    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 111th Congress]
    [111st Congress]
    [House Document 110-162]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 987-988]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                                   Rule XXVII

           Disclosure by Members and Staff of Employment Negotiations

    Sec. 1103a. Employment negotiation disclosure.

      1.  A Member,
    Delegate, or Resident Commissioner shall not directly negotiate or have
    any agreement of future employment or compensation, unless such Member,
    Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, within 3 business days after the
    commencement of such negotiation or agreement of future employment or
    compensation, files with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
    a statement, which must be signed by the Member, Delegate, or Resident
    Commissioner, regarding such negotiations or agreement, including the
    name of the private entity or entities involved in such negotiations or
    agreement, and the date such negotiations or agreement commenced.

      2. An officer or an employee of the House earning in excess of 75
    percent of the salary paid to a Member shall notify the Committee on
    Standards of Official Conduct that such individual is negotiating or has
    any agreement of future employment or compensation.

      3. The disclosure and notification under this rule shall be made
    within 3 business days after the commencement of such negotiation or
    agreement of future employment or compensation.

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    est or an appearance of a conflict for that Member, Delegate, Resident
    Commissioner, officer, or employee under this rule and shall notify the
    Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of such recusal. A Member,
    Delegate, or Resident Commissioner making such recusal shall, upon such
    recusal, submit to the Clerk for public disclosure the statement of
    disclosure under clause 1 with respect to which the recusal was made.

      4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, and an officer or
    employee to whom this rule applies, shall recuse himself or herself from
    any matter in which there is a conflict of inter

      This rule was added in the 110th Congress by Public Law 110-81 (121
    Stat. 751). In the 111th Congress clause 1 was amended to apply also to
    non-returning Members and a gender-based reference was eliminated (secs.
    2(k), 2(l), H. Res. 5, Jan. 6, 2009, p. _).