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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF NONPUBLIC INFORMATION FOR PRIVATE PROFIT

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## SEC. 3 PROHIBITION OF THE USE OF NONPUBLIC INFORMATION FOR PRIVATE PROFIT The Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives shall issue interpretive guidance of the relevant rules of each chamber, including rules on conflicts of interest and gifts, clarifying that a Member of Congress and an employee of Congress may not use nonpublic information derived from such person’s position as a Member of Congress or employee of Congress or gained from the performance of such person’s official responsibilities as a means for making a private profit.
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