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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73not60

§13123 Administrative Provisions

Title 5 › Part IV— ETHICS REQUIREMENTS › Chapter 131— ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT › Subchapter II— OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS › § 13123

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies must give the Director staff, services, and facilities as much as they can, and, unless a law forbids it, provide any records or information the Director needs when asked. The Director may accept gifts or donations of money, property, use of facilities, or services for the Office of Government Ethics on behalf of the United States, but not gifts with illegal conditions or those that would require spending appropriated funds that are not available. The Director must write rules to decide if a contribution would harm or appear to harm the office’s fairness or integrity.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §13123

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(a)Upon the request of the Director, each executive agency is directed to—
(1)make its services, personnel, and facilities available to the Director to the greatest practicable extent for the performance of functions under this chapter; and
(2)except when prohibited by law, furnish to the Director all information and records in its possession which the Director may determine to be necessary for the performance of the Director’s duties.
(b)(1)The Director is authorized to accept and utilize on behalf of the United States, any gift, donation, bequest, or devise of money, use of facilities, personal property, or services for the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the Office of Government Ethics.
(2)No gift may be accepted—
(A)that attaches conditions inconsistent with applicable laws or regulations; or
(B)that is conditioned upon or will require the expenditure of appropriated funds that are not available to the Office of Government Ethics.
(3)The Director shall establish written rules setting forth the criteria to be used in determining whether the acceptance of contributions of money, services, use of facilities, or personal property under this subsection would reflect unfavorably upon the ability of the Office of Government Ethics, or any employee of such Office, to carry out its responsibilities or official duties in a fair and objective manner, or would compromise the integrity or the appearance of the integrity of its programs or any official involved in those programs.

Legislative History

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Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 131235 U.S.C. App. (EGA § 403)Pub. L. 95–521, title IV, § 403, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1863; Pub. L. 98–150, § 5, Nov. 11, 1983, 97 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 100–598, § 9, Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3035; Pub. L. 104–179, § 2, Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1566.

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Citation

5 U.S.C. § 13123

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60