The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

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Agency

Office of Congressional Ethics

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • POL-4.4: The House Committee on Ethics charges $200 for a first late periodic transaction report, $200 per month of late transactions for the second through fourth, and $200 per late transaction from the fifth, and the Office of Congressional Ethics found in 2022 that the Committee had been inconsistent in assessing fines and that some members were never directed to pay.
  • POL-4.5: On 29 July 2022 the House Committee on Ethics unanimously dismissed referrals over late periodic transaction reports for Representatives Fallon (R) and Jacobs (R) and Suozzi (D), stating that there was not clear evidence the errors were knowing or willful.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 744 Adopted 18 February 2022; transmitted 2 March 2022. Office of Congressional Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives: Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings, Review No. 21-3355 (Rep. Pat Fallon)
  • Exhibit 745 Adopted 18 February 2022; published 29 July 2022. Office of Congressional Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives: Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings, Review No. 21-6367 (Rep. Thomas Suozzi)
  • Exhibit 746 Adopted 18 February 2022. Office of Congressional Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives: Office of Congressional Ethics Report and Findings, Review No. 21-7423 (Rep. John Rutherford)
  • Exhibit 747 29 July 2022. Committee on Ethics, U.S. House of Representatives: Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics regarding Reps. Fallon, Jacobs and Suozzi (Press Release 277)