Bill requires contractor-employees in government to disclose finances
H.R. 1321 — Ending DOGE Conflicts Act · Filed by John Larson (D-CT) · 86 cosponsors · Introduced Feb 13, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill requires special government employees who own, control, or lead companies that have federal contracts to file detailed financial disclosures—the same disclosures required of senior federal officials. Until their first disclosure is certified as compliant, they are barred from performing any official duties. The bill closes a loophole that has allowed private contractors with government ties to avoid transparency requirements.
Why we flagged it
The bill's operative mechanism is a transparency mandate—extending existing federal financial-disclosure rules to a previously exempt class of government-adjacent employees. It is a governance/accountability measure, not a subsidy, carve-out, or deregulation.
What the text implies
- The interim duty ban may create practical pressure on affected employees to comply quickly, but also creates a window where federal agencies must identify and temporarily sideline contractor-employees pending certification.
- The bill does not specify penalties for false or incomplete disclosures by special government employees, relying on existing title 5 enforcement mechanisms—effectiveness depends on OGE resources and willingness to enforce.
- Scope is limited to special government employees who are owners/controllers/CEOs of *contracted* companies; employees of contractors who do not hold those roles remain unaffected, preserving a potential loophole for lower-level contractor staff with influence.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
Citizens gain transparency into potential conflicts of interest when private contractors advise or work within government. The interim duty ban prevents undisclosed conflicts from influencing federal decisions. This is a restraint on government officials' (and contractor-employees') ability to self-deal without disclosure—a core accountability measure.
Named in the bill
Office of Government Ethics (OGE), Special Government Employees (SGE), Federal contractors, Title 5 United States Code (financial disclosure rules), Title 18 Section 202 (definition of SGE)
Where it stands
86 cosponsors: 86 Democrats.
- Feb 13, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Feb 13, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
2 lobbying clients named this bill on 3 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $115,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 3 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 41% of bills with at least one filing.
John Larson, the sponsor, reported $1,320,596 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- American Seniors Housing Association — $75,000 on 1 filing
- Epcon Jv, LLC — $40,000 on 2 filings
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 20, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,358 characters) on Sep 28, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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