Chapter 8 Financial Disclosure

Background Note on Ethics in Government Act

Act of Dec. 27, 2022, Pub. L. No. 117-286, 136 Stat. 4196, moved financial disclosure provisions of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, from the Appendix of title 5 of the U.S. Code to a new chapter 131 of title 5. [The Act] also makes minor technical changes to the EIGA, including the addition of new headings and subheadings, and the reorganization of a number of sections (e.g., moving definitions sections ahead of substantive sections). As described in section 2(b) of the bill, no substantive changes were made to the EIGA and the recodification did not change the “meaning or effect of the existing law or impair the precedential value of earlier judicial decisions or other interpretations.” Congress also clarified that the recodification has no effect on whether an individual is an “officer or employee” for purposes of the ethics laws. See OGE,PA-23-01 (Jan. 5, 2023)

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