United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Congress House of Representatives author aut Government Organization text government publication eng CRPT Congressional Committee Materials 114_cong_reports legislative 2016-06-28 U.S. Government Publishing Office 2016-06-24 monographic deposited born digital 216 digital object pages Y 1.1/8: https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-114hrpt643 P0b002ee19016b2af 000986820 f:hr643.114.txt DGPO 2016-06-28 2024-11-09 CRPT-114hrpt643 machine generated eng fdlp Report OF THE COMMITTEE ON ETHICS GRAPHIC(S) NOT AVAILABLE IN TIFF FORMAT, June 24, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed ___________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 59-006 WASHINGTON : 2016 ________________________________________________________________________ COMMITTEE ON ETHICS CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California Chairman Ranking Member PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts TREY GOWDY, South Carolina YVETTE D. CLARKE, New York SUSAN W. BROOKS, indiana TED DEUTCH, Florida KENNY MARCHANT, Texas JOHN B. LARSON, Connecticut REPORT STAFF Thomas A. Rust, Chief Counsel/Staff Director Patrick M. McMullen, Director of investigations Clifford C. Stoddard, Jr., Counsel to the Chairman Daniel J. Taylor, Counsel to the Ranking Member Molly N. McCarty, investigator Michael Koren, investigative Clerk LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ---------- House of Representatives, Committee on Ethics, Washington, DC, June 24, 2016. Hon. Karen L. Haas, Clerk, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Ms. Haas: Pursuant to clauses 3(a)(2) and 3(b) of Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives, we herewith transmit the attached report, ``In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Vernon G. Buchanan.'' Sincerely, Charles W. Dent, Chairman. Linda T. Sanchez, Ranking Member. C O N T E N T S __________ Page I. INTRODUCTION.....................................................1 II. PROCEDURAL HISTORY...............................................3 III. HOUSE RULES, LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND OTHER STANDARDS OF CONDUCT...6 IV. BACKGROUND.......................................................6 A. BUSINESS DISPUTES BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVE BUCHANAN AND MR. KAZRAN, AND THE DRAFT AFFIDAVIT............ 6 B. ALLEGATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVE BUCHANAN'S INVOLVEMENT WITH, AND KNOWLEDGE OF, CONDUIT CONTRIBUTIONS TO VBFC............................................... 10 1. SUNCOAST FORD (SCF)............................... 10 2. VENICE NISSAN DODGE (VND)......................... 11 3. HYUNDAI OF NORTH JACKSONVILLE (HNJ)............... 12 V. FINDINGS........................................................16 A. 52 U.S.C. Sec. 30122............................... 16 B. TITLE 18............................................ 17 C. HOUSE RULE XXIII, CLAUSES 1 AND 2................... 22 VI. CONCLUSION......................................................25 VII. STATEMENT UNDER HOUSE RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(C)....................25 APPENDIX A: REPORT AND FINDINGS OF THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS (REVIEW NO. 11-7565).....................................26 . IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE VERNON G. BUCHANAN _______ June 24, 2016.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. Dent, from the Committee on Ethics, submitted the following R E P O R T HRPT CRPT-114hrpt643 HOUSE 114 643 2 false true https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CRPT-114hrpt643 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-114hrpt643/html/CRPT-114hrpt643.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-114hrpt643/pdf/CRPT-114hrpt643.pdf H. Rept. 114-643 IN THE MATTER OF ALLEGATIONS RELATING TO REPRESENTATIVE VERNON G. BUCHANAN;H. Rept. 114-643 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed FIRSTPART CRPT-114hrpt643 Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 2 Mr. Dent, from the Committee on Ethics, submitted the following Committee on Ethics Ethics Mr. Dent Charles W. Dent Dent, Charles W. Mr. Charles Dent

Charles W. Dent United States House of Representatives sponsor spn United States Congress Member United States Congress House of Representatives Committee on Ethics associated name asn Government Organization H. Res. 418 114 OTHER H. Res. 895 114 OTHER Title 2 Section 437g Title 2 Section 441f 2 U.S.C. 437g 2 U.S.C. 441f Title 18 Section 1505 Title 18 Section 1512(b)(1) Title 18 Section 1512(b)(2)(A) Title 18 Section 1512(e) Title 18 Section 1515(a)(1)(C) Title 18 Section 1515(c) Title 18 Section 201(b)(3) 18 U.S.C. 1505 18 U.S.C. 1512(b)(1) 18 U.S.C. 1512(b)(2)(A) 18 U.S.C. 1512(e) 18 U.S.C. 1515(a)(1)(C) 18 U.S.C. 1515(c) 18 U.S.C. 201(b)(3) Title 52 Section 30109(a)(5)(B) Title 52 Section 30109(d) Title 52 Section 30122 52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(5)(B) 52 U.S.C. 30109(d) 52 U.S.C. 30122 H. Rept. 90-1176 H. Rept. 95-1837 H. Rept. 112-716 H. Rept. 113-487 H. Rept. 113-663