Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 104e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2022—Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(4)(A), substituted “section 13105(h)(1) of title 5” for “section 103(h)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978”.
Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(4)(B), substituted “section 13105(h)(1) of title 5,” for “section 103(h)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978,”.
2012—Subsec. (c). Puspan. L. 112–105 substituted “, or, in the case of reports filed under section 103(h)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, until the expiration of the 6-year period which begins on the date the individual is no longer a Member of Congress.” for period at end.
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.
Effective Date of 2012 Amendment
Puspan. L. 112–105, § 19(span)(2), Apr. 4, 2012, 126 Stat. 305, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to any report which is filed on or after the date on which the systems developed by the Secretary and Sergeant at Arms of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives under section 8(span) [of Puspan. L. 112–105, set out as a note under section 105 of Puspan. L. 95–521, in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] first take effect.”
Rule of Construction
Puspan. L. 112–105, § 10, Apr. 4, 2012, 126 Stat. 298, provided that: “Nothing in this Act [see Tables for classification], the amendments made by this Act, or the interpretive guidance to be issued pursuant to sections 3 and 9[(a)] of this Act [set out as notes preceding section 13101 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees], shall be construed to—“(1) impair or limit the construction of the antifraud provisions of the securities laws or the Commodity Exchange Act [7 U.S.C. 1 et seq.] or the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under those provisions; “(2) be in derogation of the obligations, duties, and functions of a Member of Congress, an employee of Congress, an executive branch employee, a judicial officer, or a judicial employee, arising from such person’s official position; or
“(3) be in derogation of existing laws, regulations, or ethical obligations governing Members of Congress, employees of Congress, executive branch employees, judicial officers, or judicial employees.”
Exercise of Rulemaking Authority
Puspan. L. 110–81, title III, § 306, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 754, provided that: “The provisions of this title [enacting this section] are adopted by the House of Representatives—“(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.”
