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Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions

Chapter 20 — Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability

§ 2129. Ethics

Statutory text

(a)

Conflict of interest

Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members and staff of the Oversight Board shall be subject to the Federal conflict of interest requirements described in section 208 of title 18.

(b)

Financial disclosure

Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members of the Oversight Board and staff designated by the Oversight Board shall be subject to disclosure of their financial interests, the contents of which shall conform to the same requirements set forth in section 13104 of title 5.

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. Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act

    Pub. L. 114–187 title I § 109 · 130 Stat. 549

    Enacted · 48 U.S.C. § 2129

    Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 109. ETHICS. (a) Conflict of Interest.— Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members and staff of the Oversight Board shall be subject to the Federal conflict of interest requirements described in section 208 of title 18, United States Code. (b) Financial Disclosure.— Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members of the Oversight Board and staff designated by the Oversight Board shall be subject to disclosure of their financial interests, the contents of which shall conform to the same requirements set forth in section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).

  2. Pub. L. 117–286 § 4(c)(45) · 136 Stat. 4196

    Substituted · 48 U.S.C. § 2129(b)

    Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 13104 of title 5.” for “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 13104 of title 5.” for “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (45) Section 109(b) of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (48 U.S.C. 2129(b)) is amended by striking “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).” and inserting “section 13104 of title 5, United States Code.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 13104 of title 5.” for “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”

Credits

2016–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 2016Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, , 130 Stat. 563
  2. 2022Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(45), , 136 Stat. 4359.
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(Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, , 130 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(45), , 136 Stat. 4359.)

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