[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 3, Chapters 10 - 14]
[Chapter 12. Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees]
[Index to Precedents]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 12
 
        Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees


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A. Introductory; Particular Kinds of Misconduct

    Sec. 1. In General; Codes of Conduct
    Sec. 2. Committee Functions
    Sec. 3. Violations of Statutes
    Sec. 4. Violations of House Rules
    Sec. 5. Abuse of Mailing or Franking Privileges
    Sec. 6. Absences From the House; Indebtedness
    Sec. 7. Misconduct in Elections or Campaigns
    Sec. 8. Financial Matters; Disclosure Requirements
    Sec. 9. Abuses in Hiring, Employment, and Travel
   Sec. 10. Communications With Federal Agencies
   Sec. 11. Acceptance of Foreign Gifts and Awards

B. Nature and Forms of Disciplinary Measures

   Sec. 12. In General; Penalties
   Sec. 13. Expulsion
   Sec. 14. Exclusion
   Sec. 15. Suspension of Privileges
   Sec. 16. Censure; Reprimand
   Sec. 17. Imposition of Fine
   Sec. 18. Deprivation of Seniority Status

Appendix
                         DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS



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                          INDEX TO PRECEDENTS
                                     

Alford, Dale, pre-election irregularity by, Sec. 7.2
Apology, effect on censure proceedings, Sec. 16
Apology, requirement of, as discipline, Sec. 12
Arrest, privilege from, Sec. 3.1
Auto-leasing agreements, improprieties in, Sec. 8.3
Campaign literature, unauthorized distribution of, Sec. 7.2
Censure of Member, administration by Speaker, Sec. 16
Censure of Senators, Sec. Sec. 16.2, 16.3
Clerk-hire guidelines, Sec. 9.1
Committee chairmen, disciplinary actions against, Sec. Sec. 12.2-12.4
Conflicts of interest, Sec. 8.4
Corrupt practices laws, violations of, Sec. 7.3
Criminal conduct, Sec. 3.1
Debate on exclusion proceedings, Sec. 14
Debate on expulsion of Member, Sec. 13
Debate on resolution of censure, Sec. 16
Dodd, Thomas J., censure of, Sec. 16.3
Dowdy, John, abstention from House business by, Sec. 15.3
Ethics, code of, Sec. 1
Exclusion, Sec. 14
Expulsion of Member, authority of House, Sec. 13
Expulsion proceedings, initiation of, Sec. 13
Fees, improper, receipt of, Sec. 8.1
Felony conviction, exclusion of Member after, Sec. 14.2
Financial records, negligence in preparing, Sec. 7.1
Fine of Member-elect for acts committed in prior Congress, Sec. 17.1
Hinshaw, Andrew J., expulsion proceedings relating to, Sec. 13.1
Hoffman, Clare E., committee chairman, restrictions on, Sec. 12.4
Immigration bills, abuses in introduction of, Sec. 8.2
Imprisonment of Member, authority of House to direct, Sec. 12
Investments, disclosure of, Sec. 8.4
Long, Edward V., improper fees by, receipt of, Sec. 8.1
McCarthy, Joseph R., censure of, Sec. 16.2
Powell, Adam Clayton
    censure of, Sec. 16.1
    chairman of committee, actions affecting powers as, Sec. Sec. 12.2, 
        12.3
    exclusion from House, Sec. 14.1
    fine, imposition of, Sec. 17.1
    penalties, multiple, Sec. 12.1
    seniority status, deprivation of, Sec. 18.2
    travel funds, misuse of, Sec. Sec. 9.2, 9.3
Privilege from arrest, Sec. 3.1
Relatives, employment of, Sec. 9
Resignation of Member pending expulsion proceedings, Sec. 13
Resolution initiating expulsion proceedings, Sec. 13
Seniority status, deprivation of, for acts committed in prior Congress, 
    Sec. 18.2
Seniority status of committee member, reduction of, Sec. 18.1
Shoemaker, Francis H., felony conviction as affecting right to take 
    oath, Sec. 14.2
Suspension of privileges, Sec. Sec. 15.1, 15.2
Travel funds, misuse of, Sec. Sec. 9.2, 9.3
Vote required to exclude Member, Sec. 14
Vote required to expel Member, Sec. 13
Williams, John Bell, seniority of, procedure in reducing, Sec. 18.1
Withdrawal from participating in voting and from committee business, 
    Sec. 15.3

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