Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 47 — Congressional Ethics
§ 4721. Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Accountability Office for investigation
Statutory text
If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe 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 Accountability Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Ethics Reform Act of 1989
Pub. L. 101–194 title V § 501 · 103 Stat. 1716
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4721
Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 501. REFERRAL OF ETHICS VIOLATIONS BY THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE FOR INVESTIGATION. If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe 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 General Accounting Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004
Pub. L. 108–271 § 8(b) · 118 Stat. 811
Substituted · 2 U.S.C. § 4721
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) References.— Any reference to the General Accounting Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other official paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer and apply to the Government Accountability Office.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text.
Credits
1989–2004 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, , 103 Stat. 1753; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), , 118 Stat. 814.)