Financial Disclosure: Chris Van Hollen
Van Hollen fills out the disclosure with a pen and faxes it in
Financial Disclosures
The following financial disclosure reports were recently filed with the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House, and Office of Government Ethics.
Senate
Executive Branch
Gerald Acker - Commissioner - International Joint Commission - Ethics Agreement
Michael M. Contrades - U.S. Marshal Hawaii - Department of Justice - Ethics Agreement
Rebecca Haffajee - Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation - Department of Health and Human Services - Ethics Agreement
Lobbying Eligibility Date Notices
The Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House recently announced that the following people are eligible to register as lobbyists as of the dates shown below.
Senate
Christy M. Woodruff (Senator Lee) - October 23rd, 2023
Chad R. Kreikemeier (Senator Shaheen) - October 21st, 2023
Jennifer B. Piorkowski (Senator Merkley) - October 21st, 2023
House
Theodore E. Deutch - September 30th, 2023
Charlie Crist - August 31st, 2023
Sponsored Travel Reports
The following reports on travel paid for by outside groups were recently filed with the Secretary of the Senate, Clerk of the House, and Office of Government Ethics.
Senate
Homer Carlisle (Sherrod Brown) - October 9th to October 11th
Claire Borzner (Debbie Stabenow) - October 1st to October 6th
House
Nnemdilim Ubezonu (James E. Clyburn) - Software Education Foundation d.b.a. Software.org: the BSA Foundation
Naomi Meria Lake (Jesus Garcia) - Japan Center for International Exchange
The following applies to all of the reports and information above.
Title 1 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, as amended, 5 U.S.C. app. § 105(c), states that:
It shall be unlawful for any person to obtain or use a report:
for any unlawful purpose;
for any commercial purpose, other than by news and communications media for dissemination to the general public;
for determining or establishing the credit rating of any individual; or
for use, directly or indirectly, in the solicitation of money for any political, charitable, or other purpose.
The Attorney General may bring a civil action against any person who obtains or uses a report for any purpose prohibited in paragraph (1) of this subsection. The court in which such action is brought may assess against such person a penalty in any amount not to exceed $11,000. Such remedy shall be in addition to any other remedy available under statutory or common law.