§ 72a-1g. — Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to General Accounting Office for investigation.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC72a-1g]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Sec. 72a-1g. Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics
Committee to General Accounting Office for investigation
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 General Accounting 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.
(Pub. L. 101-194, title V, Sec. 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753.)
