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2 U.S.C. § 4713 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4713. Reporting payments made to witnesses before Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any other rule or regulation, any information on payments made by the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives to an individual for attendance as a witness before the Committee in executive session during a Congress shall be reported not later than the second semiannual report filed under section 5535 of this title in the following Congress.
(Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 105, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified as a note under section 104b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Change of Name
text: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Ethics of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, Jan. 5, 2011.
2 U.S.C. § 4721 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4721. Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Accountability Office for investigation
If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Accountability Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.
(Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Amendments
text: 2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office” in section catchline and text.
2 U.S.C. § 4722 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4722. Mandatory Senate ethics training for Members and staff
(a) Training program
The Select Committee on Ethics shall conduct ongoing ethics training and awareness programs for Members of the Senate and Senate staff.
(b) Requirements
The ethics training program conducted by the Select Committee on Ethics shall be completed by—
(1) new Senators or staff not later than 60 days after commencing service or employment; and
(2) Senators and Senate staff serving or employed on September 14, 2007, not later than 165 days after September 14, 2007.
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 553, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1h of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 4723 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4723. Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics
The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall issue an annual report due no later than January 31, describing the following:
(1) The number of alleged violations of Senate rules received from any source, including the number raised by a Senator or staff of the committee.
(2) A list of the number of alleged violations that were dismissed—
(A) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in which, even if the allegations in the complaint are true, no violation of Senate rules would exist; or
(B) because they failed to provide sufficient facts as to any material violation of the Senate rules beyond mere allegation or assertion.
(3) The number of alleged violations in which the committee staff conducted a preliminary inquiry.
(4) The number of alleged violations that resulted in an adjudicatory review.
(5) The number of alleged violations that the committee dismissed for lack of substantial merit.
(6) The number of private letters of admonition or public letters of admonition issued.
(7) The number of matters resulting in a disciplinary sanction.
(8) Any other information deemed by the committee to be appropriate to describe its activities in the preceding year.
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 554, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1i of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 4724 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4724. Amendment to Senate conflict of interest rule
(a) Except as provided by subsection (b), any employee of the Senate who is required to file a report pursuant to Senate rules shall refrain from participating personally and substantially as an employee of the Senate in any contact with any agency of the executive or judicial branch of Government with respect to non-legislative matters affecting any non-governmental person in which the employee has a significant financial interest.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if an employee first advises his supervisor of his significant financial interest and obtains from such supervisor a written waiver stating that the participation of the employee is necessary. A copy of each such waiver shall be filed with the Select Committee.
(Pub. L. 101–194, title IX, § 903, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1781.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 60–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 4727 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4727. Senate privately paid travel public website
(a) Travel disclosure
Not later than January 1, 2008, the Secretary of the Senate shall establish a publicly available website without fee or without access charge, that contains information on travel that is subject to disclosure under paragraph 2 of rule XXXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate, that includes, with respect to travel occurring on or after January 1, 2008—
(1) a search engine;
(2) uniform categorization by Member, dates of travel, and any other common categories associated with congressional travel; and
(3) forms filed in the Senate relating to officially related travel.
(b) Retention
The Secretary of the Senate shall maintain the information posted on the public Internet site of the Office of the Secretary under this section for a period not longer than 4 years after receiving the information.
(c) Extension of authority
If the Secretary of the Senate is unable to meet the deadline established under subsection (a), the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may grant an extension of the Secretary of the Senate.
(e) 1 Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 546, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 772.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 104g of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 4728 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4728. Notification of post-employment restrictions for Senators and employees
(a) In general
After a Senator or an elected officer of the Senate leaves office or after the termination of employment with the Senate of an employee of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate shall notify the Member, officer, or employee of the beginning and ending date of the prohibitions that apply to the Member, officer, or employee under rule XXXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate.
(b) Effective date
This section shall take effect 60 days after September 14, 2007.
(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 535, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 766.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 104f of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
2 U.S.C. § 4903 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4903. Education of other minors who are Senate employees
The facilities provided for the education of Congressional and Supreme Court pages shall be available from and after January 2, 1947, also for the education of such other minors who are Senate employees as may be certified by the Secretary of the Senate to receive such education.
(Mar. 22, 1947, ch. 20, title I, 61 Stat. 16; Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(35), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1735.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88b of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
The first paragraph of this section is based on act Mar. 22, 1947.
The second paragraph was based on H. Res. No. 279, Ninety-eighth Congress, July 21, 1983, enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367. See 1996 Amendment note below.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186, in first par., substituted “Senate employees” for “congressional employees” and struck out “and the Clerk of the House of Representatives” after “Secretary of the Senate”, and struck out second par. which read as follows: “This section shall not apply to any minor who is an employee of the House of Representatives or to any educational facility under the House of Representatives Page Board.”
2 U.S.C. § 4911 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4911. House of Representatives Page Board; establishment and purpose
(a) Until otherwise provided by law, there is hereby established a board to be known as the House of Representatives Page Board to ensure that the page program is conducted in a manner that is consistent with the efficient functioning of the House and the welfare of the pages.
(b) The Page Board shall meet regularly, in accordance with a schedule established jointly by the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 127, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1914; Pub. L. 110–2, § 3, Feb. 2, 2007, 121 Stat. 5.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88b–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 1 of House Resolution No. 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, Nov. 30, 1982, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 97–377.
heading: Amendments
text: 2007—Pub. L. 110–2 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).
heading: Effective Date of 2007 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 110–2, § 4, Feb. 2, 2007, 121 Stat. 5, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and section 4912 of this title] shall apply with respect to the portion of the One Hundred Tenth Congress which begins after the date of the enactment of this Act [Feb. 2, 2007] and each succeeding Congress.”
heading: Short Title of 2007 Amendment
text: Pub. L . 110–2, § 1, Feb. 2, 2007, 121 Stat. 4, provided that: “This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the ‘House Page Board Revision Act of 2007’.”
2 U.S.C. § 4913 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4913. Regulations of Page Board
The Page Board shall have authority to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out sections 4911 to 4913 of this title.
(Pub. L. 97–377, title I, § 127, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1914.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88b–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 611, Ninety-seventh Congress, Nov. 30, 1982, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 97–377.
2 U.S.C. § 4914 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4914. Academic year and summer term for page program
The page program shall consist of the two semesters of the academic year, plus a non-academic summer term.
(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(B), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88c–2 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 2 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, June 29, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “semesters of the academic year, plus a non-academic” for “terms of the academic year plus a”.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section 5 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, June 29, 1983, as enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479, provided that: “This resolution [enacting this section, sections 4915 and 4916, and former section 88c–1 of this title] shall take effect on the date on which this resolution is agreed to [June 29, 1983], except that section 3(a)(1)(A) and section 3(b)(2) [section 4915(a)(1)(A), (b)(2) of this title] shall apply to terms beginning after November 30, 1983.”
2 U.S.C. § 4915 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4915. Service of page during academic year and summer term; filling of vacancies; eligibility
(a)
(1) Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during an academic year—
(A) shall be in the eleventh grade; and
(B) shall serve for one full semester or two full semesters.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), a page serving during the summer term—
(A) shall have completed the tenth grade; and
(B) shall not have begun the twelfth grade.
(b)
(1) An unforeseen vacancy occurring in a page position during an academic year may be filled, except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester.
(2) An individual who has served as a congressional page at any time during each of any three semesters or terms, as the case may be, shall not be eligible to serve as a page.
(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(C)–(E), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88c–3 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 3 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, June 29, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(C), substituted “semester or two full semesters” for “term or two full terms”.
Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(D), substituted “except that no appointment may be made under this paragraph for service to begin on or after October 1 with respect to the first semester or on or after March 1 with respect to the second semester” for “but no appointment to fill that vacancy shall be for a period of less than two months”.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(40)(E), substituted “semesters or terms, as the case may be,” for “terms”.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective June 29, 1983, except that subsecs. (a)(1)(A) and (b)(2) applicable to terms beginning after Nov. 30, 1983, see note set out under section 4914 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 4916 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4916. Definitions
As used in sections 4914 to 4916 of this title, the term—
(1) “academic year” means a regular school year, consisting of two semesters;
(2) “page” means a page of the House of Representatives, but such term does not include a full time, permanent employee of the House of Representatives with supervisory responsibility for pages; and
(3) “congressional page” means a page of the House of Representatives or the Senate.
(Pub. L. 98–367, title I, § 103, July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 479; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(40)(F), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1736.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88c–4 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on section 4 of House Resolution No. 234, Ninety-eighth Congress, June 29, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–367.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Par. (1). Pub. L. 104–186 substituted “semesters” for “terms”.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective June 29, 1983, see note set out under section 4914 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 4917 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4917. Page residence hall and page meal plan
(a) Revolving fund; establishment within House contingent fund
Effective at the beginning of the Ninety-eighth Congress and until otherwise provided by law, there is established a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the House of Representatives for the page residence hall and the page meal plan.
(b) Deposits in revolving fund; disbursements by Chief Administrative Officer of House
There shall be deposited in the revolving fund such amounts as may be received by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives with respect to lodging, meals, and related services furnished for congressional pages. Amounts so deposited shall be available for disbursement by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, for expenses relating to the page residence hall and the page meal plan.
(c) Regulations
The House of Representatives Page Board shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(Pub. L. 98–51, title I, § 110, July 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 269; Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 204(38), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1735.)
heading: References in Text
text: The Ninety-eighth Congress, referred to in subsec. (a), convened on Jan. 3, 1983.
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88b–5 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is based on House Resolution No. 64, Ninety-eighth Congress, Feb. 8, 1983, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–51.
Sections 1 to 4 of House Resolution No. 64 have been redesignated subsecs. (a) to (d) of this section, respectively, for purposes of codification.
heading: Amendments
text: 1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(A), (B), substituted “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives” for “Clerk” in first sentence and “Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as determined by the Clerk of the House of Representatives,” for “Clerk” in second sentence.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 104–186, § 204(38)(C), (D), redesignated subsec. (d) as (c) and struck out former subsec. (c) which read as follows: “As used in this section, the term ‘Clerk’ means the Clerk of the House of Representatives.”
2 U.S.C. § 4931 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 4931. Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence Revolving Fund
(a) Establishment
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund of the Senate to be known as the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in this section as the “fund”). The fund shall consist of all rental payments and other moneys collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence. All moneys in the fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate in connection with operation and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence not normally performed by the Architect of the Capitol. In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant at Arms to purchase food and food related items and fund activities for the pages.
(b) Deposit of moneys
All moneys received from rental payments and other moneys (including donated moneys) collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for purposes of this section.
(c) Vouchers
Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms, or the designee of the Sergeant at Arms.
(d) Regulations
The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and to provide for the operations of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence.
(Pub. L. 103–283, title I, § 4, July 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 1427; Pub. L. 104–53, title I, § 6, Nov. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 518.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 88b–7 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1995, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995.
heading: Amendments
text: 1995—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–53 inserted “(including donated moneys)” after “other moneys”.
2 U.S.C. § 5102 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5102. Appointment of consultants by Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of House; compensation
(a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the House.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 105–275, title I, § 107, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2439.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–9 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1999, which is title I of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.
2 U.S.C. § 5103 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5103. Single per annum gross rates of allowances for personal services in offices of Speaker, Leaders, and Whips
The allowance for additional office personnel in the office of each of the following officials of the House of Representatives shall be at a single per annum gross rate, as follows:
(1) the Speaker, $110,000.
(2) the Majority Leader, $90,000.
(3) the Minority Leader, $55,000.
(4) the Majority Whip, $55,000.
(5) the Minority Whip, $55,000.
(Pub. L. 91–510, title IV, § 473, Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1194.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 333 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
heading: Effective Date
text: Section effective immediately prior to noon on Jan. 3, 1971, see section 601(1) of Pub. L. 91–510, set out as an Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note under section 4301 of this title.
heading: Limits on Uses of Funds
text: Funds provided under this section limited to use for compensation of additional personnel and other necessary official expenses, see section 112 of Pub. L. 98–51, set out as a note under section 5142 of this title.
2 U.S.C. § 5105 (THE CONGRESS)
§ 5105. Transfer of appropriations by House Leadership Offices
(a) In general
Each office described under the heading “HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES” in the Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for a fiscal year may transfer any amounts appropriated for the office under such heading among the various categories of allowances and expenses for the office under such heading.
(b) Official expenses
Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any amounts appropriated for official expenses.
(c) Applicability
This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(Pub. L. 106–31, title III, § 3009, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 93.)
heading: Codification
text: Section was formerly classified to section 74a–11 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Section is from the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act.