48 USC § 2129 - Ethics

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identifier: "/us/usc/t48/s2129"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "48 USC § 2129 - Ethics"
title_number: 48
title_name: "TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS"
section_number: "2129"
section_name: "Ethics"
chapter_number: 20
chapter_name: "PUERTO RICO OVERSIGHT, MANAGEMENT, AND ECONOMIC STABILITY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF OVERSIGHT BOARD"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(45), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4359.)"
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# § 2129. Ethics

**(a)** **Conflict of interest** section 208 of title 18

Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members and staff of the Oversight Board shall be subject to the Federal conflict of interest requirements described in .

**(b)** **Financial disclosure** section 13104 of title 5

Notwithstanding any ethics provision governing employees of the covered territory, all members of the Oversight Board and staff designated by the Oversight Board shall be subject to disclosure of their financial interests, the contents of which shall conform to the same requirements set forth in .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–187, title I, § 109, June 30, 2016, 130 Stat. 563; Pub. L. 117–286, § 4(c)(45), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4359.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2022—Subsec. (b).  substituted “.” for “section 102 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).”