2 U.S.C. § 4721
Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Accountability Office for investigation
United States · Title 2 — THE CONGRESS · Status: effective
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- 2 U.S.C. § 4721, Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics Committee to Government Accountability Office for investigation, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/423641
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If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Member, officer, or employee of the Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request the Office of Special Investigations of the Government Accountability Office to conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed by the committee.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Ethics Reform Act of 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- GAO Human Capital Reform Act of 2004House: 382–43Senate: no recorded tally