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sioner for failure to complete security screening for en-
trance to the House Chamber. 
(2) A fine imposed pursuant to this resolution shall 
be $5,000 for a first offense and $10,000 for any subse-
quent offense. 
(3) The Sergeant-at-Arms shall promptly notify in 
writing the Member, Delegate, or the Resident Commis-
sioner, the Speaker, the Committee on Ethics, and the 
Chief Administrative Officer of any fine under this sub-
section. Such notification shall include findings detailing 
the violation and shall also be made publicly available by 
the chair of the Committee on Ethics. 
(b) APPEAL TO COMMITTEE ON ETHICS.—(1) The 
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may appeal 
the fine imposed under subsection (a) in writing to the 
Committee on Ethics not later than 30 calendar days or 
five legislative days, whichever is later, after notification 
pursuant to subsection (a)(3). Such appeal shall include 
a response to the findings issued by the Sergeant-at-Arms 
pursuant to such paragraph. 
(2) Upon receipt of an appeal pursuant to paragraph 
(1), the Committee on Ethics shall have a period of 30 
calendar days or five legislative days, whichever is later, 
to consider the appeal. The fine will be upheld unless the 
appeal is agreed to by a majority of the Committee. Upon 
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a determination regarding the appeal or if no appeal has 
been filed at the expiration of the period specified in para-
graph (1), the chair of the Committee on Ethics shall 
promptly notify the Member, Delegate, or the Resident 
Commissioner, the Speaker, the Sergeant-at-Arms, and 
the Chief Administrative Officer, and shall make such no-
tification publicly available. The Speaker shall promptly 
lay such notification before the House. 
(3) If a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner 
files an appeal under paragraph (1) prior to the date on 
which the Committee on Ethics has adopted written rules, 
the period for the Committee’s consideration of the appeal 
under paragraph (2) shall begin on the date on which the 
chair of the Committee notifies the Member, Delegate, or 
Resident Commissioner that the Committee has adopted 
such rules. 
(c) DEDUCTING FINE FROM PAY.—(1) If a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner against whom a fine 
is imposed by the Sergeant-at-Arms under subsection (a) 
has not paid the fine prior to the expiration of the 90- 
calendar day period which begins on the date described 
in paragraph (2), the Chief Administrative Officer shall 
deduct the amount of the fine from the net salary other-
wise due the Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner, in accordance with timetables and procedures es-
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tablished by the Committee on House Administration for 
purposes of carrying out this subsection. 
(2) The date described in this paragraph is, with re-
spect to a fine imposed on a Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner— 
(A) the date of the determination of the Com-
mittee on Ethics under subsection (b)(2); or 
(B) if the Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner does not file an appeal with the Com-
mittee on Ethics prior to the expiration of the period 
specified in subsection (b)(1), the first day after the 
expiration of such period. 
(d) PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN OR OFFICIAL 
FUNDS TO PAY FINES.—A Member, Delegate, or Resi-
dent Commissioner may not use campaign funds or official 
funds, including amounts in the Members’ Representa-
tional Allowance, to pay a fine imposed under this resolu-
tion. 
(e) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Sergeant-at- 
Arms, Committee on Ethics, Committee on House Admin-
istration, and Chief Administrative Officer are authorized 
to establish policies and procedures for the implementation 
of this resolution. 
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