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§4723 Annual Report by Select Committee on Ethics

Title 2 › Chapter 47— CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS › Subchapter III— SENATE › § 4723

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Senate Select Committee on Ethics must send a yearly report by January 31. The report must give counts of complaints and how they were handled: how many complaints were received (including ones from a Senator or committee staff); how many were dismissed because the committee had no authority or because, even if true, no rule would be broken; how many lacked enough factual detail; how many led to a preliminary inquiry; how many went to a formal adjudicatory review; how many were dismissed as without substantial merit; how many private or public letters of admonition were issued; how many led to disciplinary sanctions; and any other information the committee thinks describes its work that year.

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Title 2, §4723

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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.

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Codification Section was formerly classified to section 72a–1i of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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2 U.S.C. § 4723

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Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

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