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obligations as may be held by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury), as determined under section 3101(b) of such title
after the application of section 3101(a) of such title, that
may be outstanding at any one time.
RULE XXIV.
CODE OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT.
There is hereby established by and for the House the
following code of conduct, to be known as the ‘‘Code of
Official Conduct’’:
1. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House shall con-
duct himself at all times in a manner that shall re-
flect creditably on the House.
2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House shall ad-
here to the spirit and the letter of the Rules of the
House and to the rules of duly constituted commit-
tees thereof.
3. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may not re-
ceive compensation and may not permit compensa-
tion to accrue to his beneficial interest from any
source, the receipt of which would occur by virtue of
influence improperly exerted from his position in
Congress.
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4. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may not ac-
cept gifts except as provided by clause 5 of rule
XXVI.
5. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may not ac-
cept an honorarium for a speech, a writing for publi-
cation, or other similar activity, except as otherwise
provided under rule XXVI.
6. 
A 
Member, 
Delegate, 
or 
Resident
Commissioner—
(a) shall keep his campaign funds separate
from his personal funds;
(b) may not convert campaign funds to
personal use in excess of an amount represent-
ing reimbursement for legitimate and verifiable
campaign expenditures; and
(c) may not expend funds from his cam-
paign account that are not attributable to bona
fide campaign or political purposes.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner shall treat as campaign contributions all pro-
ceeds from testimonial dinners or other fund-raising
events.
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8. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, or officer of the House may not retain an
employee who does not perform duties for the offices
of the employing authority commensurate with the
compensation he receives.
(b) In the case of a committee employee who
works under the direct supervision of a member of
the committee other than a chairman, the chairman
may require that such member affirm in writing that
the employee has complied with clause 8(a) (subject
to clause 7 of rule X) as evidence of compliance by
the chairman with this clause and with clause 7 of
rule X.
9. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may not
discharge and may not refuse to hire an individual,
or otherwise discriminate against an individual with
respect to compensation, terms, conditions, or privi-
leges of employment, because of the race, color, reli-
gion, sex (including marital or parental status), dis-
ability, age, or national origin of such individual, but
may take into consideration the domicile or political
affiliation of such individual.
10. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner who has been convicted by a court of record
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for the commission of a crime for which a sentence
of two or more years’ imprisonment may be imposed
should refrain from participation in the business of
each committee of which he is a member, and a
Member should refrain from voting on any question
at a meeting of the House or of the Committee of
the Whole House on the state of the Union, unless
or until judicial or executive proceedings result in re-
instatement of the presumption of his innocence or
until he is reelected to the House after the date of
such conviction.
11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner may not authorize or otherwise allow an indi-
vidual, group, or organization not under the direc-
tion and control of the House to use the words
‘‘Congress of the United States,’’ ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives,’’ or ‘‘Official Business,’’ or any com-
bination of words thereof, on any letterhead or enve-
lope.
12. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), an
employee of the House who is required to file a re-
port under rule XXVII may not participate person-
ally and substantially as an employee of the House
in a contact with an agency of the executive or judi-
cial branches of Government with respect to non-
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legislative matters affecting any nongovernmental
person in which the employee has a significant fi-
nancial interest.
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply if an em-
ployee first advises his employing authority of a sig-
nificant financial interest described in paragraph (a)
and obtains from his employing authority a written
waiver stating that the participation of the employee
in the activity described in paragraph (a) is nec-
essary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.
13. Before a Member, Delegate, Resident Com-
missioner, officer, or employee of the House may
have access to classified information, the following
oath (or affirmation) shall be executed:
‘‘I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will
not disclose any classified information received
in the course of my service with the House of
Representatives, except as authorized by the
House of Representatives or in accordance with
its Rules.’’
Copies of the executed oath (or affirmation) shall be
retained by the Clerk as part of the records of the
House.
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14. (a) In this Code of Official Conduct, the
term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ means an
individual whose compensation is disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer.
(b) An individual whose services are com-
pensated by the House pursuant to a consultant con-
tract shall be considered an employee of the House
for purposes of clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 13 of
this rule.
RULE XXV.
LIMITATIONS ON USE OF OFFICIAL FUNDS.
Limitations on use of official and unofficial accounts
1. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
may not maintain, or have maintained for his use, an un-
official office account. Funds may not be paid into an un-
official office account.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this rule,
if an amount from the Official Expenses Allowance of a
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner is paid into
the House Recording Studio revolving fund for tele-
communications satellite services, the Member, Delegate,
or Resident Commissioner may accept reimbursement
from nonpolitical entities in that amount for transmission
to the Clerk for credit to the Official Expenses Allowance.
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3. In this rule the term ‘‘unofficial office account’’
means an account or repository in which funds are re-
ceived for the purpose of defraying otherwise unreim-
bursed expenses allowable under section 162(a) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 as ordinary and necessary
in the operation of a congressional office, and includes a
newsletter fund referred to in section 527(g) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986.
Limitations on use of the frank
4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
shall mail franked mail under section 3210(d) of title 39,
United States Code at the most economical rate of postage
practicable.
5. Before making a mass mailing, a Member, Dele-
gate, or Resident Commissioner shall submit a sample or
description of the mail matter involved to the House Com-
mission on Congressional Mailing Standards for an advi-
sory opinion as to whether the proposed mailing is in com-
pliance with applicable provisions of law, rule, or regula-
tion.
6. A mass mailing that is otherwise frankable by a
Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner under the
provisions of section 3210(e) of title 39, United States
Code, is not frankable unless the cost of preparing and
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printing it is defrayed exclusively from funds made avail-
able in an appropriation Act.
7. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
may not send a mass mailing outside the congressional
district from which he was elected.
8. In the case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident
Commissioner, a mass mailing is not frankable under sec-
tion 3210 of title 39, United States Code, when it is post-
marked less than 60 days before the date of a primary
or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in
which he is a candidate for public office. If the mail matter
is of a type that is not customarily postmarked, the date
on which it would have been postmarked, if it were of a
type customarily postmarked, applies.
9. In this rule the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ means, with
respect to a session of Congress, a mailing of newsletters
or other pieces of mail with substantially identical content
(whether such pieces of mail are deposited singly or in
bulk, or at the same time or different times), totaling more
than 500 pieces of mail in that session, except that such
term does not include a mailing—
(a) of matter in direct response to a commu-
nication from a person to whom the matter is
mailed;
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(b) from a Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner to other Members, Delegates, the Resident
Commissioner, or Senators, or to Federal, State, or
local government officials; or
(c) of a news release to the communications
media.
Prohibition on use of funds by Members not elected to
succeeding Congress
10. Funds from the applicable accounts described in
clause 1(i)(1) of rule X, including funds from committee
expense resolutions, and funds in any local currencies
owned by the United States may not be made available
for travel by a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
or Senator after the date of a general election in which
he was not elected to the succeeding Congress or, in the
case of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
who is not a candidate in a general election, after the ear-
lier of the date of such general election or the adjournment
sine die of the last regular session of the Congress.
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RULE XXVI.
LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS.
Outside earned income; honoraria
1. (a) Except as provided by paragraph (b), a Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee of the House may not—
(1) have outside earned income attributable to
a calendar year that exceeds 15 percent of the an-
nual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United
States Code, as of January 1 of that calendar year;
or
(2) receive any honorarium, except that an offi-
cer or employee of the House who is paid at a rate
less than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic
pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule may receive
an honorarium unless the subject matter is directly
related to the official duties of the individual, the
payment is made because of the status of the indi-
vidual with the House, or the person offering the
honorarium has interests that may be substantially
affected by the performance or nonperformance of
the official duties of the individual.
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(b) In the case of an individual who becomes a Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee of the House, such individual may not have outside
earned income attributable to the portion of a calendar
year that occurs after such individual becomes a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee
that exceeds 15 percent of the annual rate of basic pay
for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313
of title 5, United States Code, as of January 1 of that
calendar year multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the number of days the individual is a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee
during that calendar year and the denominator of which
is 365.
(c) A payment in lieu of an honorarium that is made
to a charitable organization on behalf of a Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House may not be received by that Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee. Such a pay-
ment may not exceed $2,000 or be made to a charitable
organization from which the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee or a parent, sibling,
spouse, child, or dependent relative of the Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee, derives
a financial benefit.
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2. A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, offi-
cer, or employee of the House may not—
(a) receive compensation for affiliating with or
being employed by a firm, partnership, association,
corporation, or other entity that provides profes-
sional services involving a fiduciary relationship;
(b) permit his name to be used by such a firm,
partnership, association, corporation, or other entity;
(c) receive compensation for practicing a profes-
sion that involves a fiduciary relationship;
(d) serve for compensation as an officer or
member of the board of an association, corporation,
or other entity; or
(e) receive compensation for teaching, without
the prior notification and approval of the Committee
on Standards of Official Conduct.
Copyright royalties
3. (a) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House may not receive an ad-
vance payment on copyright royalties. This paragraph
does not prohibit a literary agent, researcher, or other in-
dividual (other than an individual employed by the House
or a relative of a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee) working on behalf of a Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
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ployee with respect to a publication from receiving an ad-
vance payment of a copyright royalty directly from a pub-
lisher and solely for the benefit of that literary agent, re-
searcher, or other individual.
(b) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not receive copyright
royalties under a contract entered into on or after January
1, 1996, unless that contract is first approved by the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct as complying with
the requirement of clause 4(d)(1)(E) (that royalties are
received from an established publisher under usual and
customary contractual terms).
Definitions
4. (a)(1) In this rule, except as provided in subpara-
graph (2), the term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’
means an individual (other than a Member, Delegate, or
Resident Commissioner) whose pay is disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer, who is paid at a rate equal
to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of
basic pay for GS-15 of the General Schedule, and who is
so employed for more than 90 days in a calendar year;
and
(2) when used with respect to an honorarium, the
term ‘‘officer or employee of the House’’ means an individ-
ual (other than a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
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sioner) whose salary is disbursed by the Chief Administra-
tive Officer.
(b) In this rule the term ‘‘honorarium’’ means a pay-
ment of money or a thing of value for an appearance,
speech, or article (including a series of appearances,
speeches, or articles) by a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, exclud-
ing any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by
that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee (and one relative) to the extent that such ex-
penses are paid or reimbursed by any other person. The
amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the
amount of any such expenses to the extent that such ex-
penses are not so paid or reimbursed.
(c) In this rule the term ‘‘travel expenses’’ means,
with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer or, employee of the House, or a relative of
such Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee, the cost of transportation, and the cost of
lodging and meals while away from his residence or prin-
cipal place of employment.
(d)(1) In this rule the term ‘‘outside earned income’’
means, with respect to a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House, wages,
salaries, fees, and other amounts received or to be received
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as compensation for personal services actually rendered,
but does not include —
(A) the salary of a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee;
(B) any compensation derived by a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee of the House for personal services actually
rendered before the adoption of this rule or before
he became a Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee;
(C) any amount paid by, or on behalf of, a
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House to a tax-qualified pension,
profit-sharing, or stock bonus plan and received by
him from such a plan;
(D) in the case of a Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House engaged in a trade or business in which he
or his family holds a controlling interest and in
which both personal services and capital are income-
producing factors, any amount received by the Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee, so long as the personal services actually
rendered by him in the trade or business do not gen-
erate a significant amount of income; or
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(E) copyright royalties received from estab-
lished publishers under usual and customary con-
tractual terms; and
(2) outside earned income shall be determined with-
out regard to community property law.
(e) In this rule the term ‘‘charitable organization’’
means an organization described in section 170(c) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Gifts
5. (a)(1) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House may not know-
ingly accept a gift except as provided in this clause.
(2)(A) In this clause the term ‘‘gift’’ means a gratu-
ity, favor, discount, entertainment, hospitality, loan, for-
bearance, or other item having monetary value. The term
includes gifts of services, training, transportation, lodging,
and meals, whether provided in kind, by purchase of a
ticket, payment in advance, or reimbursement after the
expense has been incurred.
(B)(i) A gift to a family member of a Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House, or a gift to any other individual based on that indi-
vidual’s relationship with the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee, shall be considered a
gift to the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
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ficer, or employee if it is given with the knowledge and
acquiescence of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee and the Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee has reason
to believe the gift was given because of his official position.
(ii) If food or refreshment is provided at the same
time and place to both a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House and the
spouse or dependent thereof, only the food or refreshment
provided to the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee shall be treated as a gift for
purposes of this clause.
(3) The restrictions in subparagraph (1) do not apply
to the following:
(A) Anything for which the Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House pays the market value, or does not use and
promptly returns to the donor.
(B) A contribution, as defined in section 301(8)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431 et seq.) that is lawfully made under that
Act, a lawful contribution for election to a State or
local government office, or attendance at a fundrais-
ing event sponsored by a political organization de-
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scribed in section 527(e) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
(C) A gift from a relative as described in sec-
tion 109(16) of title I of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 (2 U.S.C. App. 109(16)).
(D)(i) Anything provided by an individual on
the basis of a personal friendship unless the Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee of the House has reason to believe that,
under the circumstances, the gift was provided be-
cause of his official position and not because of the
personal friendship.
(ii) In determining whether a gift is provided on
the basis of personal friendship, the Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House shall consider the circumstances under
which the gift was offered, such as:
(I) The history of his relationship with the
individual giving the gift, including any pre-
vious exchange of gifts between them.
(II) Whether to his actual knowledge the
individual who gave the gift personally paid for
the gift or sought a tax deduction or business
reimbursement for the gift.
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(III) Whether to his actual knowledge the
individual who gave the gift also gave the same
or similar gifts to other Members, Delegates,
the Resident Commissioners, officers, or em-
ployees of the House.
(E) Except as provided in paragraph (c)(3), a
contribution or other payment to a legal expense
fund established for the benefit of a Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House that is otherwise lawfully made in accord-
ance with the restrictions and disclosure require-
ments of the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct.
(F) A gift from another Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House or Senate.
(G) Food, refreshments, lodging, transpor-
tation, and other benefits—
(i) resulting from the outside business or
employment activities of the Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of
the House (or other outside activities that are
not connected to his duties as an officeholder),
or of his spouse, if such benefits have not been
offered or enhanced because of his official posi-
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tion and are customarily provided to others in
similar circumstances;
(ii) customarily provided by a prospective
employer in connection with bona fide employ-
ment discussions; or
(iii) provided by a political organization de-
scribed in section 527(e) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 in connection with a fund-
raising or campaign event sponsored by such
organization.
(H) Pension and other benefits resulting from
continued participation in an employee welfare and
benefits plan maintained by a former employer.
(I) Informational materials that are sent to the
office of the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House in the form
of books, articles, periodicals, other written mate-
rials, audiotapes, videotapes, or other forms of com-
munication.
(J) Awards or prizes that are given to competi-
tors in contests or events open to the public, includ-
ing random drawings.
(K) Honorary degrees (and associated travel,
food, refreshments, and entertainment) and other
bona fide, nonmonetary awards presented in recogni-
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tion of public service (and associated food, refresh-
ments, and entertainment provided in the presen-
tation of such degrees and awards).
(L) Training (including food and refreshments
furnished to all attendees as an integral part of the
training) if such training is in the interest of the
House.
(M) Bequests, inheritances, and other transfers
at death.
(N) An item, the receipt of which is authorized
by the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act, or any
other statute.
(O) Anything that is paid for by the Federal
Government, by a State or local government, or se-
cured by the Government under a Government con-
tract.
(P) A gift of personal hospitality (as defined in
section 109(14) of the Ethics in Government Act) of
an individual other than a registered lobbyist or
agent of a foreign principal.
(Q) Free attendance at a widely attended event
permitted under subparagraph (4).
(R) Opportunities and benefits that are—
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(i) available to the public or to a class con-
sisting of all Federal employees, whether or not
restricted on the basis of geographic consider-
ation;
(ii) offered to members of a group or class
in which membership is unrelated to congres-
sional employment;
(iii) offered to members of an organization,
such as an employees’ association or congres-
sional credit union, in which membership is re-
lated to congressional employment and similar
opportunities are available to large segments of
the public through organizations of similar size;
(iv) offered to a group or class that is not
defined in a manner that specifically discrimi-
nates among Government employees on the
basis of branch of Government or type of re-
sponsibility, or on a basis that favors those of
higher rank or rate of pay;
(v) in the form of loans from banks and
other financial institutions on terms generally
available to the public; or
(vi) in the form of reduced membership or
other fees for participation in organization ac-
tivities offered to all Government employees by
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professional organizations if the only restric-
tions on membership relate to professional
qualifications.
(S) A plaque, trophy, or other item that is sub-
stantially commemorative in nature and that is in-
tended for presentation.
(T) Anything for which, in an unusual case, a
waiver is granted by the Committee on Standards of
Official Conduct.
(U) Food or refreshments of a nominal value
offered other than as a part of a meal.
(V) Donations of products from the district or
State that the Member, Delegate, or Resident Com-
missioner represents that are intended primarily for
promotional purposes, such as display or free dis-
tribution, and are of minimal value to any single re-
cipient.
(W) An item of nominal value such as a greet-
ing card, baseball cap, or a T-shirt.
(4)(A) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner,
officer, or employee of the House may accept an offer of
free attendance at a widely attended convention, con-
ference, symposium, forum, panel discussion, dinner, view-
ing, reception, or similar event, provided by the sponsor
of the event, if—
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(i) the Member, Delegate, Resident Commis-
sioner, officer, or employee of the House participates
in the event as a speaker or a panel participant, by
presenting information related to Congress or mat-
ters before Congress, or by performing a ceremonial
function appropriate to his official position; or
(ii) attendance at the event is appropriate to
the performance of the official duties or representa-
tive function of the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House.
(B) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House who attends an event de-
scribed in subdivision (A) may accept a sponsor’s unsolic-
ited offer of free attendance at the event for an accom-
panying individual.
(C) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House, or the spouse or depend-
ent thereof, may accept a sponsor’s unsolicited offer of
free attendance at a charity event, except that reimburse-
ment for transportation and lodging may not be accepted
in connection with the event.
(D) In this paragraph the term ‘‘free attendance’’
may include waiver of all or part of a conference or other
fee, the provision of local transportation, or the provision
of food, refreshments, entertainment, and instructional
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materials furnished to all attendees as an integral part
of the event. The term does not include entertainment col-
lateral to the event, nor does it include food or refresh-
ments taken other than in a group setting with all or sub-
stantially all other attendees.
(5) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House may not accept a gift the
value of which exceeds $250 on the basis of the personal
friendship exception in subparagraph (3)(D) unless the
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct issues a writ-
ten determination that such exception applies. A deter-
mination under this subparagraph is not required for gifts
given on the basis of the family relationship exception in
subparagraph (3)(C).
(6) When it is not practicable to return a tangible
item because it is perishable, the item may, at the discre-
tion of the recipient, be given to an appropriate charity
or destroyed.
(b)(1)(A) A reimbursement (including payment in
kind) to a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee of the House from a private source
other than a registered lobbyist or agent of a foreign prin-
cipal for necessary transportation, lodging, and related ex-
penses for travel to a meeting, speaking engagement, fact-
finding trip, or similar event in connection with his duties
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as an officeholder shall be considered as a reimbursement
to the House and not a gift prohibited by this clause, if
the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee—
(i) in the case of an employee, receives advance
authorization, from the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or officer under whose direct super-
vision the employee works, to accept reimbursement;
and
(ii) discloses the expenses reimbursed or to be
reimbursed and the authorization to the Clerk within
30 days after the travel is completed.
(B) For purposes of subdivision (A), events, the ac-
tivities of which are substantially recreational in nature,
are not considered to be in connection with the duties of
a Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
employee of the House as an officeholder.
(2) Each advance authorization to accept reimburse-
ment shall be signed by the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or officer of the House under whose direct
supervision the employee works and shall include—
(A) the name of the employee;
(B) the name of the person who will make the
reimbursement;
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(C) the time, place, and purpose of the travel;
and
(D) a determination that the travel is in con-
nection with the duties of the employee as an office-
holder and would not create the appearance that the
employee is using public office for private gain.
(3) Each disclosure made under subparagraph (1)(A)
of expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed shall be signed
by the Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or offi-
cer (in the case of travel by that Member, Delegate, Resi-
dent Commissioner, or officer) or by the Member, Dele-
gate, Resident Commissioner, or officer under whose di-
rect supervision the employee works (in the case of travel
by an employee) and shall include—
(A) a good faith estimate of total transportation
expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(B) a good faith estimate of total lodging ex-
penses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(C) a good faith estimate of total meal expenses
reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(D) a good faith estimate of the total of other
expenses reimbursed or to be reimbursed;
(E) a determination that all such expenses are
necessary transportation, lodging, and related ex-
penses as defined in subparagraph (4); and
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(F) in the case of a reimbursement to a Mem-
ber, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, or officer, a
determination that the travel was in connection with
his duties as an officeholder and would not create
the appearance that the Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, or officer is using public office for
private gain.
(4) In this paragraph the term ‘‘necessary transpor-
tation, lodging, and related expenses’’—
(A) includes reasonable expenses that are nec-
essary for travel for a period not exceeding four days
within the United States or seven days exclusive of
travel time outside of the United States unless ap-
proved in advance by the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct;
(B) is limited to reasonable expenditures for
transportation, lodging, conference fees and mate-
rials, and food and refreshments, including reim-
bursement for necessary transportation, whether or
not such transportation occurs within the periods de-
scribed in subdivision (A);
(C) does not include expenditures for rec-
reational activities, nor does it include entertainment
other than that provided to all attendees as an inte-
gral part of the event, except for activities or enter-
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tainment otherwise permissible under this clause;
and
(D) may include travel expenses incurred on be-
half of either the spouse or a child of the Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee.
(5) The Clerk shall make available to the public all
advance authorizations and disclosures of reimbursement
filed under subparagraph (1) as soon as possible after they
are received.
(c) A gift prohibited by paragraph (a)(1) includes the
following:
(1) Anything provided by a registered lobbyist
or an agent of a foreign principal to an entity that
is maintained or controlled by a Member, Delegate,
Resident Commissioner, officer, or employee of the
House.
(2) A charitable contribution (as defined in sec-
tion 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)
made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a for-
eign principal on the basis of a designation, rec-
ommendation, or other specification of a Member,
Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or em-
ployee of the House (not including a mass mailing
or other solicitation directed to a broad category of
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persons or entities), other than a charitable con-
tribution permitted by paragraph (d).
(3) A contribution or other payment by a reg-
istered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal to
a legal expense fund established for the benefit of a
Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer,
or employee of the House.
(4) A financial contribution or expenditure
made by a registered lobbyist or an agent of a for-
eign principal relating to a conference, retreat, or
similar event, sponsored by or affiliated with an offi-
cial congressional organization, for or on behalf of
Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, of-
ficers, or employees of the House.
(d)(1) A charitable contribution (as defined in section
170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) made by
a registered lobbyist or an agent of a foreign principal in
lieu of an honorarium to a Member, Delegate, Resident
Commissioner, officer, or employee of the House are not
considered a gift under this clause if it is reported as pro-
vided in subparagraph (2).
(2) A Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, of-
ficer, or employee who designates or recommends a con-
tribution to a charitable organization in lieu of an hono-
rarium described in subparagraph (1) shall report within
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30 days after such designation or recommendation to the
Clerk—
(A) the name and address of the registered lob-
byist who is making the contribution in lieu of an
honorarium;
(B) the date and amount of the contribution;
and
(C) the name and address of the charitable or-
ganization designated or recommended by the Mem-
ber, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
The Clerk shall make public information received under
this subparagraph as soon as possible after it is received.
(e) In this clause—
(1) the term ‘‘registered lobbyist’’ means a lob-
byist registered under the Federal Regulation of
Lobbying Act or any successor statute; and
(2) the term ‘‘agent of a foreign principal’’
means an agent of a foreign principal registered
under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
(f) All the provisions of this clause shall be inter-
preted and enforced solely by the Committee on Standards
of Official Conduct. The Committee on Standards of Offi-
cial Conduct is authorized to issue guidance on any matter
contained in this clause.
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Claims against the Government
6. A person may not be an officer or employee of the
House, or continue in its employment, if he acts as an
agent for the prosecution of a claim against the Govern-
ment or if he is interested in such claim, except as an
original claimant or in the proper discharge of official du-
ties.
RULE XXVII.
FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.
1. The Clerk shall send a copy of each report filed
with the Clerk under title I of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978 within the seven-day period beginning on the
date on which the report is filed to the Committee on
Standards of Official Conduct. By August 1 of each year,
the Clerk shall compile all such reports sent to him by
Members within the period beginning on January 1 and
ending on June 15 of each year and have them printed
as a House document, which shall be made available to
the public.
2. For the purposes of this rule, the provisions of title
I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be consid-
ered Rules of the House as they pertain to Members, Dele-
gates, the Resident Commissioner, officers, and employees
of the House.
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RULE XXVIII.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
1. The provisions of law that constituted the Rules
of the House at the end of the previous Congress shall
govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable,
and the rules of parliamentary practice comprised by Jef-
ferson’s Manual shall govern the House in all cases to
which they are applicable and in which they are not incon-
sistent with the Rules and orders of the House.
2. In these rules words importing the masculine gen-
der include the feminine as well.
SEC. 2. SEPARATE ORDERS.
(a) BUDGET ENFORCEMENT.—(1) Pending the adop-
tion by the Congress of a concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 1999—
(A) the chairman of the Committee on the
Budget, when elected, shall publish in the Congres-
sional Record budget totals contemplated by section
301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and
allocations contemplated by section 302(a) of that
Act for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2003;
(B) those totals and levels shall be effective in
the House as though established under a concurrent
resolution on the budget and sections 301 and 302
of that Act; and
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(C) the publication of those totals and levels
shall be considered as the completion of Congres-
sional action on a concurrent resolution on the budg-
et for fiscal year 1999.
(2) Pending the adoption by the Congress of a con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2000, a
provision in a bill or joint resolution, or in an amendment
thereto or a conference report thereon, that establishes
prospectively for a Federal office or position a specified
or minimum level of compensation to be funded by annual
discretionary appropriations shall not be considered as
providing new entitlement authority within the meaning
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.
(3) In the case of a reported bill or joint resolution
considered pursuant to a special order of business, a point
of order under section 303 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 shall be determined on the basis of the text
made in order as an original bill or joint resolution for
the purpose of amendment or to the text on which the
previous question is ordered directly to passage, as the
case may be.
(b) TENURE
ON BUDGET COMMITTEE.—Notwith-
standing clause 5(a)(2)(B) of rule X, during the One Hun-
dred Sixth Congress tenure on the Committee on the
Budget shall not be limited.
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(c) STANDARDS COMMITTEE RULES.—Each provi-
sion of House Resolution 168 of the One Hundred Fifth
Congress that was not executed as a change in the stand-
ing rules is hereby reaffirmed for the One Hundred Sixth
Congress.
(d) 
CENSUS
SUBCOMMITTEE.—Notwithstanding
clause 5(d) of rule X, during the One Hundred Sixth Con-
gress the Committee on Government Reform may have not
more than eight subcommittees.
(e) EXPLANATORY MATERIAL RELATING TO CODI-
FICATION OF RULES.—Upon the adoption of this resolu-
tion, the Majority Leader and the Minority Leader or their
designees may submit for inclusion in the Congressional
Record as part of the debate hereon such extraneous and
tabular matter as they may consider to constitute legisla-
tive history concerning the codification of the standing
rules.
(f) CONTINUATION OF SELECT COMMITTEE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Solely for the purpose of
completing activities directly associated with the de-
classification and public release of its report, the Se-
lect Committee on U.S. National Security and Mili-
tary/Commercial Concerns With the People’s Repub-
lic of China (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘Select
Committee’’), created by House Resolution 463, One