[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. _).