House Committee on Ethics

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ethics committee standing committee of the United States House of Representatives

The House Committee on Ethics is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives responsible for overseeing and enforcing standards of ethical conduct for House members, officers, and staff.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Committee on Ethics	1
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct	1
House Committee on Ethics canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ethics committee ⓘ standing committee of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	House Committee on Ethics ⓘ surface form: Committee on Ethics
branchOfGovernment	legislative branch of the United States ⓘ
collaboratesWith	Office of Congressional Ethics ⓘ
composedOf	Members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishedBy	rules of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs	House Committee on Ethics self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct
governedBy	Rules of the House of Representatives ⓘ
hasFeature	bipartisan membership ⓘ equal number of majority and minority party members ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	House staff ⓘ Members of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ employees of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ officers of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
hasPower	to investigate alleged violations of the Code of Official Conduct ⓘ to recommend censure of a House member ⓘ to recommend expulsion of a House member ⓘ to recommend fines or other sanctions for ethics violations ⓘ to recommend reprimand of a House member ⓘ to subpoena witnesses and documents in ethics investigations ⓘ
issues	public reports on completed ethics investigations ⓘ
location	United States Capitol ⓘ
monitors	compliance with House rules on use of official resources ⓘ compliance with the Ethics in Government Act as it applies to House members ⓘ
oversees	compliance with House ethics rules ⓘ compliance with House financial disclosure requirements ⓘ compliance with House gift rules ⓘ compliance with House travel rules ⓘ outside employment and income rules for House members ⓘ post-employment restrictions for former House members and staff ⓘ
partOf	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
publishes	ethics manuals and guidance for House members and staff ⓘ
receivesReferralsFrom	Office of Congressional Ethics ⓘ
responsibleFor	enforcing standards of ethical conduct in the House of Representatives ⓘ interpreting the Code of Official Conduct of the House of Representatives ⓘ investigating alleged violations of House ethics rules ⓘ issuing advisory opinions on ethics rules ⓘ providing ethics training to House members and staff ⓘ recommending disciplinary action for ethics violations ⓘ reviewing financial disclosure statements of House members ⓘ reviewing travel reports of House members ⓘ
subjectArea	campaign and political activity restrictions for House members ⓘ conflicts of interest ⓘ congressional ethics ⓘ government ethics ⓘ lobbying and gift restrictions for House members ⓘ
website	https://ethics.house.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ethics Reform Act of 1989 → enforcedBy → House Committee on Ethics ⓘ

House Committee on Ethics → alsoKnownAs → House Committee on Ethics ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee on Ethics

House Committee on Ethics → formerlyKnownAs → House Committee on Ethics self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct