HR 3734 Re-checks Congress.gov for new actions and updates the bill's status, and fills in any sponsors, committees, or related bills that are missing. It does not re-pull sponsors/cosponsors/committees/related — those rarely change — and it skips all work if nothing has changed upstream, so it's cheap to click.
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill expands federal conflict-of-interest rules by requiring executive branch officials to recuse themselves from matters affecting organizations where they previously worked. Specifically, it requires recusal from decisions involving organizations where the official served in the prior four years as an officer, director, partner, consultant, contractor, or employee, as well as from active business interests. The bill broadens these requirements to apply to a wider range of executive officials, including those in Executive Schedule positions and the Executive Office of the President. The goal is to prevent federal officials from making decisions that could benefit their former employers or current business interests.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Ryan, Patrick [D-NY-18] (D-NY)
6 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Jun 4, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 4, 2025 Introduced in House
Similar bills (6)
Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.
Text versions (1)
Bills are re-published as they move (Introduced → Reported → Engrossed → Enrolled …). Each stage below is a separate text; pick two to see what changed. Data from Congress.gov.
Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2025
Mr. Ryan (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Craig, and Mrs. Sykes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that officers and employees of the executive branch are required to recuse themselves in matters affecting the financial interests of their previous employers, and for other purposes.
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 “Stop Millionaires Using Service for Kickbacks Act” or the “Stop MUSK Act”.
SEC. 2. RECUSAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN MATTERS AFFECTING FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF PREVIOUS EMPLOYERS.
Section 208(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking “an officer or employee of the executive branch of the United States Government, or of any independent agency of the United States, a Federal Reserve bank director, officer, or employee, or an officer or employee of the District of Columbia, including a special Government employee” and inserting “an officer or employee in any position listed under the Executive Schedule (sections 5312 through 5316 of title 5), a special Government employee, or an officer or employee of the Executive Office of the President”; and
(2) by inserting after “organization in which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, general partner or employee,” the following: “organization for which he, during the 4-year period preceding such participation, served as an officer, director, trustee, general partner, agent, attorney, consultant, contractor, employee, or direct competitor, organization (other than a political organization described in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) in which he is an active participant,”. <all>
Comments