(i) by striking ‘‘Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct’’ and inserting 
‘‘Independent Ethics Commission’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘clause 3(a)(3) of rule 
XI’’ and inserting ‘‘section 202(3) the Eth-
ics Reform Act of 2007’’. 
(B) Clause 1(m)(1) of rule X of such 
Rules is amended by striking ‘‘(other than 
those relating to the Code of Official Con-
duct)’’. 
(C) Clause 2(a)(16) of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct’’ and inserting ‘‘Independent Ethics Com-
mission’’. 
(D) Clause 5 of rule X of such Rules is 
amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (a), by striking 
subparagraph (3) and by redesignating 
subparagraph (4) as subparagraph (3); 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (b), by striking 
item (ii) and by redesignating item (iii) as 
item (ii). 
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(E) Clause 2(g)(1) of rule XI of such 
Rules is amended by striking ‘‘(other than the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct or 
its subcommittees)’’ each place it appears. 
(F) Clause 2(m)(3)(A) of rule XI of such 
Rules is amended by— 
(i) striking ‘‘(i) Except as provided in 
subdivision (A)(ii), a’’ and inserting ‘‘A’’; 
and 
(ii) striking item (ii). 
(G) Clause 3 of rule XIII of such Rules is 
amended— 
(i) by striking the last sentence of 
subparagraph (b); and 
(ii) in subparagraph (d)(3)(B), by 
striking ‘‘, or the Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct’’ and by inserting ‘‘or’’ 
before ’’the Committee on Rules’’. 
(H) Clause 5(a) of rule XIII of such Rules 
is amended by striking subparagraph (5). 
(I) Clause 12 of rule XXIII of such Rules 
is amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Inde-
pendent Ethics Commission’’. 
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(J) Clause 2(e) of rule XXV of such Rules 
is amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Inde-
pendent Ethics Commission’’. 
(K) Clause 3(b) of rule XXV of such Rules 
is amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Stand-
ards of Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Inde-
pendent Ethics Commission’’. 
(L) Clause 5 of rule XXV of such Rules is 
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘Independent Ethics Commission’’. 
(M) Clause 1 of rule XVI of such Rules is 
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Standards 
of Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Inde-
pendent Ethics Commission’’. 
(2) LAW.—The following provisions are each 
amended by striking ‘‘Committee on Standards of 
Official Conduct’’ and inserting ‘‘Independent Ethics 
Commission’’: 
(A) Section 5(e) of Public Law 93–191 (2 
U.S.C. 501(e)). 
(B) Section 7342(a)(6)(A) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
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(C) Section 7353(d)(1) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(D) Section 103(j)(1) of the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(E) Section 109(1) of the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(F) Section 109(18)(B) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(G) Section 111(2) of the Ethics in Gov-
ernment Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(H) Section 503(1)(A) of the Ethics in 
Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
(I) Sections 416(e) and 503 of the Con-
gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1416(e) and 1433). 
(J) Section 803 of the Ethics Reform Act 
of 1989 (2 U.S.C 29d). 
SEC. 102. REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE ON STANDARDS OF 
OFFICIAL CONDUCT. 
Any reference in a law, regulation, document, paper, 
or other record of the United States to the ‘‘Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
‘‘Independent Ethics Commission’’. 
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TITLE II—ESTABLISHMENT OF 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT AND MEMBERSHIP OF COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inde-
pendent commission within the legislative branch of the 
Government to be known as the Independent Ethics Com-
mission (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—(1) The Commission shall consist 
of 11 individuals, 5 appointed by the Speaker, 5 by the 
minority leader of the House of Representatives, and one 
selected by the members of the Commission. Appointments 
of the members of the Commission by the Speaker and 
the minority leader shall be completed not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) The Speaker and the minority leader shall each 
make such appointments after consulting with a broad 
cross section of the membership of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(c) CHAIRMAN.—The chairman shall be appointed 
from members of the Commission jointly by the Speaker 
and the minority leader of the House of Representatives. 
(d) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
(1) SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS.—Selection and 
appointment of members shall be without regard to 
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