Sec. 558. Conforming amendments and rules of construction
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Section 109(18) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)through (D), as amended, as subparagraphs
(B)through (E), respectively; by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated by paragraph
(1)of this subsection, the following: the Office of Congressional Ethics established under section 552 of the Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act , for Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, officers and employees of the Senate, and officers and employees of the House of Representatives required to file financial disclosure reports with the Secretary of the Senate pursuant to section 103(h) of this title; ; in subparagraph
(B)(as so redesignated), by striking Senators, officers and employees of the Senate, and other officers or employees of the legislative branch and inserting officers or employees of the legislative branch not described in subparagraph
(A); and in subparagraph
(C)(as so redesignated), by striking Members, officers and employees of the House of Representatives and other officers or employees of the legislative branch and inserting officers or employees of the legislative branch not described in subparagraph
(A). Beginning on the date on which all members of the Board are appointed, the Office of Congressional Ethics of the House of Representatives shall be eliminated and section 1 of H. Res. 895 (110th Congress, March 11, 2008) shall cease to have any force or effect. The provisions of this subtitle are enacted— as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and of the House of Representatives, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of the Senate and the House, respectively, and shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith; and with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate and the House of Representatives to change such rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate or House of Representatives.