Sec. 101. Making the Office of Ethics statutory
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Section 3 of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 ( 12 U.S.C. 635a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is hereby established an Office of Ethics within the Bank, which shall oversee all ethics issues within the Bank. The head of the Office of Ethics shall be the Chief Ethics Officer, who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Bank, within 180 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, from among persons with a background in law who have experience in the fields of law and ethics, including the individual serving as a designated agency ethics official for the Bank pursuant to Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
The Chief Ethics Officer shall report to the Board. The Office of Ethics has jurisdiction over all employees and contractors of, and matters relating to, the Bank. With respect to employees and contractors of the Bank, the Office of Ethics may— recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct; investigate alleged violations of the Code of Official Conduct or of any applicable rules, laws, or regulations governing the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities; report to appropriate Federal or State authorities substantial evidence of a violation of any law applicable to the performance of official duties that may have been disclosed in an Office of Ethics investigation, subject to approval of the report by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Bank; and render advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of employee or contractor of the Bank, and issue general guidance on such matters as necessary. .
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