Bill requires foreign workers to report money ties to other countries.
S. 5357 — TABOO Act · Filed by Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · 8 cosponsors · Introduced Aug 6, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill says all federal workers in foreign jobs must report their money in other countries. This includes people who work without pay. Workers must sell these holdings or lock them away. They must file reports every three months to Congress.
Who it affects
Federal workers in foreign jobs are affected. Congress gets regular reports about these workers and their money ties.
One thing to notice
The bill closes a loophole that let some workers skip ethics rules by working without pay.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
8 cosponsors: 8 Democrats.
- Aug 6, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- holdings — Money, property, or investments that a person owns.
- ethics — Rules about honest and fair behavior in a job.
- federal — Related to the national government of the United States.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (10,233 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 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.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-23.
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