Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representa-
tives of this determination. 
(2) The committee may overrule the determination of 
the Commission if, within 10 legislative days— 
(A) the committee by an affirmative, roll-call 
vote of two-thirds of the full committee votes to 
overrule the determination of the Commission; 
(B) the committee issues a public report detail-
ing its reasoning for overruling the Commission; 
(C) the vote of each member of the committee 
on such roll-call vote is included in the report; and 
(D) dissenting members are allowed to issue 
their own report detailing their reasons for dis-
agreeing with the majority vote. 
(3) If the committee votes to overrule the determina-
tion of the Commission pursuant to paragraph (2), the 
Commission may publish and make available to the gen-
eral public a report detailing the reasons that he concluded 
there were sufficient grounds to present such case to the 
committee. 
(4)(A) If the Commission determines there is prob-
able cause that an ethics violation has occurred and the 
Commission’s determination is not overruled, the Commis-
sion shall present the case and evidence to the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Rep-
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resentatives to hear and make a determination pursuant 
to its rules. 
(B) The committee shall vote upon whether the indi-
vidual who is the subject of the investigation has violated 
any rules or other standards of conduct applicable to that 
individual in his official capacity. Such votes shall be a 
roll-call vote of the full committee, a quorum being 
present. The committee shall issue a public report which 
shall include the vote of each member of the committee 
on such roll-call vote. Dissenting members may issue their 
own report detailing their own reasons for disagreeing 
with the majority vote. 
(d) SANCTIONS.—Whenever the Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives 
finds that an ethics violation has occurred the Commission 
shall recommend appropriate sanctions to the committee 
and whether a matter should be referred to the Depart-
ment of Justice for investigation. 
SEC. 6. PROCEDURAL RULES. 
(a) MAJORITY
APPROVAL.—No report or rec-
ommendation relating to the official conduct of a Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives shall 
be made by the Commission, and no investigation of such 
conduct shall be undertaken by the Commission, unless 
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approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the mem-
bers of the Commission. 
(b) INVESTIGATIONS.—Except in the case of an in-
vestigation undertaken by the Commission on its own ini-
tiative, the Commission may undertake an investigation 
relating to the official conduct of an individual Member, 
officer, or employee of the House of Representatives 
only— 
(1) upon receipt of a complaint, in writing and 
under oath, made by or submitted to a Member of 
the House of Representatives and transmitted to the 
Commission by such Member, or 
(2) upon receipt of a complaint from the chair-
man of the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct of the House of Representatives, in writing and 
under oath, made by that committee. 
(c) PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN INVESTIGATIONS.—No 
investigation shall be undertaken by the Commission of 
any alleged violation of a law, rule, regulation, or standard 
of conduct not in effect at the time of the alleged violation. 
(d) DISCLOSURE.—No information or testimony re-
ceived, or the contents of a complaint or the fact of its 
filing, shall be publicly disclosed by any member of the 
Commission or staff of the Commission unless specifically 
authorized in each instance by a vote of the Commission. 
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