This Act, signed by @realDonaldTrump forces Biden to disclose conflicts of interests on members of Biden transition team and more! Read: https://t.co/cC8v0MPfG9
— J (@ItsAboutTime45) November 24, 2020
PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2019 [[Page 134 STAT. 138]] Public Law 116-121 116th Congress An Act To amend the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to improve the orderly transfer of the executive power during Presidential transitions. <<NOTE: Mar. 3, 2020 - [S. 394]>> Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2019. 3 USC 1 note.>> SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Presidential Transition Enhancement Act of 2019''. SEC. 2. PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION ENHANCEMENTS. (a) In General.--Section 3 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``upon request,'' and all that follows through ``including'' and inserting ``upon request, to each President-elect, each Vice-President- elect, and, for up to 60 days after the date of the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice-President- elect, each President and Vice President, for use in connection with the preparations for the assumption of official duties as President or Vice President necessary services and facilities, including''; and (B) in paragraph (2)-- (i) by inserting ``, or an employee of a committee of either House of Congress, a joint committee of the Congress, or an individual Member of Congress,'' after ``any branch of the Government''; and (ii) by inserting ``, or in the case of an employee in a position in the legislative branch, with the consent of the supervising Member of Congress'' after ``with the consent of the head of the agency''; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: ``(b) The Administrator shall expend funds for the provision of services and facilities under this section-- ``(1) <<NOTE: Time period.>> in connection with any obligation incurred by the President-elect or Vice-President- elect, or after the inauguration of the President-elect as President and the inauguration of the Vice-President-elect as Vice President incurred by the President or Vice President, during the period-- ``(A) beginning on the day after the date of the general elections held to determine the electors of the President and Vice President under section 1 or 2 of title 3, United States Code; and [[Page 134 STAT. 139]] ``(B) ending on the date that is 60 days after the date of such inauguration; and ``(2) without regard to whether the President-elect, Vice- President-elect, President, or Vice President submits to the Administrator a request for payment regarding services or facilities before the end of such period.''; (3) in subsection (h)(2)(B)(ii), by striking ``computers'' and inserting ``information technology''; and (4) By adding at the end the following: ``(i) Memorandums of Understanding.-- ``(1) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> In general.--Not later than September 1 of a year during which a Presidential election occurs, the Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, enter into a memorandum of understanding with each eligible candidate, which shall include, at a minimum, the conditions for the administrative support services and facilities described in subsection (a). ``(2) Existing resources.--To the maximum extent practicable, a memorandum of understanding entered into under paragraph (1) shall be based on memorandums of understanding relating to previous Presidential transitions. ``(3) Transition representative.-- ``(A) Designation of representative for inquiries.-- Each memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall designate a representative of the eligible candidate to whom the Administrator shall direct any inquiries or legal instruments regarding the records of the eligible candidate that are in the custody of the Administrator. ``(B) Change in transition representative.--The designation of a new individual as the transition representative of an eligible candidate shall not require the execution of a new memorandum of understanding under this subsection. ``(C) Termination of designation.--The designation of a transition representative under a memorandum of understanding shall terminate-- ``(i) not later than September 30 of the year during which the inauguration of the President- elect as President and the inauguration of the Vice-President-elect as Vice President occurs; or ``(ii) before the date described in clause (i), upon request of the President-elect or the Vice-President-elect or, after such inauguration, upon request of the President or the Vice President. ``(4) Amendments.--Any amendment to a memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall be agreed to in writing. ``(5) <<NOTE: Deadline.>> Prior notification of deviation.--Each party to a memorandum of understanding entered into under this subsection shall provide written notice, except to the extent prohibited under another provision of law, not later than 3 days before taking any action that deviates from the terms and conditions agreed to in the memorandum of understanding. ``(6) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `eligible candidate' has the meaning given that term in subsection (h)(4).''. (b) Agency Transitions.--Section 4 of the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note) is amended-- [[Page 134 STAT. 140]] (1) in subsection (a)-- (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end; (B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: ``(4) the term `nonpublic information'-- ``(A) means information from the Federal Government that a member of a transition team obtains as part of the employment of the member that such member knows or reasonably should know has not been made available to the general public; and ``(B) includes information that a member of the transition team knows or reasonably should know-- ``(i) is exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, or otherwise protected from disclosure by law; and ``(ii) is not authorized by the appropriate government agency or officials to be released to the public; and''; (2) in subparagraphs (C) and (D) of subsection (e)(3), by inserting ``serving in a career position'' after ``senior representative''; (3) by striking subsection (f)(2) and inserting the following: ``(2) <<NOTE: Deadline. Succession plan.>> Acting officers.--Not later than September 15 of a year during which a Presidential election occurs, and in accordance with subchapter III of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, the head of each agency shall ensure that a succession plan is in place for each senior noncareer position in the agency.''; and (4) in subsection (g)-- (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``November 1'' and inserting ``October 1''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``(3) Ethics plan.-- ``(A) <<NOTE: Effective date.>> In general.--Each memorandum of understanding under paragraph (1) shall include an agreement that the eligible candidate will implement and enforce an ethics plan to guide the conduct of the transition beginning on the date on which the eligible candidate becomes the President-elect. ``(B) Contents.--The ethics plan shall include, at a minimum-- ``(i) <<NOTE: Applicability.>> a description of the ethics requirements that will apply to all members of the transition team, including any specific requirement for transition team members who will have access to nonpublic or classified information; ``(ii) a description of how the transition team will-- ``(I) address the role on the transition team of-- ``(aa) lobbyists registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and individuals who were former lobbyists registered under that Act; and ``(bb) persons registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. [[Page 134 STAT. 141]] 611 et seq.), foreign nationals, and other foreign agents; ``(II) prohibit a transition team member with conflicts of interest similar to those applicable to Federal employees under section 2635.402(a) and section 2635.502(a) of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, related to current or former employment, affiliations, clients, or investments, from working on particular matters involving specific parties that affect the interests of such member; and ``(III) address how the covered eligible candidate will address his or her own conflicts of interest during a Presidential term if the covered eligible candidate becomes the President-elect; ``(iii) a Code of Ethical Conduct, which each member of the transition team will sign and be subject to, that reflects the content of the ethics plans under this paragraph and at a minimum requires transition team members to-- ``(I) seek authorization from transition team leaders or their designees before seeking, on behalf of the transition, access to any nonpublic information; ``(II) keep confidential any nonpublic information provided in the course of the duties of the member with the transition and exclusively use such information for the purposes of the transition; and ``(III) not use any nonpublic information provided in the course of transition duties, in any manner, for personal or private gain for the member or any other party at any time during or after the transition; and ``(iv) a description of how the transition team will enforce the Code of Ethical Conduct, including the names of the members of the transition team responsible for enforcement, oversight, and compliance. ``(C) <<NOTE: Web posting.>> Publicly available.-- The transition team shall make the ethics plan described in this paragraph publicly available on the internet website of the General Services- [[Page 134 STAT. 142]] Administration the earlier of-- ``(i) the day on which the memorandum of understanding is completed; or ``(ii) October 1.''. Approved March 3, 2020. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 394: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SENATE REPORTS: No. 116-13 (Comm. on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD: Vol. 165 (2019): Aug. 1, considered and passed Senate. Vol. 166 (2020): Feb. 5, considered and passed House. <all>
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The presstitute media will simply state that the election is Bidens "Get out of Jail Free" card.
The presstitute media will say the public support in an election victory negates any complications, unless impeached.
The presstitute media is introducing us to a bought and paid for influence peddler for graft, as our brand new President, and his Marxist Vice President with a blank slate of ethics, that their own party wanted nothing to do with.
Isn't this special.......
Gentle readers, I am a very nasty seventy-three year old retired federal law enforcement officer from Pennsylvania how some ever do not mistake age for senility I still remember seeing and hearing and seeing with my own eyes and ears former Vice President Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden bragging about committing a crime on television to wit having a Ukrainian investigative prosecutor who was investigating the extremely corrupt Burisma Holdings Limited is a holding company for a group of energy exploration and production companies. What would be even funnier would be seeing the current Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Christopher Asher Wray wearing metaphorical sackcloth and ashes and pounding his chest and chanting “I screwed up! I screwed up! I really screwed up!” I suggest you look up Frank Forrester Church (Born July 25, 1924 Died April 7, 1984) and the Church Committee he ran. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1956, Frank Church spent twenty-four years in Congress as an advocate for progressive causes, including civil rights, equal rights for women, wilderness preservation, and opposition to the Vietnam War. In the mid-1970s he gained notoriety for overseeing a Senate investigation that exposed some of the CIA and FBI's more controversial activities. Church's inquiry paved the way for passage of the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980, which requires the agencies to report covert activities to an oversight committee in an effort to curb abuses of power. It quite frankly did not work too well because the nonsense is still going on today. Frank Forrester Church was one of the most honorable men I ever observed in my life. By the way he was a Democrat and had served in World War Two as an intelligence officer they were so afraid of him that the National Security Agency was conducting “electronic surveillance” of his personal communications I never accused them of spying on him!!!!
I'm right there with you brother.
Bad people will discard this like they do other things. Bad people do not want to obey. America is only for good willing to do the right thing.
too little too late. deep state TRAITORS in the gop should have done this last spring not now when it means nothing but that is the idea, mean nothing!!!!!
If i were biden and i read this i would congradulate trump on his victory.
Oh yes, immediately, if not sooner! But being a Democrat, he would ignore it because after all, he is above it all!
The great British courtier, wit and general observer of the human condition Sir John Harington (baptized 4 August 1560 – died 20 November 1612), once observed "Treason doth never prosper. What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason." I guess he had a crystal ball to see the future how else would he know about the Clintons? They sure prospered off treason!!! By the way how much did the Clinton Foundation make from the sale from the Uranium One sale of 20% of America’s uranium supply, the $14,000,000 that Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton received advance that she received for her book “Hard Choices” Which she now says she cannot remember anything about back home we call that “Chicago Amnesia”! Does anyone really need an explanation for that one and the $15,000,000 that The Honorable William Jefferson “Bubba” Clinton also known Her Majesty’s Police Service as “The Rhodes Scholar Rapist for his book “My Life,” besides $500,000 speaking honorarium “Bubba” Clinton received for speaking in Moscow. But as a paranoid old retired Treasury law enforcement officer with a really warped sense of humor I would love to watch sixty I.R.S. Criminal Investigation Division Special Agents auditing the Clinton foundations books. After all they have not be audited in over twenty years. I will know they found something when they start giggling and when they dissolve into gales of laughter I will know for sure the Clinton crime family gooses are cooked!! Especially if they are people I trained because it will be fun!!!
and please have that televised, because it would be fun to watch Clintons goose roasted to ashes.
I would be dancing in the street to see gooses cooked, really, really, well=done. Burned, preferably. Crispy critters. Then shredded....