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Title 2 — The Congress

Chapter 47 — Congressional Ethics

§ 4724. Amendment to Senate conflict of interest rule

Statutory text

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b), any employee of the Senate who is required to file a report pursuant to Senate rules shall refrain from participating personally and substantially as an employee of the Senate in any contact with any agency of the executive or judicial branch of Government with respect to non-legislative matters affecting any non-governmental person in which the employee has a significant financial interest.

(b)

Subsection (a) shall not apply if an employee first advises his supervisor of his significant financial interest and obtains from such supervisor a written waiver stating that the participation of the employee is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the Select 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.

  1. Ethics Reform Act of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–194 title IX § 903 · 103 Stat. 1716

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 4724

    (Pub. L. 101–194, title IX, § 903, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1781.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 101–194, title IX, § 903, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1781.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 903. AMENDMENT TO SENATE CONFLICT OF INTEREST RULE. (a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any employee of the Senate who is required to file a report pursuant to Senate rules shall refrain from participating personally and substantially as an employee of the Senate in any contact with any agency of the executive or judicial branch of Government with respect to non-legislative matters affecting any non-governmental person in which the employee has a significant financial interest. (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if an employee first advises his supervisor of his significant financial interest and obtains from such supervisor a written waiver stating that the participation of the employee is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the Select Committee.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 60–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Credits

(Pub. L. 101–194, title IX, § 903, , 103 Stat. 1781.)

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