    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 119th Congress]
    [119th Congress]
    [House Document 118-187]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 1042-1043]
    [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 (including in electronic form) 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.

      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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    rule applies, shall recuse themself 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.

      4. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner, and an officer or
    employee to whom this

      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). In the 117th
    Congress clause 1 was amended to permit electronic signatures and an
    additional gender-based reference was eliminated (secs. 2(d)(6),
    2(l)(5), H. Res. 8, Jan. 4, 2021, p. _).