A resolution amending clause 4(e) of Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer to panels of Members of the House selected by lot the authority of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to make findings and recommendations respecting alleged violations by Members, officers, or employees of the House of Representatives of the Code of Official Conduct or of any law, rule, regulation, or other standard of conduct applicable to the conduct of Members, officers, and employees of the House.

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Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer to panels of Members of the House selected by lot, with four being from the majority party and four from the minority party, the authority of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to make findings and investigations with respect to alleged violations by Members, officers, or employees of the House of the Code of Official Conduct or of any law, rule, regulation, or other applicable standard. Entitles any Member, officer, or employee of the House with respect to whom a panel is to receive evidence to two preemptory challenges to the membership of the panel. Allows any member of the panel to disqualify himself upon the submission to the committee of a written affidavit made under oath stating that the member cannot render an impartial and unbiased decision. Directs the panel to report its findings and recommendations for action to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and directs the Committee to transmit, by resolution and without change, such recommendation to the House within seven days.

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  summary · EN · 26 February 1979

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