§13111 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

Requires a person who agrees with their agency ethics official, the Office of Government Ethics, a Senate confirmation committee, a congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial Conference to take actions to follow conflict-of-interest or conduct rules to send a written notice saying what they did. That notice must be sent by the date set in the agreement or, if the agreement has no date, within 3 months after the agreement. If the agreement makes the person recuse themselves from certain topics, they must put in writing which topics are covered and how it will be decided in a specific case. Filing that written recusal plan with the agency ethics official or the supervising ethics office within the same time frame meets the notice requirement.

Title 5, §13111

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(a)In any case in which an individual agrees with that individual’s designated agency ethics official, the Office of Government Ethics, a Senate confirmation committee, a congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial Conference, to take any action to comply with this chapter or any other law or regulation governing conflicts of interest of, or establishing standards of conduct applicable with respect to, officers or employees of the Government, that individual shall notify in writing the designated agency ethics official, the Office of Government Ethics, the appropriate committee of the Senate, the congressional ethics committee, or the Judicial Conference, as the case may be, of any action taken by the individual pursuant to that agreement. Such notification shall be made not later than the date specified in the agreement by which action by the individual must be taken, or not later than 3 months after the date of the agreement, if no date for action is so specified.

(b)If an agreement described in subsection (a) requires that the individual recuse himself or herself from particular categories of agency or other official action, the individual shall reduce to writing those subjects regarding which the recusal agreement will apply and the process by which it will be determined whether the individual must recuse himself or herself in a specific instance. An individual shall be considered to have complied with the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to such recusal agreement if such individual files a copy of the document setting forth the information described in the preceding sentence with such individual’s designated agency ethics official or the appropriate supervising ethics office within the time prescribed in the last sentence of subsection (a).

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 131115 U.S.C. App. (EGA § 110)Pub. L. 95–521, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 101–194, title II, § 202, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1744; amended Pub. L. 101–280, § 3(1), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 152.

§13111 Notice of actions taken to comply with ethics agreements

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Title 5, §13111

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