2 U.S.C. § 4713 — Reporting payments made to witnesses

Page 579 TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS § 4723 ing this section] are adopted by the House of Rep- resentatives— ‘‘(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House; and ‘‘(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House to change those rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the House.’’ § 4713. Reporting payments made to witnesses before Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other rule or regulation, any information on payments made by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representa- tives to an individual for attendance as a wit- ness before the Committee in executive session during a Congress shall be reported not later than the second semiannual report filed under section 5535 of this title in the following Con- gress. (Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 105, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified as a note under sec- tion 104b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Ethics of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011. SUBCHAPTER III—SENATE § 4721. Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Account- ability Office for investigation If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate de- termines that there is a reasonable basis to be- lieve that a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Account- ability Office to conduct factfinding and an in- vestigation into the matter. The Office of Spe- cial Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee. (Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. AMENDMENTS 2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted ‘‘Government Ac- countability Office’’ for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ in section catchline and text. § 4722. Mandatory Senate ethics training for Members and staff (a) Training program The Select Committee on Ethics shall conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members of the Senate and Senate staff. (b) Requirements The ethics training program conducted by the Select Committee on Ethics shall be completed by— (1) new Senators or staff not later than 60 days after commencing service or employ- ment; and (2) Senators and Senate staff serving or em- ployed on September 14, 2007, not later than 165 days after September 14, 2007. (Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 553, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section. § 4723. Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall issue an annual report due no later than January 31, describing the following: (1) The number of alleged violations of Sen- ate rules received from any source, including the number raised by a Senator or staff of the committee. (2) A list of the number of alleged violations that were dismissed— (A) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in which, even if the allegations in the complaint are true, no violation of Senate rules would exist; or (B) because they failed to provide suffi- cient facts as to any material violation of the Senate rules beyond mere allegation or assertion. (3) The number of alleged violations in which the committee staff conducted a pre- liminary inquiry. (4) The number of alleged violations that re- sulted in an adjudicatory review. (5) The number of alleged violations that the committee dismissed for lack of substantial merit. (6) The number of private letters of admoni- tion or public letters of admonition issued. (7) The number of matters resulting in a dis- ciplinary sanction. (8) Any other information deemed by the committee to be appropriate to describe its ac- tivities in the preceding year. (Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 554, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1i of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renum- bering as this section.