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Code · U.S. Code · Title 5 - GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES · CHAPTER 131— ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT · SUBCHAPTER II— OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT ETHICS · § 13121

§ 13121. Establishment; appointment of Director

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(a)Establishment.— There is established an executive agency to be known as the Office of Government Ethics.
(b)Director.— There shall be at the head of the Office of Government Ethics a Director (hereinafter referred to as the “Director”), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Effective with respect to any individual appointed or reappointed by the President as Director on or after October 1, 1983, the term of service of the Director shall be 5 years.
(c)Authority of Director.— The Director may—
(1)appoint officers and employees, including attorneys, in accordance with chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of this title; and
(2)Contract authority under paragraph
(2)shall be effective for any fiscal year only to the extent that appropriations are available for that purpose.
(Pub. L. 117–286, § 3(c), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4296.)
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