2 USC § 4723 - Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics

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title: "2 USC § 4723 - Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "4723"
section_name: "Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics"
chapter_number: 47
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "SENATE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 554, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.)"
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# § 4723. Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics

The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall issue an annual report due no later than January 31, describing the following:

**(1)** The number of alleged violations of Senate rules received from any source, including the number raised by a Senator or staff of the committee.

**(2)** A list of the number of alleged violations that were dismissed—

**(A)** for lack of subject matter jurisdiction or, in which, even if the allegations in the complaint are true, no violation of Senate rules would exist; or

**(B)** because they failed to provide sufficient facts as to any material violation of the Senate rules beyond mere allegation or assertion.

**(3)** The number of alleged violations in which the committee staff conducted a preliminary inquiry.

**(4)** The number of alleged violations that resulted in an adjudicatory review.

**(5)** The number of alleged violations that the committee dismissed for lack of substantial merit.

**(6)** The number of private letters of admonition or public letters of admonition issued.

**(7)** The number of matters resulting in a disciplinary sanction.

**(8)** Any other information deemed by the committee to be appropriate to describe its activities in the preceding year.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 110–81, title V, § 554, Sept. 14, 2007, 121 Stat. 773.)

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