Sec. 104. Office of Ethics
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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 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 report to the Board of Directors. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015 , the Chief Ethics Officer shall be— appointed by the President of the Bank from among persons— with a background in law who have experience in the fields of law and ethics; and who are not serving in a position requiring appointment by the President of the United States before being appointed to be Chief Ethics Officer; and approved by the Board.
The Chief Ethics Officer shall serve as the designated agency ethics official for the Bank pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.). The Office of Ethics has jurisdiction over all employees of, and ethics matters relating to, the Bank. With respect to employees of the Bank, the Office of Ethics shall— recommend administrative actions to establish or enforce standards of official conduct; refer to the Office of the Inspector General of the Bank alleged violations of— the standards of ethical conduct applicable to employees of the Bank under parts 2635 and 6201 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations; the standards of ethical conduct established by the Chief Ethics Officer; and any other laws, rules, or regulations governing the performance of official duties or the discharge of official responsibilities that are applicable to employees of the Bank; 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 to the Office of Ethics; and render advisory opinions regarding the propriety of any current or proposed conduct of an employee or contractor of the Bank, and issue general guidance on such matters as necessary. .
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