or facility on a

different site in the same city, town, or other municipality,

the Director may exchange the building and site, or the site,

for another site, or may transfer the building and site.

“(2) Exchange or transfer of sites.—If the Director

determines that a site in a covered judicial district

acquired for the construction of a space or facility is not

suitable for that purpose, the Director may—

“(A) exchange the site for another site in the covered

judicial district; or

“(B) declare the site to be excess and transfer the site

to the Administrator.

“(3) Construction or alteration by contract or

otherwise.—The Administrator may carry out a construction or

alteration authorized by this section by contract if the

Director considers it to be most advantageous to the

Government.

“(h) Leasing.—

“(1) In general.—Subject to paragraph (2), a lease

agreement under this section shall be on terms the Director

considers to be in the best interest of the judicial branch

and necessary for the accommodation of the Judiciary.

“(2) Limitations.—

“(A) Term.—A lease agreement under this section may not

bind the Government for more than 20 years.

“(B) Obligation.—The obligation of amounts for a lease

under this section is limited to the current fiscal year for

which payments are due, without regard to section

1341(a)(1)(B) of title 31.

“(i) Transfer of Court Accommodations.—

“(1) In general.—The Administrator shall not transfer,

dispose of, or close any court accommodation located in a

covered judicial district without obtaining the prior consent

of the Director.

“(2) Transfer.—

“(A) In general.—Upon request of the Director, and

consistent with the implementation provisions under section 5

of the Judicial Space and Facilities Management Effectiveness

Act of 2026, the Administrator shall transfer to the Director

the jurisdiction, custody, and control of any requested real

property owned or leased by the United States, and any lease

of real property made on behalf of the United States, that is

located in a covered judicial district, is occupied by the

judicial branch, and is critical to the constitutional

mission of the Judiciary.

“(B) Terms.—With respect to any transfer under

subparagraph (A)—

“(i) the transfer shall be nonreimbursable; and

“(ii) after completion of the transfer, the Director shall

be responsible for performing all building functions for the

applicable real property and to pay the costs of performing

such building functions instead of paying rent for that space

to the Administrator.

“(j) Request for Space or Services to Be Provided by the

Administrator.—

“(1) In general.—The Director may request that the

Administrator provide, acquire, or maintain in a covered

judicial district such court accommodations as may be

required by the Judiciary. Upon such a request of the

Director, the Administrator shall provide and maintain such

court accommodations.

“(2) Multitenant facilities.—If court accommodations are

provided under this subsection by the Administrator in a

multitenant facility, the Administrator shall give priority

to providing court accommodations in contiguous space.

“(3) Alterations.—Consistent with regulatory requirements

and leasing responsibilities of the General Services

Administration, the Administrator shall endeavor to provide

such reasonable alterations to court accommodations provided

under this subsection as shall be requested and financed by

the Director.

“(4) Transfer.—The Director may transfer jurisdiction,

custody, and control or leasehold interest of any space or

facility acquired by the Director to the Administrator for

the provision or maintenance of court accommodations.

“(5) Disposal.—The Director may identify and transfer to

the Administrator for disposal, pursuant to section 542 of

title 40, any real property under the jurisdiction, custody,

and control of the Director, as the Director determines

necessary.

“(6) Funding requests.—The Administrator shall—

“(A) provide the Director, on a nonreimbursable basis,

information requested by the Director that assists the

Director in the development of funding requests by the

Director, including information regarding prospectus-level

repair and alteration projects; and

“(B) with respect to a project for which the Director does

not request funds, request funds in accordance with otherwise

applicable law.

“(7) Operation and management.—For real property for

which jurisdiction, custody, and control is transferred to

the Director under this section, the Administrator shall

provide secure access to systems, databases, and information

used to operate and manage the real property, including

building automation and control systems, real property

inventories and data, personal property inventories and data,

work order management systems, document archives, drawings,

studies, and contracting files.

“(k) Approval of Proposed Projects by Congress.—

“(1) Resolutions required before appropriations may be

made.—

“(A) Construction, purchase, and acquisition.—No

appropriation shall be used to construct, purchase, or

acquire any space or facility located in a covered judicial

district that is to be used as a court accommodation and

which involves a total expenditure in excess of $10,000,000,

adjusted annually for inflation, if such construction,

purchase, or acquisition has not been approved by resolutions

adopted by the Committee on Environment and Public Works of

the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.

“(B) Alteration.—No appropriation shall be used to alter

any space or facility, or part thereof, that is located in a

covered judicial district and which is under lease by the

Director if the cost of such alteration would exceed

$5,000,000, adjusted annually for inflation, unless such

alteration has been approved by resolutions adopted by the

Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and

the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives.

“(C) Transmission to congress of prospectus.—For the

purpose of securing consideration for such approval, the

Director shall transmit to the Congress a prospectus of the

proposed construction, purchase, acquisition, or alteration,

including the items set forth in paragraph (3) of this

subsection that are relevant to the proposal.

“(2) Lease resolutions required before appropriations may

be made.—

“(A) In general.—No appropriation shall be used to lease

any space or facility for a permanent court accommodation

that is located in a covered judicial district and which

involves an average annual expenditure in excess of

$10,000,000, adjusted annually for inflation, if such lease

has not been approved by resolutions adopted by the Committee

on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House

of Representatives.

“(B) Transmission to congress of prospectus and

statement.—For the purpose of securing consideration for

such approval, the Director shall transmit to the Congress—

“(i) a prospectus of the proposed space or facility

including the items set forth in paragraph (3) of this

subsection that are relevant to the proposal; and

“(ii) a written statement by the Director setting forth

the reasons why leasing such space or facility is necessary

to meet requirements which cannot be met in public buildings.

“(3) Transmission to congress of prospectus of proposed

project.—To secure consideration for the approval referred

to in paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, the Director

shall transmit to Congress a prospectus of the proposed space

or facility, including—

“(A) a brief description of the space or facility to be

constructed, altered, purchased, or acquired or the space to

be leased;

“(B) the location of the space or facility to be leased

and an estimate of the maximum cost to the Federal Government

of the facility to be constructed, altered, purchased, or

acquired, or the space to be leased;

“(C) a comprehensive plan for providing space for all

officers and employees of the judicial branch in the locality

of the proposed facility or the space to be leased, having

due regard for suitable space which may continue to be

available in existing Federal Government-owned or occupied

buildings, especially those buildings that enhance the

architectural, historical, social, cultural, and economic

environment of the locality;

“(D) with respect to any project for the construction,

alteration, or acquisition of any facility, a statement by

the Director that suitable alternative space already owned or

leased by the Federal Government in proximity to the location

chosen for such court accommodation is not available and that

suitable rental space is not available at a price

commensurate with that to be afforded through the proposed

action;

“(E) a statement of rents and other housing costs

currently being paid by the Federal Government for Federal

agencies to be housed in the facility to be constructed,

altered, or acquired, or the space to be leased;

“(F) with respect to any prospectus for the construction,

alteration, or acquisition of any facility or space to be

leased, an estimate of the future energy performance of the

facility or space and a specific description of the use of

energy efficient and renewable energy systems, including

photovoltaic systems, in carrying out the project;

“(G) a statement of how the proposed project is consistent

with the standards and criteria developed under section 11(b)

of the Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public

Law 114-287; 130 Stat. 1468);

“(H) information on any space occupied by the judicial

branch in the geographical area of the proposed facility,

including uses, any proposed consolidations, and, if not

proposed to be consolidated, a justification for such

determination; and

“(I) a statement by the Director of whether the facility

needs of the judicial branch for the proposed space to be

leased were formerly met by a Federally-owned building,

including any building identified for disposal or sale.

“(4) Increase of estimated maximum cost.—The estimated

maximum cost of any project approved under this subsection as

set forth in any prospectus may be increased by an amount

equal to any percentage increase, as determined by the

Director, in construction or alteration costs from the date

the prospectus is transmitted to Congress. The increase

authorized by this paragraph may not exceed 10 percent of the

estimated maximum cost. The Director shall notify, in

writing, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the

Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

of the House of Representatives of any increase of more than

5 percent of an estimated maximum cost or of any increase or

decrease in the scope or size of a project of 5 or more

percent. Such notification shall include an explanation

regarding any such increase or decrease. The scope or size of

a project shall not increase or decrease by more than 10

percent unless an amended prospectus is submitted and

approved pursuant to this section.

“(5) Rescissions of approval.—If an appropriation is not

made within 1 year after the date a project for construction,

purchase, alteration, or acquisition is approved under

paragraph (1), the Committee on Environment and Public Works

of the Senate or the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure of the House of Representatives by resolution

may rescind its approval before an appropriation is made.

“(6) Emergency leases by the director.—The Director may

enter into emergency leases during any period declared by the

President to require emergency leasing authority. An

emergency lease may not be for more than 180 days without

approval of a prospectus for the lease in accordance with

paragraph (2).

“(7) Minimum performance requirements for leased space.—

With respect to space to be leased, the Director shall

include, to the maximum extent practicable, minimum

performance requirements requiring energy efficiency and the

use of renewable energy.

“(8) Dollar amount adjustment.—The Director annually may

adjust any dollar amount referred to in this section to

reflect a percentage increase or decrease in construction

costs during the prior calendar year, as determined by the

composite index of construction costs of the Department of

Commerce. Any adjustment shall be expeditiously reported to

the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives.

“(9) Notification requirement.—For each project approved

under this subsection, the Director shall notify, in writing,

the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate

and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the

House of Representatives of any project milestones that are

accomplished, including—

“(A) the solicitation and award of design and construction

services;

“(B) the completion of any actions required for the

project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.);

“(C) any ceremonies for the beginning or completion of the

project;

“(D) a naming ceremony for the project; and

“(E) the completion of the project.

“(10) Expiration of committee resolutions.—Unless a lease

is awarded or a construction, purchase, alteration, repair,

design, or acquisition project is initiated on or before the

date that is 5 years after the resolution of approval is

adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on

Environment and Public Works of the Senate pursuant to

paragraph (1) or (2), as applicable, the resolutions shall be

deemed expired.

“(l) Judicial Space and Facilities Management Fund.—

“(1) Fund.—

“(A) Establishment.—There is established in the Treasury

of the United States a fund to be known as the `Judicial

Space and Facilities Management Fund'.

“(B) Deposits.—There shall be deposited in the Space and

Facilities Fund the following:

“(i) Amounts appropriated to the Judiciary in annual

appropriations Acts that are available for the activities

described in paragraph (3), in such amounts as determined by

the Director.

“(ii) Advances or reimbursements from any entity in the

judicial branch for the activities and services described in

paragraph (3).

“(iii) Advances and reimbursements obtained pursuant to

subsection (m) of this section and section 6506(a) of title

“(iv) Such other funds as Congress may appropriate to the

Space and Facilities Fund from time to time, including funds

appropriated for projects approved pursuant to subsection

(k).

“(C) Availability.—Amounts deposited in the Space and

Facilities Fund shall be available until expended for the

purposes set forth in this subsection.

“(2) Transfer of deposits.—The Director—

“(A) may transfer not more than $1,000,000 in a fiscal

year from the Space and Facilities Fund into the fund or

account from which the funds were originally appropriated;

and

“(B) if, not later than 15 days before the date of the

transfer, the Director provides notice to the Committee on

Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives, may transfer

more than $1,000,000 in a fiscal year from the Space and

Facilities Fund into the fund or account from which the funds

were originally appropriated.

“(3) Use of the space and facilities fund.—The Space and

Facilities Fund shall be available for the acquisition,

alteration, construction, and management of space and

facilities and related activities, including—

“(A) the acquisition of space and facilities for court

accommodations in a covered judicial district;

“(B) the lease of space or facilities for court

accommodations in a covered judicial district;

“(C) the construction or alteration of facilities under

the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Director;

“(D) the maintenance of space under the jurisdiction,

custody, and control of the Director;

“(E) the management, overhead costs, and information

technology requirements associated with the acquisition,

construction, lease, maintenance, or management of space

under the jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Director;

and

“(F) the provision of furniture, fixtures, and equipment.

“(4) Reimbursement of the general services

administration.—Amounts deposited into the Space and

Facilities Fund shall also be available for rent and

reimbursement to the General Services Administration for

court accommodations provided, altered, or maintained by the

General Services Administration.

“(5) Plan for meeting space and facilities management

needs.—The Director shall—

“(A) develop and annually revise, with the approval of the

Judicial Conference of the

United States, a long-range plan for meeting the space and

facilities management needs of the activities funded under

this subsection; and

“(B) submit each plan under subparagraph (A) to—

“(i) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on

Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and

“(ii) the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on

Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of

Representatives.

“(6) Quarterly reporting.—Not later than 90 days after

the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the first

fiscal quarter in which the transfer of jurisdiction,

custody, and control of any real property or lease takes

place under this section, the Director shall submit to the

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report on

expenditure activity of the Judiciary Buildings Service for

the fiscal quarter that includes—

“(A) any amounts deposited in the Space and Facilities

Fund during the fiscal quarter and cumulatively during the

most recent fiscal year;

“(B) any amounts obligated from the Space and Facilities

Fund during the fiscal quarter and cumulatively during the

most recent fiscal year, including amounts used for—

“(i) rent and reimbursements to the General Services

Administration under subsection (l)(4);

“(ii) operating costs for facilities transferred to the

Director under subsection (i);

“(iii) leasing costs for leases executed or assumed by the

Director;

“(iv) management and administrative costs resulting from

the execution of authority under this section; and

“(v) capital costs for facilities transferred to the

Director under subsection (i); and

“(C) a list of each capital expenditure project for which

the total expenditure or cost exceeded the applicable

threshold under subsection (k)(1), including—

“(i) a description of the project, including milestones

reached during the fiscal quarter;

“(ii) the total cost estimate of the project, including an

explanation of any diversion from a previously reported

estimate;

“(iii) the expected date of completion, including an

explanation of any delay from previous reporting; and

“(iv) obligations for the project—

“(I) during the fiscal quarter;

“(II) cumulatively during the most recent fiscal year; and

“(III) cumulatively overall.

“(m) Use of Space and Facilities.—

“(1) Excess space.—The Director is authorized to make

available excess space in all facilities under the

jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Director to

entities not in the judicial branch on a reimbursable or

nonreimbursable basis, as determined appropriate by the

Director.

“(2) Federal agencies.—

“(A) In general.—The Director is authorized to charge

Federal agencies, and Federal agencies are authorized to pay,

by advance or reimbursement, a reasonable rate for

administering the space and other improvements (including the

cost of operation, maintenance, rehabilitation, security,

administrative overhead, and structural, mechanical, and

domestic care) furnished to Federal agencies.

“(B) Amount.—Charges under subparagraph (A) shall cover

the full cost incurred by the Director for the furnishing of

such space or other improvements including a charge for the

depreciation and future capital upgrades and replacements.

“(3) Outleased space.—The Director is authorized to

charge a reasonable rate for outleased space, with the amount

to be determined by the Director and the entity.

“(n) Reimbursement of Administrator.—The Director shall

pay rent and reimburse the Administrator for court

accommodations provided or maintained by the General Services

Administration at rates to be negotiated with the Director,

but in no case shall such rates exceed the actual costs

incurred by the General Services Administration for the

provision of the court accommodation.

“(o) Audit Requirements.—

“(1) In general.—The Director shall audit the vouchers

and transactions of the Space and Facilities Fund annually.

“(2) Requirements.—An audit described in paragraph (1)

shall be performed by an independent certified public

accounting firm.

“(3) Submission to congress.—Not later than 30 days after

the results of an audit described in paragraph (1) are

issued, the Director shall submit to Congress a report

regarding the audit.

“(4) Access for federal agencies.—Upon request by a

Federal agency occupying space within a property under the

jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Director, the

Director shall provide access to the audit reports described

in paragraph (1) relating to the property.

“(p) Federal Regulatory Requirements.—If the Director

acquires, constructs, leases, alters, or maintains any court

accommodations, whether by contract or otherwise, the

Director shall comply with statutory and regulatory

provisions which are applicable to all public buildings or

which otherwise are applicable to all Federal agencies,

including the judicial branch.

“(q) Judicial Conference of the United States Supervision

and Direction.—The Director shall administer all authorities

under this section under the supervision and direction of the

Judicial Conference of the United States.”.

(b) Conforming Amendment.—The table of sections for

chapter 41 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by

inserting after the item relating to section 604 the

following:

“604A. Pilot program for transfer of jurisdiction, custody, and

control of certain judicial branch accommodations to the

Director; authority of the Director.”.

SEC. 3. THURGOOD MARSHALL FEDERAL JUDICIARY BUILDING.

(a) In General.—Chapter 65 of title 40, United States

Code, is amended—

(1) in section 6501—

(A) in the section heading, by striking “Definition” and

inserting “Definitions”;

(B) by striking “this chapter, the term” and inserting

the following: “this chapter—

“(1) the term”;

and”; and

(D) by adding at the end the following:

“(2) the term `Director' means the Director of the

Administrative Office of the United States Courts or the

designee of the Director, except that when there is a vacancy

in the office of the Director, the Acting Director or, in the

absence of the Acting Director, the Deputy Director shall be

deemed to be the Director for purposes of this chapter until

the vacancy is filled.”;

(2) in section 6502—

(A) by striking subsection (b)(2) and inserting the

following:

“(2) Building.—Title to the Building and other

improvements constructed on Squares 721 and 722 remains in

the Federal Government.”; and

(B) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:

“(g) Accounting System.—The Director shall maintain an

accounting system for operation and maintenance of the

Building and other improvements which will allow accurate

projections of the dates and cost of major repairs,

improvements, reconstructions, and replacements of the

Building and improvements and other capital expenditures on

the Building and improvements.”;

(3) by striking sections 6503 and 6504;

(4) by redesignating section 6505 as section 6503;

(5) in section 6503, as so redesignated—

(A) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:

“(a) Transfer of Jurisdiction.—

“(1) In general.—Effective on the date that is 181 days

after the date of enactment of the Judicial Space and

Facilities Management Effectiveness Act of 2026, the

jurisdiction, custody, and control of the Thurgood Marshall

Federal Judiciary Building shall be transferred to the

Director.

“(2) Terms.—The transfer under paragraph (1) shall be

nonreimbursable.

“(3) Responsibility.—After completion of the transfer

under paragraph (1), the Director shall be responsible for

performing all building functions relating to the Thurgood

Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and to pay the costs

thereof.”; and

(B) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (3) and

inserting the following:

“(3) Reimbursement.—The Director shall transfer from the

Judicial Space and Facilities Management Fund established

under section 604A(l) of title 28 amounts necessary to

reimburse the United States Capitol Police for expenses

incurred in providing exterior security under this

subsection. The Capitol Police may accept amounts the

Director transfers under this paragraph. Those amounts shall

be credited to the appropriation account charged by the

Capitol Police in carrying out security duties.”;

(6) by redesignating section 6506 as section 6504;

(7) in section 6504, as so redesignated, by striking

subsections (a) through (f), and inserting the following:

“(a) Priority.—

“(1) Judicial branch.—Subject to this section, the

Director may make available to the judicial branch of the

Federal Government all space in the Thurgood Marshall Federal

Judiciary Building and other improvements constructed under

this chapter.

“(2) Other federal governmental entities.—The Director

may make available, on a reimbursable basis, to Federal

Government entities which are not part of the judicial

branch, and which are not staff of Members of Congress or

congressional committees, any space in the Building and other

improvements that the Director decides are not needed by the

judicial branch.

“(3) Other persons.—If any space remains, the Director

may sublease it to any person, pursuant to subsection (d).

“(b) Space for Judicial Branch and Other Federal

Governmental Entities.—Space made available under paragraph

(1) or (2) of subsection (a) is subject to—

“(1) terms and conditions necessary to carry out the

objectives of this chapter; and

“(2) reimbursement at an appropriate rental rate

established by the Director based on square foot of

occupiable space plus an amount necessary to pay each year

for the cost of administering the Building and other

improvements (including the cost of operation, maintenance,

rehabilitation, security, administrative overhead, and

structural, mechanical, and domestic care) that is

attributable to the space, with the amount to be determined

by the Director and, in the case of any Federal Governmental

entity not a part of the judicial branch, the entity.

“(c) Space for Judicial Branch.—

“(1) In general.—The Director may assign space made

available to the judicial branch under subsection (a)(1)

among offices of the judicial branch as the Director

considers appropriate.

“(2) Vacating occupied space.—When the Chief Justice

notifies the Director that the judicial branch requires

additional space in the Building and other improvements, the

Director shall accommodate those requirements within 90 days

after the date of the notification, except that if the space

was made available to the Administrator of General Services,

it shall be vacated expeditiously by not later than a date

the Chief Justice and the Director agree on.

“(3) Unoccupied space.—The Chief Justice has the right of

first refusal to use unoccupied space in the Building to meet

the needs of the judicial branch.

“(d) Outleased Space.—

“(1) Rental rate.—Space outleased by the Director under

subsection (a)(3) is subject to reimbursement at a reasonable

rate, with the amount to be determined by the Director and

the entity.

“(2) Collection of rent.—The Director shall collect, and

lessees are authorized to pay, rent for space outleased under

paragraph (3) of subsection (a).

“(e) Deposit of Rent and Reimbursements.—Amounts received

under subsection (a)(3) (including lease payments and

reimbursements) shall be deposited into the Judicial Space

and Facilities Management Fund established under section

604A(l) of title 28.”; and

(8) by striking section 6507.

(b) Conforming Amendments.—The table of sections for

chapter 65 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—

(1) by striking the item relating to section 6501 and

inserting the following:

“6501. Definitions.”; and

(2) by striking the items relating to sections 6503 through

6507 and inserting the following:

“6503. Structural and mechanical care and security.
“6504. Allocation of space.”.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) In General.—Section 3101 of title 40, United States

Code, is amended by striking “All public buildings” and

inserting “Except as provided under section 604A of title 28

or chapter 65 of this title, all public buildings.”.

(b) Duties of the Director.—Section 604(a) of title 28,

United States Code is amended—

(1) in paragraph (11), by inserting “and vouchers and

accounts relating to the Judiciary Buildings Service” before

the semicolon;

(2) in paragraph (24), by striking “and” at the end;

(3) by redesignating paragraph (25) as paragraph (26); and

(4) by inserting after paragraph (24) the following:

“(25) Oversee and manage the Judiciary Buildings Service

in accordance with section 604A; and”.

SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.

(a) Definitions.—In this section—

(1) the term “Administration” means the General Services

Administration;

(2) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of

General Services;

(3) the term “court accommodation” has the meaning given

that term in section 604A(a) of title 28, United States Code,

as added by this Act; and

(4) the term “Director” means the Director of the

Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

(b) Implementation in General.—To ensure the orderly

transition of buildings from the Administration to the

Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the

Director is authorized to withhold from funds appropriated

for the payment of rent to the Administration by the Director

such sums as are necessary to implement the Judiciary

Buildings Service.

(1) In general.—On and after the date of enactment of this

Act, the Director may request that the Administrator transfer

from the Administration to the Director jurisdiction,

custody, and control of any real property or lease housing

court accommodations in a judicial district identified under

section 604A(b) of title 28, United States Code, as added by

section 2 of this Act.

(2) Transfer.—Not later than 90 days after a request by

the Director to transfer jurisdiction, custody, and control

of any real property or lease under paragraph (1), or such

other date as is agreed to by the Director and the

Administrator, the Administrator shall transfer the property

or lease to the Director.

(3) Information.—For any real property or lease being

transferred to the Director, the Administrator shall provide

to the Director essential information required for the

transfer of building management, including detailed operating

costs, shell costs, budget projections, planned and ongoing

projects, condition assessments, drawings, operational

procedures, warranties, rental rates for each tenant,

occupancy data, agreements, and ongoing contracts.

(d) Report and Plan.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the

Director shall submit to the Committee on Environment and

Public Works and the Committee on Appropriations of the

Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of

Representatives a report—

(1) discussing the implementation and execution of real

property authority for the real property and leases

transferred under section 604A of title 28, United States

Code, as added by section 2 of this Act, including—

(A) the number of leases signed;

(B) the number of leases terminated;

(D) the amount of square footage leased:

(E) the amount of square footage occupied;

(F) the amount of vacant leased space;

(G) the number of buildings owned;

(H) top customers by square feet and annual rent;

(I) completed new construction, major repair, and

alteration projects; and

(J) financial indicators that measure and analyze space

utilization, operating costs per square foot, cost-avoidance

due to building disposals and lease termination, and, to the

extent that the Administrator provides relevant building data

to the Director, deferred maintenance liabilities; and

(2) providing information regarding a plan and proposed

timeline for the orderly transfer of properties or leases in

addition to the real property and leases transferred under

section 604A of title 28, United States Code, as added by

section 2 of this Act.

SEC. 6. GAO REPORT ON THE JUDICIARY BUILDINGS SERVICE.

(a) Report.—Not later than 2 years after the date of

enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the

Comptroller General of the United States shall—

(1) conduct a review of the actions taken by the Director

of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (in

this section referred to as the “Director”) under this Act

and the amendments made by this Act; and

(2) submit to Congress a report on the review conducted

under paragraph (1), which shall include a description of—

(A) the operation, procurement, and contracting processes

of the Judiciary Buildings Service;

(B) contracts awarded by the Judiciary Buildings Service;

by the Judiciary Buildings Service; and

(D) the vouchers, transactions, and use of the Judicial

Space and Facilities Management Fund established under

604A(l)(1)(A) of title 28, United States Code, as added by

this Act.

(b) Access.—For real property for which jurisdiction,

custody, and control is transferred to the Director under

this Act and the amendments made by this Act, the Director

shall, upon the request of the Comptroller General of the

United States, provide secure access to systems, databases,

and information used to operate and manage the real property,

including building automation and control systems, real

property inventories and data, personal property inventories

and data, work order management systems, document archives,

drawings, studies, and contracting files.

SEC. 7. SUNSET.

(a) Definitions.—In this section—

(1) the term “Administrator” means the Administrator of

General Services; and

(2) the term “Director” means the Director of the

Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

(b) Sunset of Transfer Authority of Director.—The

authority of the Director under section 604A of title 28,

United States Code, as added by section 2 of this Act, to

request the transfer of jurisdiction, custody, and control of

real property and leases from the Administrator shall cease

to have effect on the date that is 7 years after the date of

enactment of this Act.

(1) In general.—On the date that is 10 years after the

date of enactment of this Act, the Director and the

Administrator shall begin an orderly transfer back to the

Administrator of the real property and leases previously

transferred to the Director under the authority described in

subsection (b).

(2) Sunset of remaining authority of director.—On the date

on which the Administrator certifies to Congress that all the

real property and leases described in paragraph (1) have been

transferred back to the Administrator, the remaining

authority of the Director under this Act and the amendments

made by this Act shall cease to have effect.

(d) Repeal.—Effective on the date that is 15 years after

the date of enactment of this Act, this Act is repealed, and

each provision of law amended by this Act is amended to read

as it read on the day before the date of enactment of this

Act.

SEC. 8. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that, if the Judiciary proves

to be successful in managing real property and leases for

which jurisdiction, custody, and control are transferred

under section 604A of title 28, United States Code, as added

by section 2 of this Act, the extension of real property

authority over additional facilities housing the Judiciary

should be considered to ensure that the administration of

justice is not negatively impacted by deficient facilities.

SEC. 9. SEVERABILITY.

If any provision of this Act or any amendment made by this

Act, or the application of any such provision or amendment to

any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of

the remainder of this Act and the amendments made by this

Act, and the application of such provision or amendment to

any other person or circumstance shall not be affected

thereby.

By Mr. BARRASSO (for himself and Mrs. Blackburn):

S. 5204. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt individual account plans from certain prohibited transaction rules; to the Committee on Finance.

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.

There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be

printed in the Record, as follows:

S. 5204

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 “Simplifying Modern Access to

Retirement Tools for Savings Act of 2026” or the “SMART

Savings Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RULES.

(a) In General.—Paragraph (1) of section 4975(e) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

“(1) Plan.—For purposes of this section, the term `plan'

means a trust described in section 401(a) which forms a part

of a plan, or a plan described in section 403(a), which trust

or plan is exempt from tax under section 501(a).”.

(b) Conforming Amendments.—

(1) Section 4975(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

amended—

(A) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6), and

(B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (3).

(2) Section 4975(f)(8)(E) of such Code is amended by

striking clause (ii) and by redesignating clause (iii) as

clause (ii).

408(e)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended

to read as follows:

“(A) In general.—

“(i) Self-dealing.—If, during any taxable year of the

individual for whose benefit any individual retirement

account is established, that individual or the individual's

beneficiary deals with the income or assets of a plan in the

individual's own interest or for the individual's own account

or receives consideration for the individual's own personal

account from any party dealing with the plan in connection

with a transaction involving the income or assets of the

plan, other than the receipt of any relationship benefits,

such account ceases to be an individual retirement account as

of the first day of such taxable year. For purposes of this

paragraph—

“(I) the individual for whose benefit any account was

established is treated as the creator of such account,

“(II) the separate account for any individual within an

individual retirement account maintained by an employer or

association of employees is treated as a separate individual

retirement account, and

“(III) each individual retirement plan of the individual

shall be treated as a separate contract.

“(ii) Relationship benefits.—For purposes of clause (i),

the term `relationship benefits' means reduced cost or no-

cost products or services or enhanced or improved products or

services or other benefits received by a person pursuant to

an arrangement in which the account value of, or the fees

incurred for services provided to, an individual retirement

account are taken into account for purposes of determining

eligibility to receive such benefit.”.

(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section

shall apply to transactions occurring after the date of the

enactment of this Act.

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