118th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 1702: To amend PROMESA to include certain ethics provisions to provide for the disqualification of certain advisors to the Financial Oversight and Management Board, and for other purposes.
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- Introduced (completed)
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Summary
This bill disqualifies certain third-party advisory or consulting firms with a potential conflict of interest from advising a Financial Oversight and Management Board. Such a board has been established for Puerto Rico.
Specifically, a board must establish rules to disqualify any third-party advisory or consulting firm from advising the board for any period during which the firm has a client, or provides consulting services to, an individual, corporation, or other business entity that is competing for or performing a contract with the territorial government, the performance of which is within the board's jurisdiction.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
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Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Darren Soto D-FLOriginal
- Ritchie Torres D-NYOriginal
Who scored on this bill
- 1Jenniffer González-Colón SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced2 events+6
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History
- Introduced in the House by Jenniffer González-Colón.
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- Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs .
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.