2 U.S.C. § 4721 — Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Accountability Office for investigation
submitted 37 years ago by Pub. L. 101-194 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 70 words · no verdicts yet
This section permits the Senate Ethics Committee to ask the Government Accountability Office to investigate a possible ethics violation by a Senate Member, officer, or employee. The GAO office must promptly investigate as directed.
If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Accountability Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations must promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.
If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Accountability Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.)
- 1989Enacted · Pub. L. 101-194 · 103 Stat. 1753
- 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-271 · 118 Stat. 814
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 101-194 on 1989-11-30.
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