On the recordMarch 6, 2019
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Insert after section 8005 the following: SEC. 8006. GUIDANCE ON UNPAID EMPLOYEES. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics shall issue guidance on ethical standards applicable to unpaid employees of an agency. (b) Definitions.--In this section-- (1) the term ``agency'' includes the Executive Office of the President and the White House; and (2) the term ``unpaid employee'' includes any individual occupying a position at an agency and who is unpaid by operation of section 3110 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law, but does not include any employee who is unpaid due to a lapse in appropriations. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 172, the gentlewoman from Washington (Ms. Jayapal) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Washington.
