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§4702 Notification of Post-employment Restrictions for Members of Congress and Employees

Title 2 › CHAPTER 47 — CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL › § 4702

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

After a Member of Congress, an elected officer of either House, or an employee covered under paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 207(e) of title 18 leaves their job, the Clerk of the House (after talking with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct) or the Secretary of the Senate must tell them the exact start and end dates of the bans that apply under section 207(e). The Clerk must put the House notifications on the Clerk’s public website, and the Secretary must put the Senate notifications on the Secretary’s public website. The posted information should be, when technically possible, searchable, sortable, and downloadable.

Full Legal Text

Title 2, §4702

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(a)Notification of post-employment restrictions
After a Member of Congress or an elected officer of either House of Congress leaves office, or after the termination of employment with the House of Representatives or the Senate of an employee who is covered under paragraph (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 207(e) of title 18, the Clerk of the House of Representatives, after consultation with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, 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 section 207(e) of that title.
(b)Posting on Internet
The Clerk of the House of Representatives, with respect to notifications under subsection (a) relating to Members, officers, and employees of the House, and the Secretary of the Senate, with respect to such notifications relating to Members, officers, and employees of the Senate, shall post the information contained in such notifications on the public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk or the Secretary of the Senate, as the case may be, in a format that, to the extent technically practicable, is searchable, sortable, and downloadable.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 104d of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

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.

Effective Date

Pub. L. 110–81, title I, § 105(c), Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 741, provided that: “(1) Notification of post-employment restrictions.—Subsection (a) of section 103 [2 U.S.C. 4702(a)] shall take effect on the 60th day after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 14, 2007]. “(2) Posting of information.—Subsection (b) of section 103 [2 U.S.C. 4702(b)] shall take effect January 1, 2008, except that the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall post the information contained in notifications required by that subsection that are made on or after the

Effective Date

provided under paragraph (1) of this subsection.”

Reference

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Citation

2 U.S.C. § 4702

Title 2, The Congress

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110