,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdbb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ba1 #bjbf,mr4
 ,pappas 7for himself and ,mr4          
,harrigan7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration1   
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,rules1 for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the ,speaker1 in each case
 for consideration of such provisions as
 fall within the jurisdiction of the    
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
enact ,house ,resolution #hie1 ,one     
,hundred ,tenth ,congress1 7establishing
 the ,office of ,congressional ,ethics7 
into permanent law4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,clean   
,legislating and ,ethical               
,accountability ,now ,act or the ,,clean
 ,act4  #b4 ,enacting ,house ,resolution
 #hie into permanent law ,house         
,resolution #hie1 ,one ,hundred ,tenth  
,congress1 is hereby enacted into       
permanent law1 except that--  7#a7 the  

,office of ,congressional ,ethics shall 
be treated as a standing committee of   
the ,house of ,representatives for      
purposes of section #bjb7;i7 of the     
,legislative ,reorganization ,act of    
#aidf 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dcja7;i772  7#b7   
references to the ,committee on         
,standards of ,official ,conduct shall  
be construed as references to the       
,committee on ,ethics2  7#c7 no person  
shall serve as a member of the board for
 more than #d #b-year terms2  7#d7 a    
vacancy on the board shall be filled not
 later than #fj calendar days after the 
date any such vacancy occurs1 including 
any vacancy that is the result of term  
limits2  7#e7 if a vacancy on the board 
is not filled pursuant to the deadline  
under paragraph 7#d71 the board shall   
not be prohibited from operating unless 
there are fewer than #c members on the  
board2  7#f7 any member of the board    
currently serving a term in excess of   
the limitations under paragraph 7#c7    
shall be removed from the board not     

later than #cj days after the date of   
the enactment of this ,act2  7#g7 any   
individual who is the subject of a      
preliminary review or second-phase      
review by the board shall be informed of
 the right to be represented by counsel 
and invoking that right should not be   
held negatively against them2 and  7#h7 
the ,office may not take any action that
 would deny any person any right or     
protection provided under the           
,constitution of the ,united ,states4