                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
CHAPTER 4--OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 
Sec. 72a-1g. Referral of ethics violations by Senate Ethics 
        Committee to General Accounting Office for investigation
        
    If the Committee on Ethics of the Senate determines that there is a 
reasonable basis to believe that a Member, officer, or employee of the 
Senate may have committed an ethics violation, the committee may request 
the Office of Special Investigations of the General Accounting Office to 
conduct factfinding and an investigation into the matter. The Office of 
Special Investigations shall promptly investigate the matter as directed 
by the committee.

(Pub. L. 101-194, title V, Sec. 501, Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1753.)
