Title 48 — Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-73
§2129 Ethics
Title 48 › Chapter CHAPTER 20— - PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF OVERSIGHT BOARD › § 2129
Summary
All members and staff of the Oversight Board must follow the federal conflict‑of‑interest rule in section 208 of title 18, even if the covered territory has its own ethics rules. Board members and any staff the Oversight Board designates must also file financial disclosure reports that meet the requirements in section 13104 of title 5.
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Title 48, §2129
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(a)Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members and staff of the Oversight Board shall be subject to the Federal conflict of interest requirements described in section 208 of title 18.
(b)Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members of the Oversight Board and staff designated by the Oversight Board shall be subject to disclosure of their financial interests, the contents of which shall conform to the same requirements set forth in section 13104 of title 5.
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2022—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117–286 substituted “section 13104 of title 5.” for “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”
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48 U.S.C. § 2129
Title 48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73