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United States House of Representatives Committee on Ethics

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TheUnited States House of Representatives Committee on Ethics is a standing committee of theU.S. House of Representatives.

The committee was created in 1967.[1]

Leadership

119th Congress

The committee chairman in the119th Congress isMichael Guest (R).

118th Congress

The committee chairman in the118th Congress wasMichael Guest (R).

117th Congress

The committee chairman in the117th Congress wasTed Deutch (D).

116th Congress

The committee chairman in the116th Congress wasTed Deutch (D).

115th Congress

The committee chairman in the115th Congress wasSusan Brooks (R).

114th Congress

The committee chairman in the114th Congress wasCharles Dent (R).

113th Congress

The committee chairman in the113th Congress wasK. Michael Conaway (R).[2]

112th Congress

The committee chairman in the112th Congress wasJo Bonner (R).

Membership





John Ratcliffe (R) left this committee on May 22, 2020.

Note: On May 21, 2020, the Senate confirmedJohn Ratcliffe as the director of national intelligence (DNI). Ratcliffe resigned from Congress the following day.[3]


2017-2018 (115th Congress)

Committee on Ethics, 2017-2018

Democratic members (5)Republican members (4)
Source: Office of the Clerk - US House of Representatives






Jurisdiction

According to the officialHouse website, the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee includes the following:

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  1. Recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct.
  2. Investigate alleged violations of the Code of Official Conduct or of any applicable rules, laws, or regulations governing the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities. Such investigations must be made in accordance with Committee rules .
  3. Report to appropriate federal or state authorities substantial evidence of a violation of any law applicable to the performance of official duties that may have been disclosed in a Committee investigation. Such reports must be approved by the House or by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Committee.
  4. Render advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of a Member, officer, or employee, and issue general guidance on such matters as necessary.
  5. Consider requests for written waivers of the gift rule (clause 5 of House Rule XXV)

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—Committee on Ethics[5]

Investigations

The Ethics Committee appointed two investigative panels to assess charges againstDon Young, Representative from Alaska, and against Rep.Robert Andrews, from New Jersey. These panels were charged with investigating allegations of misappropriation of campaign funds by the above mentioned representatives.[6] The panel to investigateDon Young was chaired by Pennsylvania Rep.Patrick Meehan. The other members of the panel were Texas Republican Rep.Mac Thornberry and Massachusetts Democratic Reps.Michael Capuano andWilliam Keating.[7] The panel to investigateRobert Andrews was chaired byTrey Gowdy (R-S.C.) with Del.Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia (D-Puerto Rico) serving as its ranking member.[8] Further information about the specific charges against these representatives can be found on their profile pages, available through the links above.

Contact

1015 Longworth House Office Building (LHOB)
Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-7103
Fax: 202-225-7392

See also

External links

Footnotes

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