2012 US Code
Title 5 - Government Organization and Employees
Appendix (§§ 1 - 505)
ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978 (§§ 101 - 505)
Title IV - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS (§§ 401 - 408)
Section 401 - Establishment; appointment of Director
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES TITLE 5 - APPENDIX ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1978 TITLE IV - OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS Sec. 401 - Establishment; appointment of Director |
Contains | section 401 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-521, title IV, §401, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1862; Pub. L. 98-150, §2, Nov. 11, 1983, 97 Stat. 959; Pub. L. 100-598, §3, Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 104-179, §4(b)(2)(A), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1567. |
Statutes at Large References | 92 Stat. 1862 97 Stat. 959 102 Stat. 3031, 3035 110 Stat. 1567 |
Public Law References | Public Law 95-521, Public Law 98-150, Public Law 100-598, Public Law 104-179 |
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(a) There is established an executive agency to be known as the Office of Government Ethics.
(b) There shall be at the head of the Office of Government Ethics a Director (hereinafter referred to as the “Director”), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Effective with respect to any individual appointed or reappointed by the President as Director on or after October 1, 1983, the term of service of the Director shall be five years.
(c) The Director may—
(1) appoint officers and employees, including attorneys, in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code; and
(2) contract for financial and administrative services (including those related to budget and accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) with the General Services Administration, or such other Federal agency as the Director determines appropriate, for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement, from funds of the Office of Government Ethics in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Director and the head of the agency providing such services.
Contract authority under paragraph (2) shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriations are available for that purpose.
(Pub. L. 95–521, title IV, §401, Oct. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 1862; Pub. L. 98–150, §2, Nov. 11, 1983, 97 Stat. 959; Pub. L. 100–598, §3, Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3031; Pub. L. 104–179, §4(b)(2)(A), Aug. 6, 1996, 110 Stat. 1567.)
Amendments1996—Pub. L. 104–179 substituted “Establishment; appointment of Director” for “Office of Government Ethics” in section catchline.
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–598, §3(a), substituted “an executive agency to be known as” for “in the Office of Personnel Management an office to be known as”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–598, §3(b), added subsec. (c).
1983—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–150 inserted provision that, effective with respect to any individual appointed or reappointed by the President as Director on or after Oct. 1, 1983, the term of service of the Director shall be five years.
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentPub. L. 100–598, §10, Nov. 3, 1988, 102 Stat. 3035, provided that:
“(a)
“(b)
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–150 effective Oct. 1, 1983, see section 13 of Pub. L. 98–150 set out as a note under section 102 of this Appendix.
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