[House Report 112-710]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                 House Calendar No. 172
112th Congress }                                              {  Report

 2d Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES                112-710
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                            IN THE MATTER OF

                        REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN

                               __________

                              R E P O R T

                                 of the

                          COMMITTEE ON ETHICS





 December 20, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed


                          COMMITTEE ON ETHICS

JO BONNER, Alabama,                  LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California,
  Chairman                             Ranking Member
MICHAEL T. McCAUL, Texas             JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky
K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas            DONNA F. EDWARDS, Maryland
CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania        PEDRO R. PIERLUISI, Puerto Rico
GREGG HARPER, Mississippi            JOE COURTNEY, Connecticut


                              Report Staff

            Daniel A. Schwager, Chief Counsel/Staff Director
             Deborah Sue Mayer, Director of Investigations
              Kelle A. Strickland, Counsel to the Chairman
            Daniel J. Taylor, Counsel to the Ranking Member
               Clifford C. Stoddard, Jr., Senior Counsel
                  Brittany Bohren, Investigative Clerk


                         LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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                          House of Representatives,
                                       Committee on Ethics,
                                 Washington, DC, December 20, 2012.

Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.


    Dear Ms. Haas: In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on 
June 5, 2007, and extended in the 112th Congress by H. Res. 5, 
Section 4(d) and Rule 18(e)(2) of the Committee on Ethics, we 
herewith transmit the attached Report, ``In the Matter of 
Representative Tim Ryan.''
            Sincerely,
                                   Jo Bonner,
                                           Chairman.
                                   Linda T. Sanchez,
                                           Ranking Member.
                                                      




                                                       Calendar No. 172
112th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     112-710

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                IN THE MATTER OF REPRESENTATIVE TIM RYAN

                                _______
                                

 December 20, 2012.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

                                _______
                                

               Mr. Bonner, from the Committee on Ethics, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

    In accordance with H. Res. 451, adopted on June 5, 2007, 
and extended in the 112th Congress by H. Res. 5, Section 4(d) 
and Rule 18(e)(2) of the Committee on Ethics (Committee), the 
Committee hereby submits the following Report to the House of 
Representatives:

                       I. FINDINGS AND CONCLUSION

    On December 19, 2012, the Committee convened for the 
purpose of considering the charge issued against Representative 
Tim Ryan on August 25, 2012, for public intoxication. On 
December 4, 2012, the matter was tried in the Rockbridge County 
General District Court, Lexington, Virginia. Representative 
Ryan was found not guilty and the charge was dismissed.
    After first learning of the matter in December 2012, the 
Committee engaged in its own fact finding pursuant to Committee 
Rule 18(a). After considering the scope and nature of 
Representative Ryan's alleged conduct and the disposition noted 
above, the Committee unanimously determined that review by an 
investigative subcommittee is not required, and therefore voted 
against empanelling an investigative subcommittee regarding 
this matter. Furthermore, while the Committee is never bound by 
the disposition of a criminal matter, after completing its own 
review of the allegations, the Committee believes that the 
handling of this matter by local authorities is sufficient 
given the facts of the matter. Therefore, unless additional 
information is brought to the Committee's attention which 
warrants further action, the Committee will consider this 
matter closed.

II. STATEMENT UNDER RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(c) OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF 
                            REPRESENTATIVES

    The Committee made no special oversight findings in this 
report. No budget statement is submitted. No funding is 
authorized by any measure in this report.

                                  
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