    [United States Senate Manual, 107th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 107-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 56-58]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

            34                           RULE XXXIV

          34.1                   PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

                    1. For purposes of this rule, the provisions of Title I
                of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall be deemed to
                be a rule of the Senate as it pertains to Members, officers,
                and employees of the Senate.
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                    Note.--Financial disclosure requirements contained in
                the Ethics in Government Act as amended are codified at 5
                U.S.C. App. 6. See Senate Manual Sec. 910.
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         34.2a      2. (a) \26\ The Select Committee on Ethics shall
                transmit a copy of each report filed with it under Title I
                of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (other than a report
                filed by a Member of Congress) to the head of the employing
                office of the individual filing the report.
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                    \26\ Paragraph 2 added pursuant to S. Res. 236, 101-2,
                Jan. 30, 1990.
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         34.2b      (b) For purposes of this rule, the head of the employing
                office shall be--

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                            (1) in the case of an employee of a Member, the
                        Member by whom that person is employed;
                            (2) in the case of an employee of a Committee,
                        the chairman and ranking minority member of such
                        Committee;
                            (3) in the case of an employee on the leadership
                        staff, the Member of the leadership on whose staff
                        such person serves; and
                            (4) in the case of any other employee of the
                        legislative branch, the head of the office in which
                        such individual serves.
          34.3      3.\27\ In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1,
                Members, officers, and employees of the Senate shall include
                in each report filed under paragraph 1 \28\ the following
                additional information:
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                    \27\ Paragraphs 3 and 4 added pursuant to S. Res. 158,
                104-1, July 28, 1995, effective Jan. 1, 1996, as amended by
                S. Res. 198, 104-1, Dec. 7, 1995.
                    \28\ Renumbered pursuant to S. Res. 198, 104-1, Dec. 7,
                1995.
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         34.3a      (a) For purposes of section 102(a)(1)(B) of the Ethics
                in Government Act of 1978 additional categories of income as
                follows:
                                    (1) greater than $1,000,000 but not more
                                than $5,000,000, or
                                    (2) greater than $5,000,000.
         34.3b      (b) For purposes of section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics in
                Government Act of 1978 additional categories of value \29\
                as follows:
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                    \29\ The word ``value'' replaced the word ``income''
                pursuant to S. Res. 198, 104-1, Dec. 7, 1995.
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                                    (1) greater than $1,000,000 but not more
                                than $5,000,000;
                                    (2) greater than $5,000,000 but not more
                                than $25,000,000;
                                    (3) greater than $25,000,000 but not
                                more than $50,000,000; and
                                    (4) greater than $50,000,000.
         34.3c      (c) For purposes of this paragraph and section 102 of
                the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, additional categories
                with amounts or values greater than $1,000,000 set forth in
                section 102(a)(1)(B) and 102(d)(1) shall apply to the
                income, assets, or liabilities of spouses and dependent
                children only if the income, assets, or liabilities are held
                jointly with the reporting individual. All other income,
                assets, or liabilities of the spouse or dependent children
                required to be reported under section 102 and this paragraph
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                amount of value greater than $1,000,000 shall be categorized
                only as an amount or value greater than $1,000,000.
          34.4      4.\30\ In addition to the requirements of paragraph 1,
                Members, officers, and employees of the Senate shall include
                in each report filed under paragraph 1 \31\ an additional
                statement under section 102(a) of the Ethics in Government
                Act of 1978 listing the category of the total cash value of
                any interest of the reporting individual in a qualified
                blind trust as provided in section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics
                in Government Act of 1978, unless the trust instrument was
                executed prior to July 24, 1995 and precludes the
                beneficiary from receiving information on the total cash
                value of any interest in the qualified blind trust.
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                    \30\ Effective with respect to reports filed under Title
                I of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 for calendar year
                1996 and thereafter.
                    \31\ Renumbered pursuant to S. Res. 198, 104-1, Dec. 7,
                1995.