<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id5d957e89-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723"><num value="4723">§ 4723.</num><heading> Annual report by Select Committee on Ethics</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall issue an annual report due no later than January 31, describing the following:</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e8a-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> The number of alleged violations of Senate rules received from any source, including the number raised by a Senator or staff of the committee.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e8b-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><chapeau> A list of the number of alleged violations that were dismissed—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id5d957e8c-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/2/A"><num value="A">(A)</num><content> 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</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I13" class="indent2" id="id5d957e8d-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/2/B"><num value="B">(B)</num><content> because they failed to provide sufficient facts as to any material violation of the Senate rules beyond mere allegation or assertion.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e8e-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> The number of alleged violations in which the committee staff conducted a preliminary inquiry.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e8f-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> The number of alleged violations that resulted in an adjudicatory review.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e90-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/5"><num value="5">(5)</num><content> The number of alleged violations that the committee dismissed for lack of substantial merit.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e91-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/6"><num value="6">(6)</num><content> The number of private letters of admonition or public letters of admonition issued.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e92-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/7"><num value="7">(7)</num><content> The number of matters resulting in a disciplinary sanction.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I12" class="indent1" id="id5d957e93-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s4723/8"><num value="8">(8)</num><content> Any other information deemed by the committee to be appropriate to describe its activities in the preceding year.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id5d957e94-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d">(<ref href="/us/pl/110/81/tV">Pub. L. 110–81, title V</ref>, § 554, <date date="2007-09-14">Sept. 14, 2007</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/121/773">121 Stat. 773</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id5d957e96-ec38-11e5-89e9-afe61b29b17d"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Section was formerly classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t2/s72a–1i">section 72a–1i of this title</ref> prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.</p>
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