Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§13142 Administration

Title 5 › Part PART IV— - ETHICS REQUIREMENTS › Chapter CHAPTER 131— - ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - LIMITATIONS ON OUTSIDE EARNED INCOME AND EMPLOYMENT › § 13142

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Assigns who makes the rules and who runs this subchapter: the House Committee on Ethics for House Members, officers, and employees; the committee that receives reports under subchapter I for Senators and other legislative staff (which may delegate); the Office of Government Ethics and designated agency ethics officials for the executive branch; and the Judicial Conference of the United States (or an agency it designates) for the judicial branch.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §13142

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

This subchapter shall be subject to the rules and regulations of— (1)

(2)the Office of Government Ethics and administered by designated agency ethics officials with respect to officers and employees of the executive branch; and

(3)and administered by the Judicial Conference of the United States (or such other agency as it may designate) with respect to officers and employees of the judicial branch.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 131425 U.S.C. App. (EGA § 503)Pub. L. 95–521, title V, § 503, as added Pub. L. 101–194, title VI, § 601(a), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1761; amended Pub. L. 101–280, § 7(c), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 161; Pub. L. 102–90, title I, § 6(b)(1), Aug. 14, 1991, 105 Stat. 450. In paragraph (1)(A), the words “Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives” are substituted for “Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives” because of House Resolution No. 5, 112th Congress, January 5, 2011.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 13142

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73