1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act of 2023 . I Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Conflicts of Interest 101. Short title This title may be cited as the Eliminating Executive Branch Insider Conflicts of Interest Act . 102. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that executive branch officials should not have a personal financial interest in the outcome of Government policy decisions. 103. Banning conflicted interests in the executive branch (a) In general Chapter 131 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: IV Banning conflicted interests in the executive branch 13151. Definitions In this subchapter: (1) Adjacent individual The term adjacent individual means— (A) each officer or employee in the executive branch holding a Senior Executive Service position, as defined under section 3132(a)(2) of title 5; (B) each member of a uniformed service whose pay grade is at or in excess of O–7 under section 201 of title 37; (C) each officer or employee in any other position determined by the Special Counsel of the United States, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Government Ethics, to be of equal classification to a position described in subparagraph (A) or (B); or (D) the spouse or dependent child of any individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C). (2) Covered financial interest (A) In general The term covered financial interest means— (i) any investment in— (I) a security (as defined in section 3(a) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78c(a) )); (II) a security future (as defined in that section); or (III) a commodity (as defined in section 1a of the Commodity Exchange Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1a ))