- broker
has the meaning set forth in section 3(a)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(4));
- charitable organization
means an organization described in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 170(c)).
- congressional ethics committees
means the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate and the Committee on Ethics of the House of Representatives.
- dependent child
means, when used with respect to any reporting individual, any individual who is a son, daughter, stepson, or stepdaughter and who—
- designated agency ethics official
means an officer or employee who is designated to administer the provisions of this subchapter within an agency.
- executive branch
includes each Executive agency (as defined in section 105 of this title), other than the Government Accountability Office, and any other entity or administrative unit in the executive branch.
- gift
means a payment, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, or any thing of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is received by the donor, but does not include—
- honoraria
means the plural of “honorarium” as defined in section 13141 of this title.
- honorarium
means a payment of money or any thing of value for an appearance, speech or article (including a series of appearances, speeches, or articles if the subject matter is directly related to the individual’s official duties or the payment is made because of the individual’s status with the Government) by a Member, officer or employee, excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by such individual (and one relative) to the extent that such expenses are paid or reimbursed by any other person, and the amount otherwise determined shall be reduced by the amount of any such expenses to the extent that such expenses are not paid or reimbursed.
- income
means all income from whatever source derived, including but not limited to the following items: compensation for services, including fees, commissions, and similar items;
- interested party
means a reporting individual, the individual’s spouse, and any minor or dependent child;
- investment adviser
includes any investment adviser who, as determined under regulations prescribed by the supervising ethics office, is generally involved in the role as such an adviser in the management or control of trusts.
- Judicial Conference
means the Judicial Conference of the United States.
- judicial employee
means any employee of the judicial branch of the Government, of the United States Sentencing Commission, of the Tax Court, of the Court of Federal Claims, of the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, or of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, who is not a judicial officer and who is authorized to perform adjudicatory functions with respect to proceedings in the judicial branch, or who occupies a position for which the rate of basic pay is equal to or greater than 120 percent of the minimum rate of basic pay payable for GS–15 of the General Schedule.
- judicial officer
means the Chief Justice of the United States, the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and the judges of the United States courts of appeals, United States district courts, including the district courts in Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Court of International Trade, Tax Court, Court of Federal Claims, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and any court created by Act of Congress, the judges of which are entitled to hold office during good behavior.
- legislative branch
includes—
- Member
means a Senator in, a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
- Member of Congress
means a United States Senator, a Representative in Congress, a Delegate to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
- officer or employee
means any officer or employee of the Government except any special Government employee (as defined in section 202 of title 18).
- officer or employee of Congress
means an individual described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C), other than a Member of Congress or the Vice President, whose compensation is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
- personal hospitality of any individual
means hospitality extended for a nonbusiness purpose by an individual, not a corporation or organization, at the personal residence of that individual or the individual’s family or on property or facilities owned by that individual or the individual’s family.
- qualified blind trust
includes any trust in which a reporting individual, the individual’s spouse, or any minor or dependent child has a beneficial interest in the principal or income, and which meets the following requirements:
- reimbursement
means any payment or other thing of value received by the reporting individual, other than gifts, to cover travel-related expenses of such individual other than those which are—
- relative
means an individual who is related to the reporting individual, as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, great aunt, great uncle, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, half sister, or who is the grandfather or grandmother of the spouse of the reporting individual, and shall be deemed to include the fiance or fiancee of the reporting individual.
- Secretary concerned
has the meaning set forth in section 101(a) of title 10, and, in addition, means—
- supervising ethics office
means—
- travel expenses
means, with respect to a Member, officer or employee, or a relative of any such individual, the cost of transportation, and the cost of lodging and meals while away from his or her residence or principal place of employment.
- value
means a good faith estimate of the dollar value if the exact value is neither known nor easily obtainable by the reporting individual.