    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 113th Congress]
    [113rd Congress]
    [House Document 112-161]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 1006-1007]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                   Rule XXVII

          Disclosure by Members and Staff of Employment Negotiations

    [[Page 1007]]

    involved in such negotiations or agreement, and the date such
    negotiations or agreement commenced.

    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 Ethics 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

      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
    Ethics 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.

      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 interest or an appearance of
    a conflict for that Member, Delegate, Resident Commissioner, officer, or
    employee under this rule and shall notify the Committee on Ethics 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.

      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. 7). This rule was amended in the
    112th Congress to reflect a change in committee name (sec. 2(e)(8), H.
    Res. 5, Jan. 5, 2011, p. _). See also section 17 of the Stop Trading on
    Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-105.