Office Of Congressional Ethics

Black s law dictionary 319 8th ed.

Office of congressional ethics. On congressional ethics congress and the public trust 39 1970. Financial disclosure reports foreign travel reports and expenditures franked materials mass mailings gift travel filings legal expense fund disclosures office of congressional ethics post employment notifications about the clerk overview contact duties of the clerk offices and services history of the office. House of representatives in march 2008 is a nonpartisan independent entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against members of the house of representatives and their staff and when appropriate referring matters to the united states house committee on ethics.

The oce is the first independent outside body charged by congress to investigate complaints. The office of congressional ethics established by the house of representatives is an independent non partisan entity charged with receiving and reviewing allegations of misconduct concerning house members and staff and when appropriate referring matters to the committee on ethics. The office of congressional ethics was created by house resolution in 2008 as part of what speaker nancy pelosi called a drive to clean up the culture of corruption in washington.

The office of congressional ethics oce established by the u s. 4 association of the bar of the city of new york special comm. The office of congressional ethics established in 2008 was the house s answer to a string of ethics scandals involving members and staff most notoriously the sweeping bribery conspiracy.

See also bayless manning federal conflict of interest laws 2 5 1964.