[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 115th Congress]
[115th Congress]
[House Document 114-192]
[Rules of the House of Representatives]
[Pages 1028-1029]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]






                               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 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 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 
Ethics that such individual is negotiating or has any agreement of 
future employment or compensation.


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


  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. 80). See also section 17 of the Stop Trading on 
Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-105).